"I thought I knew everything about diabetes; however, after reading this book, I felt like I had been ignorant about many of the treatments, medications and care of the illness. Informative and inspirational, especially for the newly diagnosed." - Abby S. Connor, Type 1 diabetic for 31 years

Diabetes is a serious disease, but if you understand it, and if you are diligent in treating it, you can live a long, active, normal life.

On this website I will explain in layman's terms what you need to do to care for your type 2 diabetes.

For as long as I have been a diabetes educator and even before that, the focus of treating diabetes has focused on nutrition, modifying what the person with diabetes is eating. Although very important, there is far more to successfully managing diabetes than food selection and reduced serving sizes.

The most important thing I have to tell you about controling your type 2 diabetes is that you need to move, to exercise. Working in a clinical setting with type 2 diabetes patients for 15 years, I have seen proof again and again that when type 2 diabetes patients change their lifestyle from sedentary to active, drastic health improvements are routine.

I will provide much helpful information here, and even more - much more - is available in my book

Prescription for Type 2 Diabetes: Exercise.

Click the Podcast button in the top menu to listen to excerpts from my book, and if you are not familiar with podcasts, not to worry. Click the Podcasts 101 button in the left menu for a simple explanation. You can actually listen right here on this site at your computer or you can subscribe through iTunes and download the podcasts to a portable listening device. Both means of accessing the podcasts are explained in Podcasts 101.