The Handy Diabetes Answer Book - Paperback

by Patricia Barnes-Svarney (Author), Thomas E. Svarney (Author)

A practical, accessible and informative guide to overcoming and managing a wide spread affliction!

Whether young, old, type 1, type 2, gestational, newly-diagnosed, long-time sufferer, caretaker or loved one, millions of people are afflicted and affected by diabetes. The CDC estimates 9.3% of the population in the U.S. and Canada have diabetes, with millions more with prediabetes. From scientific explanations of the affects of diabetes on the human body to monitoring, maintaining, exercising and eating right, The Handy Diabetes Answer Book provides detailed information on the research and science on the disease as well as coping with the burden. The go-to guide for diabetics, prediabetics, their loved-ones and care-taker, this helpful book provides well-researched answers to nearly 950 common questions, such as ...

What were some early common treatments for patients with diabetes?

What percent of people in the United States have prediabetes?

What ethnic, racial, or cultural groups have higher rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes?

Has type 2 diabetes increased in teens and young adults?

What are some other eating challenges that can affect an older person with diabetes?

What are the early warning signs of type 1 diabetes?

What is insulin shock?

Did writer Ernest Hemingway suffer from hemochromatosis?

Can secondhand smoke affect a person with diabetes?

Why is it important for a person with diabetes to be aware of tooth pain?

Why is there a controversy over the recommended daily salt intake?

How do "energy drinks" affect a person's blood glucose levels?

What are some tips for people with diabetes when they go food shopping?

What food additives should a person with diabetes be aware of consuming?

What should a person with diabetes look for on a restaurant menu?

Will type 1 diabetes ever go away?

What recent study tried to find a way to reverse type 2 diabetes?

Providing the facts, stats, science, and a little bit of history, The Handy Diabetes Answer Book answers important questions about managing and maintaining a healthy life!

Author Biography

Patricia Barnes-Svarney is a science and science fiction writer. Over the past few decades, she has written or coauthored more than 35 books, including Visible Ink Press' The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Biology Answer Book, and The Handy Nutrition Answer Book. She is the author of When the Earth Moves: Rogue Earthquakes, Tremors, and Aftershocks, and she was also the editor/author of the award-winning New York Public Library Science Desk Reference.