With more than 3,5 million South Africans with diabetes alone and more than 150 million worldwide with metabolic syndrome (which includes diabetes), often undiagnosed, this book comes at exactly the right time.

Well-known South African medical doctor, author and expert on holistic integrative medicine, Dr Arien van der Merwe, explains

. precisely what diabetes is, its symptoms and the different types – 1, 2 and 3

. what causes diabetes, from physiology to emotions

. what pre-diabetes and insulin resistance are

. the link between diabetes and metabolic syndrome

. the connection between diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and depression

. which medications may be prescribed

Click here to read more about Dr Arien’s interview with Litnet, on her book