Take Control of Your Diabetes

The only book on the market that combines friendliness and visual appeal with complete guidance on managing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

If you or a loved one is living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you need this friendly guide to managing health, diet, physical activity, and treatment. It is packed with simple, easy-to-understand explanations of how diabetes works and practical, positive advice for preventing or living with it. Illustrated in full color throughout, it includes recipes, step-by-step photo sequences, flowcharts, and diagrams. Such things as how to monitor and control blood glucose are explained in the clearest possible way. Find out how the types of diabetes differ, what signs to look out for, how to care for children with diabetes, how to reduce the risk of long-term complications, what to do in emergencies, and how to stay motivated and positive. This book will help you make successful lifestyle choices to promote health, become more active, eat more healthily, and thrive, not just survive.