Every Woman's Guide to Diabetes : What You Need to Know to Lower Your Risk and Beat the Odds

Women have long needed a book devoted to their unique issues with diabetes. This up-to-date and practical guide advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or, if already diagnosed, prevent the disease’s most serious complications. Every Woman’s Guide to Diabetes translates the latest findings from diabetes research into proven strategies busy women can use to stay healthy and gain control over an often overwhelming disease. The authors discuss the nature of diabetes, helping readers through the complex medical decisions involved in diabetes treatment. They highlight strategies to decrease the emotional stress and social isolation that often accompany diagnosis, and offer everyday techniques for managing blood sugar. Key features include: unique aspects of diabetes for women throughout the life cycle timetable of recommended tests and check-ups guide to medications with common dosages charts to help organize diabetes-care tasks and supplies time-management tips for better disease regulation guide to contraceptives available to women with diabetes review of issues critical to women before, during, and following pregnancy advice for overcoming barriers to weight loss and exercise plan for intelligent diet trade-offs while still enjoying meals practical tips for planning exercise strategies to avoid diabetes “burn-out” Written by two physicians, one of whom is a woman living with diabetes, and an experienced medical writer, Every Woman’s Guide to Diabetes recognizes the power that women have in their households to effect lifestyle changes that will benefit themselves and loved ones, including their mothers, daughters, sisters, and partners. This power can reduce the toll of the diabetes epidemic. (20061030)

Women have long needed a book devoted to their unique issues with diabetes. This up-to-date and practical guide advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or, if already diagnosed, prevent the disease’s most serious complications. Every Woman’s Guide to Diabetes translates the latest findings from diabetes research into proven strategies busy women can use to stay healthy and gain control over an often overwhelming disease. The authors discuss the nature of diabetes, helping readers through the complex medical decisions involved in diabetes treatment. They highlight strategies to decrease the emotional stress and social isolation that often accompany diagnosis, and offer everyday techniques for managing blood sugar.

Key features include:

• unique aspects of diabetes for women throughout the life cycle


• timetable of recommended tests and check-ups


• guide to medications with common dosages


• charts to help organize diabetes-care tasks and supplies


• time-management tips for better disease regulation


• guide to contraceptives available to women with diabetes


• review of issues critical to women before, during, and following pregnancy


• advice for overcoming barriers to weight loss and exercise


• plan for intelligent diet trade-offs while still enjoying meals


• practical tips for planning exercise


• strategies to avoid diabetes “burn-out”

Written by two physicians, one of whom is a woman living with diabetes, and an experienced medical writer, Every Woman’s Guide to Diabetes recognizes the power that women have in their households to effect lifestyle changes that will benefit themselves and loved ones, including their mothers, daughters, sisters, and partners. This power can reduce the toll of the diabetes epidemic.

Annotation Women have long needed a book devoted to their unique issues with diabetes. This up-to-date and practical guide advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or, if already diagnosed, prevent the disease & s most serious complications. Every Woman & s Guide to Diabetes translates the latest findings from diabetes research into proven strategies busy women can use to stay healthy and gain control over an often overwhelming disease. The authors discuss the nature of diabetes, helping readers through the complex medical decisions involved in diabetes treatment. They highlight strategies to decrease the emotional stress and social isolation that often accompany diagnosis, and offer everyday techniques for managing blood sugar. Key features include: unique aspects of diabetes for women throughout the life cycle timetable of recommended tests and check-ups guide to medications with common dosages charts to help organize diabetes-care tasks and supplies time-management tips for better disease regulation guide to contraceptives available to women with diabetes review of issues critical to women before, during, and following pregnancy advice for overcoming barriers to weight loss and exercise plan for intelligent diet trade-offs while still enjoying meals practical tips for planning exercise strategies to avoid diabetes burn-out Written by two physicians, one of whom is a woman living with diabetes, and an experienced medical writer, Every Woman & s Guide to Diabetes recognizes the power that women have in their households to effect lifestyle changes that will benefit themselves and loved ones, including their mothers, daughters, sisters, and partners. This power can reduce the toll of the diabetes epidemic Contents......Page 8 Preface by Stephanie A. Eisenstat......Page 10 Preface by David M. Nathan......Page 13 1 The New Epidemic......Page 16 2 Diagnosis......Page 33 3 Prevention......Page 52 4 Medical Complications......Page 89 5 Reproductive Health and Sexuality......Page 127 6 Psychosocial Impact......Page 165 7 Management of the Disease......Page 193 8 Common Questions and Resources......Page 240 APPENDIXES......Page 272 1 Body Mass Index (BMI) Table......Page 274 2 Carbohydrate Counts for Common Fruits, Vegetables, Starches, and Dairy......Page 277 3 Sample Grocery List for Healthful Eating......Page 279 4 Choosing a Blood Glucose Meter......Page 281 5 Mixing Different Kinds of Insulin......Page 284 6 Disposing of Syringes......Page 285 7 Insulin Pumps and Other Insulin Delivery Systems......Page 286 8 Over-the-Counter Medications and Diabetes......Page 288 9 Complementary (Alternative Medicine) Treatments ......Page 289 10 Your Diabetic Targets......Page 291 Glossary of Terms......Page 292 References......Page 304 Acknowledgments......Page 313 Index......Page 314 "Women have long needed a book devoted to their unique issues with diabetes. This up-to-date and practical guide advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or, if already diagnosed, prevent the disease's most serious complications. Every Woman's Guide to Diabetes translates the latest findings from diabetes research into proven strategies busy women can use to stay healthy and gain control over an often overwhelming disease. The authors discuss the nature of diabetes, helping readers through the complex medical decisions involved in diabetes treatment. They highlight strategies to decrease the emotional stress and social isolation that often accompany diagnosis, and offer everyday techniques for managing blood sugar"--Publisher website (March 2007) A practical guide that advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or, if already diagnosed, prevent the disease's most serious complications. It translates the findings from diabetes research into proven strategies women can use to stay healthy and gain control over an often overwhelming disease. Advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or, if already diagnosed, prevent the disease's most serious complications. This guide translates the findings from diabetes research into strategies busy women can use to stay healthy and gain control over an often overwhelming disease