| 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life: And the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It |  | Author: Riva Greenberg
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Patient-expert Riva Greenberg's book is an essential guide for the more than 24 million Americans with diabetes and the more than 57 million with prediabetes. 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life puts the “power of truth” directly into patients’ hands, dispelling the 50 most common myths that tend to rule their lives, such as: “You have to be fat to get diabetes,” “Eating too many sweets causes diabetes,” “Insulin shots are painful,” and “Type 2 diabetes is not as serious as Type 1.” With recommendations from top experts and engaging patient stories, 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life explains the crucial information everyone managing this chronic illness needs to know to live a long, healthy life with diabetes.
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 Kills every single one of the most common myths about diabetes August 23, 2009
Manny Hernandez (Bay Area, CA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
One by one, Riva Greenberg tears down 50 of the top myths that typically accompany diabetes. From "Type 2 diabetes is not as serious as type 1" to "People with diabetes can't eat sugar." From "Women with diabetes shouldn't get pregnant" to "If my doctor says it's time for me to take insulin, I'm a failure". The author hits every single myth on the head, with the expert support of many of the who's who of the diabetes medical establishment (names in the list include Dr. Jovanovic, Dr. Kaufman, Dr. Polonsky and several more).
The book groups myths in six groups: common ones, medical myths, food myths, body fitness myths, psych myths and practical & practices myths. Each myth is followed by the truth behind it, a detailed discussion about why the myth is not true and a sidebar titled "Tips to Make You Tops" which gives you practical elements you can apply to help kill the myth in your own life.
Along with The Real-Life Guide to Diabetes this is one of the great practical books about living with diabetes I have read in quite a while.
Awesome! August 15, 2009
Carolyn W. Crumpler (Cincinnati OH USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As a person with diabetes, I look for answers to the many questions I have. The big question always is: Is that a myth, or is it the truth?
Riva's book is the best I've read. Because I know her and her effective management of her own diabetes, I bought the book, and I was
not disappointed! Her use of real people and their experiences, her practical, understandable language, and her "Tips to Make You Tops'
make me feel that the book was written especially for me.
Empowering July 18, 2009
Ann (TN)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is great for anyone wanting to understand diabetes and how to manage it well. It is concise, conversational and upbeat - an easy read. As a person with diabetes, I've discovered that much of what I and many of my friends thought about diabetes was based on myth not truth. In fact, most days I hear someone repeat one of the myths debunked in this book such as sugar causes diabetes. Thankfully, Riva tackles the most prominent diabetes myths/fears with straight forward information backed by medical research and with practical tips from her own diabetes journey, from medical experts and from others living with diabetes. No matter where you (or your loved one) are in managing diabetes, this book offers ways to improve. Riva's continuing encouragement that if we are armed with the "truths" of diabetes, we can manage diabetes well and live a healthy, happy life is a welcomed gift of empowerment.
Dealing with, not fearing, diabetes August 7, 2009
Thomas Fineco (New Bern, NC)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book should be required reading for all those people entering the medical field. This book should be given to all those newly diagnosed patients and/or families dealing with diabetes. It is an easy read and easily understood book to help dispel the myths and fears of diabetes without a lot of medical details. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 52, using insulin pump at 54, starting riding a bike at 55, rode my bike across the US at 59, celebrated my 70th by riding 70 miles. Riva's book would have saved me a lot of research and trial & errors that took years to learn on my own.
The medical staff see the diabetic minutes each visit. The person with diabetes has it 24 hours a day/ seven days a week. Riva's book help you deal with all the other hours and days.
written by Tom Fineco (NC)
Loved this book! August 19, 2009
Kathleen Daly (MA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I didn't think I was going to like this book at first, because I knew I was becoming educated about diabetes and didn't believe any myths. However, the format and content was well written and informative, and I learned a great deal. I am going to show it to my doctor at my next appointment as I think she should know about it and recommend it to her patients.
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