• 1Type 2 Diabetes (VIDEO)
  • 2Managing Diabetes
  • 3A Critical Balance
  • 4Key Players
  • 5The Fuel Supply Chain
  • 6Diabetes Symptoms
  • 7Overweight: The #1 Risk Factor
  • 8Diabetes and Large Vessel Disease
  • 9Diabetes and Small Vessel Disease
  • 10Nerve Damage
  • 11Testing and Diagnosis
  • 12Keep It Down
  • 13Health in Action
  • 14Put Out the Fire
  • 15Calming Diabetes
  • 16Keeping Tabs on Glucose
  • 17Glucose Control
  • 18Extreme Treatment
  • 19Manage Your Weight
CHAPTER 1

Type 2 Diabetes (VIDEO)

Go deep inside your body to see how type 2 diabetes happens, what it does to your body—and what you can do about it. Diabetes expert Dr. David Katz of the Yale Prevention Research Center talks about the frightening future of diabetes: in just a few decades, one third of all Americans may have diabetes. See the pancreas, where insulin is produced. Real imaging data reveals the body’s inner anatomy slice by slice, from brain to base of spine. Dr. Cynthia Geyer of Canyon Ranch talks about how insulin resistance develops. View its results, as visceral abdominal fat builds up and chokes the vital organs. Discover the symptoms of type 2 diabetes and find out if you should be tested. See the complications of diabetes, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, vision damage, kidney disease, and gangrene. The good news? Diabetes is a highly manageable disease. Dr. Mark Liponis of Canyon Ranch talks about controlling your risk for type 2 diabetes and, by managing it, reversing its symptoms and literally slowing the aging process.
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