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Diabetes is diagnosed through blood tests. The most common test is a glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test, which measures your average blood sugar level. An A1C level of 6.5% on two separate tests means that you have diabetes, an A1C level between 5.7 and 6.4% shows prediabetes, and less than 5.7 is a normal reading. In some cases, your doctor may also recommend a random blood sugar test, a fasting blood sugar test, or an oral glucose tolerance test.

This recording explains what causes diabetes, how to prevent it, and most importantly how to live well once you've developed the condition. Most of us know what we should do—this recording gives you the inspiration you need to actually follow through. This audio features inspirational stories plus information on diet, lifestyle, diagnosis, procedures, caregiving, emotional concerns, and alternative therapies from some of the world's foremost experts.

The first book for the general public on LADA (Latent Auto-immune Diabetes in Adults) aka Diabetes 1.5, Kickass Healthy Lada offers the most up to date (and little known) information, with practical strategies and tips for healthy living. If you are one of the millions of Americans with Latent...

La "enfermedad dulce" puede ser un trago muy amargo, pero hay formas de afrontarla. Es perfectamente posible ser diabético y lograr una buena salud. Lo sabe el Dr. Jorge Genesir, que lleva décadas asistiendo a diabéticos en su clínica diaria. Su libro, escrito desde la mayor claridad, se dirige tanto a los pacientes como a sus colegas. Genesir nos explica por qué la clave es educar para (y educarse en) un cambio de hábitos, lo cual implica más que simplemente acceder a la información adecuada.

Offering affirmations and guided imagery for diabetes, this recording has been endorsed and distributed by AADE, the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Embedded in this soothing, hypnotic meditation for diabetes are suggestions designed to help lower blood sugar naturally. The narrative...

Diabetes - eine weitverbreitete Erkrankung. Diabetes kann jeder bekommen. Diabetes kann viele Ursachen haben. Die Betroffenen, die diese Diagnose erhalten, sind meist geschockt. Sie wissen nicht, was auf sie zukommt, sie sind verunsichert und sie fragen sich oft, wie sie damit umgehen sollen und worauf sie verzichten sollten. Die Diagnose bedeutet für viele Betroffene einschneidende Veränderungen in ihrem Leben. Auch Familienmitglieder, Freunde und Partner sind oftmals mit der Situation überfordert.

Teilweise Auszug aus meinem Buch "Tumor ist wenn man trotzdem lacht!". Die Diagnose "Diabetes" wurde mir von meinem damaligen Hausarzt mit ernster Mine überbracht. Zu der Zeit war ich 46 Jahre alt. Allerdings sträubte sich alles in mir, diese Hiobsbotschaft auch anzunehmen und sofort habe ich sämtliche Maßnahmen ergriffen, diese belastende Lebenseinschränkung wieder loszuwerden. Vorliegender Bericht erzählt davon, wie es mir gelungen ist, dieses Ziel in nur relativ kurzer Zeit auch tatsächlich zu erreichen.

In this groundbreaking collection, Ruth DyckFehderau and 27 storytellers offer a rich and timely accounting of contemporary life in Eeyou Istchee, the territory of the James Bay Cree of Northern Quebec. The stories are connected by diabetes, but they are not records of illness as much as they are deeply personal accounts of life in the North.

After author Dennis Pollock experienced a serious diabetic episode, his desire to understand the whys of blood sugar fluctuation, its potential damage to the body, and the ways of prevention led him on a quest for answers. Now Pollock helps others achieve optimum health as they explore: what people should know about the blood sugar delivery system; reasons to change our lifestyles and why faith is a great motivator; and a diet and exercise program that works.

Mit Diabetes leben, heißt mit Tabletten oder gar Spritzen leben? Darauf hast Du keine Lust? Gut so. Ich zeige Dir, wie Du von den Medikamenten wegkommst hin zu einem selbstbestimmtem, beschwingterem Leben. Dieser Weg führt über die Bewegung. Aber nicht irgendwie, sondern mit gezielter, strukturierter Bewegung. Gut investierte Zeit mit der Du schnell erste positive Effekte erzielen wirst. Mein Hörbuch gibt Dir wichtige Informationen, um zu verstehen, welche die wahren Ursachen für Deine erhöhten Blutzuckerwerte sind.

Der Autor hat das Buch geschrieben, welches er selbst gerne nach der Diagnose gelesen hätte. Es ist weder ein Kochbuch, noch hat es den Anspruch einer Doktorarbeit. Es ist ein praktischer Ratgeber für den Umgang mit der Krankheit. Folgt man den Hinweisen, wird man die Symptome schnell wieder los. Und nebenbei startet man ein gesünderes und erfülltes Leben. Der Autor konnte sich durch die konsequente Anwendung der in diesem Hörbuch beschriebenen Änderung der Lebenseinstellung vollständig heilen.

When diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, doctors typically tell their patients to start eating healthy. But what does that mean? If figuring out what to eat seems like taking a test, here's the solution, the American Diabetes Association book, What Do I Eat Now?. In clear, concise, and down-to-earth language that takes the mystery out of confusing nutrition recommendations, this indispensable guide can help listeners make lasting changes in as little as a month. In only four weeks, listeners can eat better, improve their diabetes management, and live a healthier lifestyle.

Dr. Jamie Wood and Dr. Anne Peters, two of the most respected and sought-after endocrinologists, provide an easy-to-follow narrative on all aspects of the disease. Offering practical, evidence-based, and common sense help, The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual will be the go-to reference for everyone touched by type 1 diabetes.

Your First Year with Diabetes is the 12-month plan for anyone recently diagnosed with diabetes or for those wanting an inspired self-management plan. Taking listeners step-by-step through the first year, this practical guide provides the perfect blend of easy-to-digest information presented in a positive light, builds on need-to-know skills, and offers reasonable action items from which to choose for personal goal setting.

Diabetes Weight Loss-Week by Week guides people with diabetes through the steps toward lasting weight loss, better health, and possibly improved blood glucose control. With a week-by-week approach and emphasis on incremental changes, listeners gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence required for permanent weight loss and lifestyle change. Listeners also learn from the triumphs of others by hearing their brief stories.

HighBridge Audio presents four titles in the American Diabetes Association's 21 Things series, collected here in an essential, must-listen omnibus edition.

Living with diabetes is hard. It's easy to get discouraged, frustrated, and burned out. Here's an author who understands the emotional roller coaster and gives you the tools you need to keep from being overwhelmed, addressing such issues as dealing with friends and family and how you can better handle the stress for better health.

A complete resource to help women with diabetes understand their unique experiences and opportunities, A Woman's Guide to Diabetes offers frank discussions about the issues that women with all types of diabetes face, both personally and with family and friends. New topics are introduced and explored through the personal journeys and experiences of authors Brandy Barnes and Natalie Strand, two successful and down-to-earth women who were both diagnosed with diabetes during their teenage years.

Doctors on the Edge is the true account of doctors who are faced with wrenching moral dilemmas, thrust upon them uninvited and unexpected. Sometimes complementary and sometimes conflicting, law, medicine, and morality intrude on the daily practice of medicine. In gripping stories that often include life-and-death decisions, doctors maneuver through ambiguities, subjectivity, and the essential principles of medical ethics.

Here is a moving story of personal triumph - and a prescription for how to tame a disease that afflicts millions of Americans and is doubling among children. The former Miss America, a diabetic herself, offers an inspirational guide to living with diabetes, discussing the need for early detection and treatment of the disease and explaining how, with proper diet, exercise, medication, and attitude, to cope with it.