Contents

1. Title Page
2. About the author
3. Introduction
4. How to use this book
5. Chapter 1 Understanding Type 2
6. Chapter 2 Diagnosing diabetes
7. Chapter 3 Pre-diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
8. Chapter 4 Is Type 2 potentially reversible?
9. Chapter 5 Taking control of calories
10. Chapter 6 ‘Superfoods’ and nutraceuticals
11. Chapter 7 Keeping your medication to a minimum
12. Chapter 8 Activity and exercise
13. Chapter 9 Looking after your heart and arteries
14. Chapter 10 Blood pressure and cholesterol
15. Chapter 11 Avoiding eye, kidney and nerve complications
16. Chapter 12 Diabetes and older people
17. Chapter 13 Psychology and Type 2 diabetes
18. Postscript That wasn’t too tough, was it?
19. References and further reading
20. Index
21. Copyright