Description

Overview:

This guide is the most popular diabetes management book in the country. Patients call it their “bible” because they rely on it so much. These written, and readily available guidelines explain how to manage Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and pre-diabetes by balancing foods with exercise, medications and healthy lifestyle changes. Updated in 2019. The content follows the American Diabetes Association’s Standards of Care.

Updated 2019 edition includes:

• • Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
• • Pre-diabetes and gestational diabetes
• • Monitoring blood sugar
• • New blood sugar goals
• • Updated A1c test targets
• • Exercise guidelines
• • Meal planning
• • Label reading, food lists
• • Snack ideas
• • Added sugar
• • Fiber, sodium, alcohol
• • Portion control
• • Weight loss
• • Oral medications
• • Injectable medications (not insulin)
• • New types of insulin, insulin injection
• • Insulin pumps
• • Low blood sugar, high blood sugar
• • Ketoacidosis, testing for ketones
• • Complications, sleep apnea, work, travel
• • Stress management