Diabetes: Your Complete Exercise Guide (COOPER CLINIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE FITNESS SERIES)

If you have Type I or Type II diabetes, you can achieve real physical payoffs by making exercise a part of your routine. This book provides a safe and sensible exercise program that--used in conjunction with good nutrition and proper medication--will help you control your condition and improve your health and physical fitness.

In addition, you will find a clear explanation of the types of diabetes and their treatments, essentials on tailoring an effective exercise program to fit your capabilities, guidelines for safe exercise, four complete exercise programs, and a unique Health Points System to help you maintain motivation and gauge your progress.

This book also addresses the special needs of people with diabetes by providing information on preventing blood-sugar emergencies before, during, and after exercise; adjusting diet and insulin regimens to exercise; ensuring proper foot care; and more.

Diabetes: Your Complete Exercise Guide offers a safe and effective exercise program that will help you control your condition and will set you on a lifelong course of improved health and fitness.

This book is part of The Cooper Clinic and Research Institute Fitness Series--the first series to provide an exercise rehabilitation alternative for people with chronic medical conditions. Other topics in the series include arthritis, chronic fatigue, breathing disorders, and stroke. The author, Dr. Neil F. Gordon, is the director of exercise physiology at The Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, Texas and is widely regarded as a leading expert on exercise and health.

Dr. Neil F. Gordon is widely regarded as a leading medical authority on exercise and health. Before receiving his master's degree in public health from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1989, Dr. Gordon received doctoral degrees in exercise physiology and medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He also served as medical director of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise physiology for 6 years at I Military Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.

Since 1987, Dr. Gordon has been the director of exercise physiology at the internationally renowned Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, Texas. He has written over 50 papers related to exercise and medicine. Dr. Gordon is also coauthor of the book Don't Count Yourself Out: Staying Fit after Thirty-Five with Jimmy Connors.

Dr. Gordon is a member of the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association. He is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). He also has served on the boards of directors for AACVPR, the Texas Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and the American Heart Association (Dallas affiliate).