Prediabetes For Dummies [Paperback]

Alan L. Rubin MD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2, 2009

Accessible information on the causes, health risks, and treatment of prediabetes

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with prediabetes – a heightened level of glucose, and/or impaired glucose tolerance - the time to act is now. Prediabetes For Dummies examines the signs and symptoms of this potential precursor to diabetes and offers up-to-date information about treatment. It provides clear, practical advice on steps you can take to minimize the risk of serious health consequences.

This plain-English guide shows you how to stop prediabetes in its tracks and prevent it from progressing to diabetes. You'll learn how to recognize the symptoms of this often-undiagnosed condition, and what to do if you think you may be prediabetic. You'll also discover how simple lifestyle changes, such as changes in your diet and moderate exercise, can put the brakes on prediabetes and even reverse the condition.

• Offers clear explanations of prediabetes causes, health risks, and treatment
• Includes the latest advances in the use of diabetes medications to treat prediabetes
• Provides diet suggestions, meal plans, and exercise tips
• Contains helpful suggestions for friends and family members who want to support a loved one with prediabetes

While there is no cure for diabetes, it can be prevented if prediabetes is diagnosed and treated early. Packed with valuable information for patients of all ages, Prediabetes For Dummies is an important resource for taking control of this dangerous condition.

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From the Back Cover

The tools you need to stop prediabetes in its tracks

An estimated 60 million people in the United States have prediabetes, a condition that, if not addressed, can lead to serious long-term health problems. Prediabetes For Dummies gives you a look at the signs of this precursor to diabetes and offers up-to-date and easy-to-understand information about how it can be treated and reversed.

• Battling an unhealthy lifestyle — information on identifying problem foods, facing your weight, the risks of being sedentary, and the impact of stress

• Getting a diagnosis — clear coverage of the tests you'll need to secure a diagnosis and how to interpret results

• Avoiding or reversing prediabetes — practical tips on how to stay away from problem foods, change your eating habits, and exercise daily

• Realizing the dangers of moving toward diabetes — facts on the short- and long-term consequences of diabetes, including how it affects sexual health and pregnancy

• Considering weight-loss surgery — trusted advice on bariatric surgery and what it can (and can't) do for you

• Seeing a healthier you in three months — an easy-to-follow, week-by-week plan to confront prediabetes

• Understanding the prediabetes epidemic — a practical overview of the origins and threats of prediabetes, the people it affects, and its devastating toll on the lives of children and adults, our healthcare system, and our nation

Open the book and find:

• Whether you're at risk for prediabetes

• Food ingredients to avoid

• Tips for shopping for food

• Detailed instructions on starting a simple exercise plan

• Special considerations for children and the elderly

• When to consider surgery for an obese child

• Coverage of gestational diabetes

• Ten staples to keep in the kitchen

• Online resources for additional information and support

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About the Author

Alan L. Rubin, MD, is one of the nation's foremost authorities on prediabetes and diabetes. He is the author of Diabetes For Dummies, Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, and Thyroid For Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (December 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470523018
• ISBN-13: 978-0470523018
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I started writing books For Dummies in 1998 with Diabetes For Dummies. That has sold more than 1 million copies. With its success, I wrote Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, then Thyroid For Dummies, High Blood Pressure For Dummies, Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, Prediabetes For Dummies and now Vitamin D For Dummies. The books have been translated into 16 languages and there are special editions for the UK, Canada and Australia.

Writing these books has been the source of many wonderful experiences, including a book signing for the Chinese edition in Beijing, China and numerous opportunities to speak before groups of doctors and patients. I recently traveled to Paris to discuss translations of other titles besides Diabetes For Dummies. I get many emails from grateful readers and readers with questions. I welcome general questions but can't answer specific questions.
I look forward to writing new books and bringing previous editions up-to-date.

In November, 2009 and December, 2009 respectively, I published the 3rd edition of Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies and a new book Prediabetes For Dummies. In June, 2011 I published Vitamin D For Dummies. This new book tells you everything you need to know to gain the benefits of vitamin D, not only for your bones but for cancer prevention, protection from infection and numerous other benefits.

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars books by dr. rubin, January 20, 2010

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Barbara P. Renbaum - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prediabetes For Dummies (Paperback)

Dr.Rubin has done it again. In diabetes for Dummies he taught us how to manage the most common form of diabetes, type 2 diabetes. In diabetes Cookbook for Dummies he showed us we could eat great food despite having diabetes. In Type 1 Diabetes for Dummies he explained the form of diabetes that usually begins in childhood. Now he tells us how to avoid diabetes altogether. Nothing appears to be left out. He explains how to identify prediabetes. He tells us how to eat and exercise to prevent or reverse the condition. He explains the consequences if we permit prediabetes to develop into diabetes. Despite the seriousness of the topic, Dr. Rubin manages to keep it light as he has done in all his other books. It is highly unlikely that you will find a better book on this subject.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Cheers for 'Prediabetes for Dummies'!, January 1, 2010

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C. Reece (Lexington, Kentucky USA) - See all my reviews
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This For Dummies edition, like other For Dummies books, is plainly written and clearly presented. The prediabetic reader begins to understand diabetes and what indications to watch for. It thoroughly discusses foods beneficial as well as those harmful, and offers hope and assurance that if one controls weight and diet, and exercises, there is light at the end of the tunnel and diabetes does not have to happen. That is, as long as a person remains vigilant in these areas. So, those considered obese or couch potatoes, beware!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars prediabetes for dummies, June 15, 2010

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Barbara Jo Burnside - See all my reviews
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I think this book is very useful. I sat in a bookstore skimming many, many books before I decided this one was the best for the information I needed. I recommend this book for anyone that wants to prevent diabetes.