The Buena Salud Guide to Diabetes and Your Life (Buena Salud Guides)

"In this book what I want to share with you is how to make your life better and easier. Regardless of whether you or someone you care about has diabetes or you are trying to do whatever you can to reduce the chances that you get diabetes, this book is for you. Rather than just giving you information, the goal of this book is to give you a new starting point for your life." —From the Introduction by Dr. Jane L. Delgado Featuring the stories of people living with diabetes, this invaluable guide explains everything readers need to know about the condition that has touched the lives of most Hispanic families: the factors that contribute to developing diabetes and how to prevent it the types and evolving definitions of diabetes treatment options, including medication and changes in lifestyle and diet Dr. Delgado's 10-point, life-changing program for avoiding or controlling diabetes a quick reference guide on diabetes facts, terms, and diagnostic tests key questions for your health provider tools to help you monitor your own health where to get information you can trust in both English and Spanish on the Internet, and more

Available in both English and Spanish-language editions, The Buena SaludTM Guides present the best in health advice and cutting-edge science, with real-life stories featured throughout. Written by the president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the books are thoroughly reviewed by a panel of leading health experts and medical professionals.

Opening with a personal story from Dr. Delgado about her mother's experience with heart disease, this invaluable guide details everything readers need to know about the leading cause of death for all men and women in the U.S.

Guia de Buena SaludTM para un corazon sano explains:

• how the heart is only part of a complex system
• how heart problems develop and what can be done to avoid them
• achievable lifestyle changes to maintain heart health

Special sections include information on the Top 20 things your health care provider may say (and understanding what it really means)

• key questions for your health provider
• tools to help you make activity a daily part of life
• resources for eating heart healthy con sabor (with flavor)
• and where to get information you can trust in both English and Spanish on the Internet.

"It has taken me seventeen years since my mother died from heart disease to be able to write extensively about this topic. All my research has documented that the amount of progress that has been made in this short time is not only amazing, but it could have saved my mother's life. . . . By presenting information in this book in a manner that includes the experiences of real people, it is my hope that you will be able to take steps to develop and maintain the healthiest heart possible."

—From the Introduction by Dr. Jane L. Delgado

In a warm and conversational tone, this invaluable guide details everything readers need to know about the leading cause of death in the U.S.:

• how the heart works
• how heart problems develop and what can be done to avoid them
• what we know about heart disease in Hispanics
• Dr. Delgado's 10-point, life-changing program for maintaining heart health
• a quick-reference guide on the most common conditions, diagnostic tools, and procedures
• key questions for your health provider
• tools to help you monitor your own health
• where to get information you can trust in both English and Spanish on the Internet, and more

Esta invalorable guía incluye los casos de personas con diabetes y explica todo lo que los lectores deben saber acerca del trastorno que ha afectado vidas en la mayoría de las familias hispanas:

• los factores que contribuyen al surgimiento de la diabetes y formas de prevenirla
• los tipos de diabetes y su cambiante definición
• opciones de tratamiento, entre ellas medicamentos y cambios de estilo de vida y dieta
• el programa de 10 puntos de la Dra. Delgado para evitar y controlar la diabetes
• una guía de consulta rápida con datos, términos y pruebas de diagnóstico para la diabetes
• preguntas clave para tu proveedor de servicios de salud
• herramientas para ayudarte a tomar las riendas de tu salud
• dónde obtener información fidedigna por Internet, tanto en inglés como español, y más

Provides guidance and personal stories to teach the reader how to maintain a healthy heart, describing how heart problems develop and ways to avoid them, and discussing lifestyle changes, questions to ask a health care provider, dietary advice, and other related topics Presents the latest research on heart disease, medical tests, and lifestyle changes which are part of maintaining a health heart, with an emphasis on the Hispanic American population Contains advice, real-life stories, and research about living with diabetes, covering prevention, how the endocrine and immune systems function, medication, diet, and more