Overcoming Diabetes - Softcover

This unique book - one in a series of natural health guides from doctor and internationally bestselling author Sarah Brewer - provides a highly authoritative yet easy-to-follow program of complementary medicine and self-care treatments for this increasingly prevalent condition. If you are one of the millions with Diabetes, and are looking for expert advice on the steps you can take to alleviate your symptoms and enhance health and well-being, this is the book for you. Part One helps you to understand your condition, offering an insightful overview of diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, and explaining the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Part Two guides you through the many complementary and nutritional approaches to treatment, such as reflexology, acupuncture and magnetic therapy, plus the benefits of including good fats and superfoods in your diet. It also reveals how controlling your carb intake, cutting down on salt, and maintaining a healthy weight can transform how your body responds to your condition. Finally, in Part Three of this groundbreaking book, Dr Sarah Brewer offers a pioneering approach of tailor-made programs, based on the premise that we're all unique, and have different requirements depending on our age, gender, lifestyle and genetic background. Choose from The Gentle Program, The Moderate Program or The Full-strength Program - each guiding you through nutritional plans, exercise routines and therapeutic techniques - all of which empower you to take control and make real changes to your health and your life.

Dr Sarah Brewer is a doctor and leading medical writer. She has written many internationally successful books, including Eat to Beat High Blood Pressure, Eat to Beat I.B.S., Energy Boosters, and Overcoming Arthritis, Overcoming Asthma and Overcoming High Blood Pressure, all for Watkins. The recipient of several writing awards, she was named the UK's Health Journalist of the Year in 2002. Sarah Brewer's website can be found at www.naturalhealthguru.co.uk.