If you are on a restricted diet due to food allergies or gluten intolerance, you don't have to be deprived of the pleasure of your favorite desserts. Now you can enjoy delicious desserts which are free of your problem foods. With I Love Dessert but NOT Sugar, Wheat, Milk, Gluten, Corn, Soy, Unhealthy Fat... you will rediscover the enjoyment of simple pleasures. This book contains more than 300 easily-made recipes for almost any dessert you might want, all free of sugar, wheat, corn, soy, and unhealthy fats. Most of the recipes are gluten-free; a wide variety of gluten-free grains and grain alternatives is used in addition to rice. The desserts are sweetened with healthy natural sweeteners such as agave, fruit sweeteners, and stevia. Enjoy simple fruit desserts, puddings, cobblers, crisps, pies, cakes, ice creams (including dairy-free), sweet breads and rolls, cookies and confections on your special diet. When your friends or family are having a treat, now you can join in. Don't deprive yourself any more!

Captures the art and science of diabetes self-management education Serves to help educators support their patients in their diabetes self-care efforts Focuses on diabetes self-care with education as the major component Diabetes affects an estimated 20 million people in the United States, with many people remaining unaware that they suffer from the disease. While the number of diabetics continues to rise, the number of caregivers who specialize in diabetes treatment does not. In Educating Your Patient with Diabetes, Katie Weinger and Catherine Carver assemble commentary from a panel of leading diabetes practitioners and researchers and put together a highly readable guide to supplying patients with diabetes with the information and ability to successfully cope with their disease. The authors and editors provide substantive data on successful models of diabetes education and the process of educating diabetes sufferers. Additional chapters discuss diabetes in pregnancy, the challenge of weight and diabetes management in clinical practice, and diabetes education in geriatric populations. Timely and accessible, Educating Your Patient with Diabetes is a must have for all diabetes educators, physician assistants, nurses, and endocrinologists who endeavor to support their patients' diabetes self-care efforts and help them maximize the opportunities for patient learning.

The beta cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans are the only cells in the body that produce and secrete insulin. This metabolic hormone plays a central role in the maintenance of glucose homeostasis. This book provides a comprehensive review of the beta cell in health and disease. The book s primary aim is to encourage investigators to become actively involved in diabetes research and the search for new approaches to prevent and treat diabetes.

In this updated edition, leading medical specialists critically review for the general practitioner the latest techniques for the clinical management of diabetic neuropathy. The contributors focus on the practical aspects of diabetic neuropathy and describe in detail the treatments that are currently available or expected to become available in the near future. They also include concise discussions of the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy.

More Than 3 Million American Medical Association Books Sold

From America's Most Trusted Health Authority, the Ultimate Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Managing Type 2 Diabetes

Millions of Americans have type 2 diabetes, and millions more are at risk of developing the disease. The good news is that it is both preventable and treatable. In the American Medical Association Guide to Living with Diabetes you'll learn everything you need to know to prevent type 2 diabetes, take control of it if you already have it, and reduce your risk of life-threatening complications.

This book provides clear, easy-to-understand explanations of what type 2 diabetes is, what causes it, and how to determine if you are at risk. You'll find a detailed, easy-to-follow program for preventing diabetes by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. If you are living with diabetes, this invaluable guide offers in-depth explanations of the recommended lifestyle changes that can help you manage the disease, stressing the importance of rigorous testing and control of your blood sugar to avoid complications. You will learn about the available medications for treating diabetes and about alternative and complementary therapies. The book also includes sections on gestational diabetes and the increasing threat that type 2 diabetes poses to at-risk children. By following the recommendations and guidelines in the American Medical Association Guide to Living with Diabetes, you can reduce or eliminate the symptoms, avoid or minimize the risk of serious complications, and become more physically fit, energetic, and alert. In fact, there's no reason you can't behealthier than you've ever been.

A candid, provocative, and moving account of one of America's fastest-growing health issues
If you or someone you love has diabetes, you are not alone -- more than twenty million Americans now live with the disease. In Cheating Destiny, the best-selling author James S. Hirsch offers an incisive, sometimes surprising portrait of diabetes in America. Hirsch is intimately familiar with the disease: he has lived with type 1 diabetes for three decades. His brother, Irl, also a diabetic, is one of the country's leading diabetologists. Most poignantly, his son Garrett was diagnosed at age three.
Hirsch draws on his unique expertise to provide an engaging blend of reportage, memoir, history, and advocacy. He offers revealing views of life with diabetes: the urge toward secrecy that many diabetics feel, the everyday psychological and emotional hurdles, and the perseverance -- even heroism -- required for survival. Hirsch takes a look at the science behind the disease and its treatment, and lays bare the impact on our economy, society, and our families. Anyone who lives with diabetes -- or loves a diabetic -- will find this book essential reading.

Sugarcoating Diabetes addresses the question of why it is virtually impossible for diabetics to get straightforward, consistent answers to fundamental questions about diet, drugs, and supplements. The problem, as revealed in Sugarcoating Diabetes, is that virtually all of the health information we receive traces its source to competing entities that know little and care less about preventing diabetes or its complications. As the incidence of type 2 diabetes continues to rise to epidemic proportions, food, supplement, and drug companies capitalize on an expanding market by selling us sugar free candies, miracle vitamins, and lifetime supplies of expensive and ineffective drugs. These industries expend hundreds of millions of dollars annually to promote their products leaving no important source of health information untouched.
The facts, culled from courts of law and science, make the open and shut case that we struggle with diabetes because we are grossly misinformed with slogans instead of science. By revealing the scarcely heard scientist's point of view, Sugarcoating Diabetes empowers its readers to successfully control diabetes using the best "sugar-free" information available today. Unlike other diabetes management books that promise "a road to success," Sugarcoating Diabetes illuminates the path by removing blinders.
What makes this book not only credible, but inspiring, is the story of the author's own reversal of a severe type 2 diabetic condition, which offers hope to those struggling with diabetes. This is not a "miracle cure" book; rather it exposes modern snake oil remedies and marketing slogans that don't work and reveals the science-based methods that many useto manage diabetes without medication, supplements, or sugar-free cookies. Based on extensive research of the medical literature, Sugarcoating Diabetes will enlighten health care professionals as well as diabetics.

Eat for health, for healing, for life.

Can something as delicious as a Berry Tart with Cinnamon Oat Crust really help you balance your blood sugar? Believe it or not, medical researchers are making surprising discoveries about the link between diet and disease every day----and Healing Gourmet is dedicated to bringing the latest scientific breakthroughs into your kitchen.

With this complete nutrition guide, you'll learn how to monitor your diabetes and modify your lifestyle with all-natural meal plans and healing foods that you can find in your local supermarket. You'll find important information about metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, risk factors, inflammation, and other complications. You'll get the skinny on fat and the truth about carbohydrates, and discover a whole arsenal of essential nutrients hidden in everyday foods, herbs, and spices.

With Healing Gourmet, the recipe for good health is simple. Every book in the series includes: Foods to manage illness and foster health Strategies for smart shopping Three weeks of meal plans Fifty easy-to-make and delicious recipes

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With a professional team of medical experts, nutritionists, and culinary chefs, Healing Gourmet turns the most up-to-date research into mouthwatering recipes and your kitchen into a healing haven. Visit healinggourmet.com for the latest updates and more disease-beating meal plans!

In the United States, 20.8 million children and adults, 7% of the population, have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed, 6.2 million have yet to be diagnosed. Worldwide diabetes afflicts 150 million people. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2025 that figure will double. Diabetes is responsible for more deaths than AIDS and breast cancer, combined. It is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, amputations, heart complications and stroke. Treatment of Type 1 and Type diabetes has changed radically over the past few years. There are new opportunities for treating the key abnormality in diabetes, increased blood glucose, by effective agents such as new insulin preparations and oral agents. Increasing so-called non-glycemic intervention is of prime importance. Blood pressure lowering therapies, anti-cholesterol strategies, and specific treatment related to complications is becoming increasingly important. Pharmacotherapy of Diabetes is a unique, invaluable guide to all aspects of the pharmacological treatment of diabetes, covering basic concepts and an in-depth review of current and future therapies. This work provides an overview for the new changes in therapies that can be implemented in clinical practice and treatment of the diabetic patient.

The data presented by IDF at the American Diabetes Association shows more than seven fold rise in incidence of diabetes in the last 20 years - from 30 million cases to 230 million. The number is projected to go up to 350 million in the next 20years. The situation is alarming and needs to be tackled on war footing. China and India have estimated 39 and 30 million cases respectively and USA 21 million cases of type 2 diabetes. (HT - June 13, 2006). This book details some measures for prevention of diabetes. Measures to prevent complications and avoid mobility and mortality are describes.

Until now, no book or long-term research (i.e., nearly forty years) has conclusively demonstrated that diabetes complications can be avoided for such a prolonged period of time.
Diabetes Without ComplicationsQ is the first book written that explores nearly forty years of a person's life with diabetes and how diabetes complications have been completely avoided, including valuable lessons learned over the years. The second half of the book contains information for building a successful diabetes management program.
Diabetes Without ComplicationsQ covers type 1 and type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and preventing diabetes. The book helps build a program to avoid or reduce the risk of getting diabetes complications or delay the progression of existing complications. The book includes the two measurement standards for serum blood glucose levels-(mg/dL) and (mmol/L). Body weights and heights are provided in their metric and non-metric equivalents.
Diabetes Without ComplicationsQ has been peer reviewed by top medical specialists and medical professionals. It was also peer reviewed by persons with diabetes and those whom had no knowledge of diabetes, including a wide variety of educational backgrounds-from high school education only through various college degrees and levels, including Master and PhD. Extensive medical and scientific references are documented throughout the book.
The book includes the author's most recent and comprehensive medical test records-with notations- to help readers understand the basic medical tests that are essential for any successful diabetes management program. Readers can discuss the tests with their physician(s) to determine applicability for theirown diabetes care.
The book also provides valuable information that could help delay the progression of existing complications.
Diabetes Without Complications is a trademark of Diabetes Press, Inc.

Dietary sugars and starches are a leading cause of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Controlling carbohydrate intake offers the best prevention while also helping mood, energy levels, cravings and pain. If you have failed using low carb before, ask yourself why?

By understanding the addictive nature of sugars and starches, you will have the key to beating them. Learn why a low fat, high starch diet works against basic physiology. See what foods and recipes, that you may have considered low carb, are keeping the flame of addiction lit. Discover snacks and desserts that will help make the low carb lifestyle easy.Take control of your health and the related costs to you and the country. Feel better, look better and live longer with low carb success.

Low carb from a Certified Nutritionists point of view
Help for overweight kids and adults
Control appetite and cravings
Reduce inflammation
Reverse Type II Diabetes and heart disease
Reduce arthritis pain
Eliminate Acid Reflux and manage stress
Improve Premenstrual and Menopausal symptomsWritten by two people who enjoy their health and love to eat.

Enteroviruses have been examined for their possible role in the etiology of type 1 diabetes for nearly 40 years. It is now evident from studies in several countries that enterovirus infection accompanies or precedes the onset of diabetes in many individuals. These evidences include the isolation of coxsackievirus B4 from the pancreas of a child at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, several epidemiological and prospective studies showing that some cases of type 1 diabetes are strongly associated with enterovirus infections, seasonal incidence studies, case-control studies that show an increased prevalence and levels of IgM antibodies to enterovirus in newly diagnosed patients. Other evidences involves several case studies in which diabetes develops after an enterovirus infections, increased T cell response to enterovirus antigens in type 1 diabetic patients, suggestions that enterovirus infections during pregnancy might initiate the events leading to childhood diabetes, and a higher frequency of enterovirus RNA in the serum/blood of type 1 diabetic patients at diagnosis. This book Provides a better understanding of enteroviral biology and the potential alternative pathogenic mechanisms through which enteroviruses may cause diabetes.

An essential reference for any laboratory working in the analytical fluorescence glucose sensing field. The increasing importance of these techniques is typified in one emerging area by developing non-invasive and continuous approaches for physiological glucose monitoring. This volume incorporates analytical fluorescence-based glucose sensing reviews, specialized enough to be attractive to professional researchers, yet appealing to a wider audience of scientists in related disciplines of fluorescence.

From America's most trusted health authority, this is the ultimate guide to managing Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S., and in recent years the disease has reached epidemic levels: nearly 19 million Americans now live with Type 2 diabetes and 13 million more are affected by its precursor, prediabetes. Now, at last, America's leading group of medical experts has created an easy-to-understand self-care reference to help people prevent and manage the disease. Authoritative and up to date, the book explains what diabetes is, describes its risk factors, and offers practical strategies for reducing those risks including improving nutrition, exercising more, and losing weight. For people who are currently living with diabetes, it offers comprehensive, helpful information about recommended lifestyle changes, blood-glucose testing, medications, alternative and complementary therapies, and how to prevent serious complications.Complete with special sections on gestational diabetes and the increasing numbers of American children who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes or who are living with it, this guide is an essential home reference for everyone with diabetes or prediabetes. The American Medical Association has been the leading group of medical experts in the United States and one of the most respected health-related organizations in the world for more than 150 years. Previous AMA books include the more than 2 million-copy bestseller, American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, now in its fourth edition (0-471-26911-5). Boyd E. Metzger, MD (Chicago, IL) is the Tom D. Spies Professor of Metabolism and Nutrition in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, and Attending Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He headed Northwestern University's Clinical Center for the Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program funded by the National Institute of Health

The growing problem of diabetes presents difficult challenges for sufferers and for those in the healthcare professions, who are in the unenviable position of trying to convince patients to change their lifestyle "for their own good." Handbook of Diabetes Management provides practical knowledge and advice that can help you anticipate the challenges of working with these Patients. What's more, since the knowledge here is evidence-based, you can assure your patients that the guidelines you're presenting to them have been shown to be effective.

This guide takes into account the complexity of the disease, the diversity of the populations it affects, and the continued improvement of care systems. It discusses the origins of diabetes and medication management and treatment, then presents advice based on the latest research findings on:

-behavioral health and self-management issues and interventions

-tips for patients dealing with issues such as travel, surgery, and foot care

-treating specific patient populations including Latinos, Native Americans, rural communities, and the uninsured

-case studies from successful, replicable programs

Also addressing the business aspects of diabetes care related to such areas as legal and regulatory issues and health policy initiatives, Handbook of Diabetes Management, brings you practical insights based on the latest research.

"This handbook book by expert professionals covers every aspect of diabetic care. It is a sound, evidence-based, culturally informative, practical approach to diabetes prevention and disease management."

-Kathleen Lambert, BSN, RN, JD, from the Foreword

A comprehensive and authoritative survey of recent findings, ideas, and hypotheses about the causes and treatment of diabetic nephropathy. The authors cover both the basic pathogenic mechanisms of the disease, as well as many of its clinical aspects of identification, management, and new therapeutic approaches. Highlights include an entire section devoted to novel approaches to studying diabetic nephropathy with the most advanced molecular techniques, and complete descriptions of the most up-to-date views on the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The Diabetic Kidney offers both researchers and practicing clinicians a clear understanding of the of the progress that has been made regarding the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and of the therapeutic interventions needed to prevent its development or treat it.

The cause of diabetes mellitus is metabolic in origin. However, its major clinical manifestations, which result in most of the morbidity and mortality, are a result of its vascular pathology. In fact, the American Heart Association has recently stated that, "from the point of view of cardiovascular medicine, it may be appropriate to say, diabetes is a cardiovascular disease" (1). But diabetic vascular disease is not limited to just the macrovasculature. Diabetes mellitus also affects the microcirculation with devastating results, including nephropathy, neuropathy, and retinopathy. Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the United States, while diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new-onset blindness in working-age Americans. The importance of this text on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease is evident by the magnitude of the population affected by diabetes mellitus. Over 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, while another 5 million remain undiagnosed. The impact from a public health perspective is huge and increasing. As the population of the United States grows older, more sedentary, and obese, the risk of developing diabetes and its complications will increase. Epidemiological studies have identified diabetes mellitus as a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Over 65% of patients with diabetes mellitus die from a cardiovascular cause. The prognosis of patients with diabetes mellitus who develop overt clinical cardiovascular disease is much worse than those cardiovascular patients free of diabetes mellitus.

Over the last twenty years, type 2 diabetes skyrocketed to the forefront of global public health concern. In this book, Mari Armstrong-Hough examines the rise and response to the disease in two societies: the United States and Japan. Both societies have faced rising rates of diabetes, but their social and biomedical responses to its ascendance have diverged. To explain the emergence of distinctive strategies to explain and manage diabetes, Armstrong-Hough argues that physicians act on not only increasingly globalized professional standards but also on local knowledge, explanatory models, and cultural toolkits. As a result, strategies for clinical management diverge sharply from one country to another. Armstrong-Hough demonstrates how distinctive practices endure in the midst of intensifying biomedicalization, both on the part of patients and on the part of physicians, and how these differences grow from broader cultural narratives about diabetes in each setting.

Self-manage digestive disorders through dietary choices

Suffering from a gastrointestinal disorder–whether it’s irritable bowel syndrome, gas, constipation, heartburn, or another condition–can be embarrassing and debilitating. While medical treatments and prescriptions can offer relief, one of the most important ways you can help yourself is to choose the right foods to eat.

Backed by the American Dietetic Association, this user-friendly guide shows you how to analyze your eating habits so that you can map out a dietary plan to manage and reduce the uncomfortable symptoms of digestive disorders. You’ll find practical recommendations for implementing changes in your lifestyle and advice on steering clear of common dietary mistakes. Your meals will be pleasurable and nourishing experiences–not painful ones–when you discover how to make the best and most comfortable food choices so you can embark on the road to digestive health.

A concise survey by physicians and researchers of the latest thinking about the causes of diabetes and the best approaches to treating its acute and chronic complications. The authors pay special attention to explaining the molecular basis of diabetes and its complications, as well as to the many recent developments in whole pancreas and islet cell transplantation, including the means for avoiding the rejection of transplanted islets.

Diabetes mellitus is the collective name for a group of diseases associated with hyperglycemia (high levels of blood glucose) caused by defects in insulin p- duction, insulin action, or both. About 6. 2% of the US population (17 million people) have diabetes mellitus. It is the leading cause of kidney failure, bli- ness, and amputations. It is also a major risk factor for heart diseases, stroke, and birth defects. Diabetes Mellitus: Methods and Protocols provides a state-of-the-art account of the experimental methodology for studying the molecular defects leading to diabetes mellitus, both at the molecular and biochemical levels. The chapters cover a wide range of topics written by experts in their respective fields and are organized in two sections: Insulin Production and Insulin Action. The detailed experimental protocols presented, including the notes of interest, provide a very useful tool for basic researchers and clinicians for investigating and treating this disease. Each chapter starts with an introduction to a specific technique and explains its application in the field of diabetes research. Following the list of materials, a detailed description of the technique is presented in the methods section in a way that enables the successful execution of the protocol. The "Notes" section at the end discusses the pitfalls of the technique and alternative approaches. I am grateful to the numerous scientists who have contributed to this volume by writing both highly detailed and understandable chapters.

In ambulantenund stationaren Pflegeieinrichtungenist mehr als jeder 4. Bewohner Diabetiker. Viele von ihnensind insulinbehandelt.Die Tendenz ist steigend. Das Pflegepersonal ubernimmt hier einen wichtigen Part in der Betreuung und Therapiebegleitung geriatrischer Patienten mit Diabetes. Die Schulung der Pflegekrafte wahrendder Ausbildung ist unzureichend undviele Aspekte der modernen Diabetologie sind den Pflegenden nicht bekannt.

Dieses Handbuch fur die Praxis und die Fortbildung enthalt alle wichtigen Zusatzinformationen, die Pflegende benotigen: Symptome und Krankheitsbild Diabetes mellitus Typ 2 bei geriatrischen Patienten, Begleit- und Folgeerkrankungen wie z.B.Diabetesbei Demenz, Therapiemoglichkeiten, Pflegemassnahmen, Patientenempowerment, Qualitatsmanagement und Schulung der Mitarbeiter.

Ein Handbuch fur die Pflegepraxis, Fortbildung und alle Mitarbeiter, die altere Menschen mit Diabetes mellitus betreuen und unterstutzen.

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The definitive guide to eating well and staying healthy with diabetes

"Nutrition is pivotal to diabetes care. This book is a terrific tool for managing diabetes through good nutrition. It’s a guide you can use every day–a treasure chest of advice on how to eat healthfully."
–Richard M. Bergenstal, MD, Executive Director
International Diabetes Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

From the American Dietetic Association comes this authoritative guide to choosing foods to control your blood sugar and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle. It provides the must-know basics of daily diabetes care–from designing a food plan and preventing low blood glucose levels to losing weight and carbohydrate counting–so you can personalize diabetes and food decisions to fit your needs. You’ll see how to manage blood fat levels and blood pressure–an important part of diabetes care–and gain invaluable insight into making healthy food choices and planning tasty meals. You’ll also find tips on reducing sugar and fat in foods; quick and easy meal ideas; and a special section on prevention of type 2 diabetes.

• Detailed menu plans for daily caloric levels of 1,200, 1,500, 1,800, 2,000, and 2,500 calories
• Includes fast-food restaurant and ethnic food guides
• Ratings for high, low, and moderate glycemic index foods