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

About the Author

Professor Lesley Campbell is the Director of the Diabetes Centre of St Vincent's Hospital, a leading organisation involved in both the research and management of the disease. Alan L Rubin, MD has run a private practice specialising in diabetes for 25 years.