Type 2 Diabetes : Cardiovascular and Related Complications and Evidence-Based Complementary Treatments Paperback / softback
by Robert (City University of New York-Hunter College) Fried, Richard M. Carlton
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Approximately 29 million Americans are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes annually.
Of that number, only about 36 percent (10.44 million diabetes sufferers) achieve satisfactory medical outcomes and would need additional help—rarely available—to reliably control their glucose levels.
Contrary to popular belief, although anti-diabetic medications can lower sugar levels, nevertheless they have a poor performance track record because inflammation in the blood vessels persists. This book details recent scientific findings that cardiovascular, kidney, vision, peripheral nervous system, and other body damage caused by chronic high levels of blood sugar (hyperglycemia) in Type 2 diabetes is actually due to excessive generation of unopposed free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS).
These, in turn, cause chronic systemic inflammation and dysfunction of the endothelial lining of the arterial blood vessels, jeopardizing the formation of the protective molecule nitric oxide (NO), thus severely impairing the blood supply to every organ and tissue in the body.
This book also catalogues the evidence that chronic hyperglycemia causes profound and often irreversible damage—even long before Type 2 diabetes has been diagnosed.
In addition, because conventional prescription treatments are, unfortunately, often inadequate, the book details evidence-based complementary means of blood sugar control.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:482 pages, 1 Tables, color; 14 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, bl
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:22/10/2018
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- ISBN:9781138580565
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:482 pages, 1 Tables, color; 14 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, bl
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:22/10/2018
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- ISBN:9781138580565