Kirjahaku

Diabetes is seldom discussed in the teen arena, despite more and more young adults getting diagnosed. This book about one of the world's fastest-rising diseases both guides readers who have been diagnosed, and imparts practical information ranging from which new insulin medications are available to methods of keeping track of carbohydrates. With an authoritative and realistic voice, the author dispels common myths about diabetes and provides hope to young people living with this lifelong illness. This book is especially relevant for the teen that is at risk or recently diagnosed as it addresses topics specific to that age group, such as balancing the want for independence and the need to get help.

More than 80 years before the invention of Coca-Cola, sweet carbonated drinks became popular around the world, provoking remarkably similar arguments that they do today. Are they medicinally, morally, culturally or nutritionally good or bad? They have been loved – and hated – for being cold or sweet or fizzy or stimulating. Many of their flavours are international – lemon and ginger were more popular than cola until about 1920. Some are local: tarragon in Russia, cucumber in New York, red bean in Japan, and chinotto (exceedingly bitter orange) in Italy. This book looks at how something made from water, sugar and soda became big business but also became deeply important to people; fizzy drinks’ symbolic meanings are far more complex than the water, gas and sugar from which they are made.