Diabetes 101: A Pure and Simple Guide for People Who Use Insulin, 3rd Edition

Diabetes 101: A Pure and Simple Guide for People Who Use Insulin, 3rd Edition

Editorial Reviews
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"When you control diabetes, it won't control you," and this book shows you how. With all the books about diabetes, why another one? The need, say the authors, is for "a brief and readable guide to important basic information needed every day by people who take insulin to control their diabetes." Diabetes 101 presents the information in an unusual way: by following the journey of a character named Mike to control his diabetes. You read the dialogues between Mike and his doctor, and Mike and his diabetes educator (who even goes to a supermarket with him to teach him how to make good nutritional choices and evaluate which foods restrict fat and sugar). They discuss insulin, monitoring, nutrition, traveling, entertaining, exercise, stress, and other topics that are of daily concern to people with diabetes. If you like your information presented like a story, you'll like this book; if you prefer a more straightforward presentation, it might not be for you. Helpful charts and lists, such as sugar-free medicines, foods for sick days, and insulin adjustments for time zone changes, round out the doctor's and diabetes educator's advice nicely. --Joan Price

Book Description
Stripped of complicated medical language, Diabetes 101 is the perfect book if you have been diagnosed with diabetes recently, want to take better control of your life and your diabetes, or know someone with diabetes and want to know more about the disease.

With this fully revised 3rd edition, you can learn:

Dynamic Insulin Dosing--a step-by-step system that allows you to adjust your own insulin doses
New insights in stopping or slowing the effects of diabetes
Tips on using the new fast acting insulin, Humalog
How different foods impact blood sugar levels
New advice on getting the healthcare you deserve
Helpful suggestions for minimizing sick days
How to exercise safely and enjoy it more

Betty Page Brackenridge, M.S.,R.D.,C.D.E., a diabetes educator and health education consultant, is past president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
Richard O. Dolinar, M.D., is an endocrinologist who specializes in diabetes care in Phoenix.
Illustrator P.S. Mueller's cartoons have appeared in major newspapers and magazines, including Harper's and The Utne Reader.

Diabetes 101: A Pure and Simple Guide for People Who Use Insulin, 3rd Edition

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