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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The majority of the 24 million Americans with diabetes and the 57 million with pre-diabetes suffer from a deluge of misinformation. Patient-expert Riva Greenberg separates myth from truth to help those with diabetes and pre-diabetes live longer, healthier lives.
Riva Greenberg’s cutting-edge guide identifies the fifty most prevalent diabetes myths and their life-changing, life-saving truths. Drawing on interviews with experts across the entire spectrum of diabetes care, as well as including “lessons learned” from other fellow patients, 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life dispels myths such as:
Eating sweets causes diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is not as serious as Type 1
Diabetes medications make you gain weight
If I don’t have any symptoms, I can’t have diabetes
If I have to take insulin, it’s the beginning of the end
An invaluable resource for people living with diabetes, 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life provides the information needed to manage this condition and to live a long, healthy life.
Riva Greenberg, diabetes patient-expert and coach, has lived with diabetes for more than thirty years and is the author of The ABC’s of Loving Yourself with Diabetes. She contributes to Diabetes Health magazine and speaks frequently at diabetes conferences and support groups. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. www.diabetesmythsandtruths.com
August 1, 2009 $14.95 Paperback Original Health/Diabetes 316 pages
ISBN 978-0-7382-1320-0
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