Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Dealing with the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes 5
Chapter 1: Dealing with Type 2 Diabetes 7
Chapter 2: It’s the Glucose 15
Chapter 3: Understanding the Transition to Type 2 Diabetes 23
Part II: How Type 2 Diabetes Affects Your Body 37
Chapter 4: Managing Short-Term Ailments 39
Chapter 5: Preventing Long-Term Complications 53
Part III: Living with Type 2 Diabetes: Your Physical Health 75
Chapter 6: Glucose Monitoring and Other Tests 77
Chapter 7: Medications: What You Should Know 87
Chapter 8: Healthy Eating in Diabetes 105
Chapter 9: Keeping It Moving: Exercise Plan 129
Part IV: The Part of Tens 139
Chapter 10: Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse Diabetes 141
Chapter 11: Ten Myths about Diabetes That You Can Forget 147
Glossary 155
Index 159