(Mayo Clinic) Offers consumers the information and necessary steps to control blood sugar and control or prevent diabetes. Shows how to exercise safely, enjoy a healthier diet, achieve and maintain a healthy weight, protect against serious complications, select and use a glucose monitor, and remember to take important tests. Softcover.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
great book for anyone who wants to learn to live with diabetes:
I got this book for my mom, who is a diabetic. Great book for knowledge on how to live with diabetes.
Offering readers a complete and thorough understanding of diabetes:
This completely revised and fully updated second edition of Mayo Clinic On Managing Diabetes: How To Prevent, Control And Live With Diabetes is drawn from the collective studies of the Mayo Clinic studies on diabetes prevention and care. Offering readers a complete and thorough understanding of diabetes, Mayo Clinic On Managing Diabetes includes in-depth research information on the pre-diabetes stage; the latest guidelines for testing blood sugar; selecting and using a glucose monitor; the value of health... more info
A tremendous help; it may have literally saved my life.:
When I first got this book, my blood sugar had leveled-out at about 300. I just couldn't lower my blood sugar, no matter how well I ate or how much I exercised. All my doctor could or would do was change my medication and order more tests for me. I didn't have medical insurance and I couldn't afford any more tests, or even doctors' visits; so I stopped seeing my doctor. In this book, I was firmly advised NOT to exercise until my blood sugar was below 250; otherwise my body would react to the exercise by... more info
A Vital Resource Guide:
This book offers an interesting and completely comprehensible overview of diabetes. It is not a "how-to" book, nor does it pretend to be. Rather, it gives you the background information you need to better understand your care plan that your physician, dietician, and whomever else prepares with you. While there are many other volumes on the subject, I recommend this one as an essential resource for any living with diabetes or a diabetic.
