If you're looking for an encyclopedia about diabetes - full of scientific jargon and endless detailed instructions on every aspect of managing the disease - this little book is not it. On the other hand, if you've just been diagnosed or you're just coming to grips with it after spending some time arm wrestling the idea, this easily readable 180-page volume can jump start your process by providing many of the tips, hints, and inside information the others don't. Want to know how a real live 69-year-old diabetic has actually gotten more fit, more energetic, more positive in her way of looking...