Yours FREE - Controlling Your Diabetes,Johns Hopkins Health Alerts - Diabetes

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts - Diabetes

Yours FREE: Controlling Your Diabetes

In your free copy of The Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Guide to Controlling Your Diabetes, you will discover how good glucose control can reduce your risk of complications. Learn about the blood glucose and exercise connection, and about the new drug Byetta, and whether it can help you as part of your self-care plan to manage and control your diabetes.

Johns Hopkins Guide to
Controlling Your Diabetes

A Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Special Report

Table of Contents

Six Steps to Help You Prevent and Control Diabetes
Why Obesity Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes
Obesity and Insulin
Why Some Overweight People Don't Have Type 2 Diabetes
New Findings on Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

* Resistin
* Leptin
* Free fatty acids

Positive Results of Weight Loss
Controlling Medication-Related Weight Gain
Cause of Weight Gain for People With Diabetes
Keeping Your Weight in Check
Starting and Maintaining a Diabetes Weight-Loss Program
Can "Low-Glycemic-Index" Diets Control Diabetes?
Diabetes and Exercise -- Keeping Your Blood Glucose Levels in Check
How Exercise Affects Blood Glucose Levels
Safety Precautions When Exercising
Should You Be Taking Byetta?
Walking 30 Minutes For Your Diabetes
Further Resources