Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution : A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars
by Bernstein, Richard K.Edition: Revised
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-03-22
Publisher(s): Little, Brown and Company
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Summary
The standard text on living with diabetes, newly revised andupdated with all the latest scientific findings.Since its first publication in 1997, DR. BERNSTEIN'S DIABETES SOLUTION hasbecome the treatment of choice in the medical field. In this revised andupdated edition of his work, Dr. Bernstein provides an accessible, detailedguide to his revolutionary approach to normalizing blood sugars and therebypreventing or reversing long-term complications of diabetes. He offers themost up-to-date information on new products, medications, and supplements,and outlines a plan to reverse the obesity that underlies most cases ofType II diabetes. Dr. Bernstein discusses breakthrough science andpotential cures, and has added information on the new insulins and insulinpumps.The only book to detail step-by-step methods for normalizing blood sugarsin both Type I and Type II diabetes, DR. BERNSTEIN'S DIABETES SOLUTION willenable patients to take charge of their health and live longer, healthierlives.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface to the Newly Revised and Updated Edition | p. ix |
| My Life with Diabetes: Well Beyond a Half Century and Counting | p. xii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
| Before and After: Fourteen Patients Share Their Experiences | p. 3 |
| Before You Start | |
| Diabetes: The Basics | p. 33 |
| Tests: Baseline Measures of Your Disease and Risk Profile | p. 52 |
| Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them | p. 66 |
| How and When to Measure Blood Sugar | p. 75 |
| Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the Glucogkaf III Data Sheet | p. 83 |
| Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar | p. 91 |
| The Laws of Small Numbers | p. 102 |
| Establishing a Treatment Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them | p. 109 |
| Treatment | |
| The Basic Food Groups, or Much of What You've Been Taught About Diet Is Probably Wrong | p. 123 |
| Diet Guidelines Essential to the Treatment of All Diabetics | p. 138 |
| Creating a Customized Meal Plan | p. 167 |
| Weight Loss - If You're Overweight | p. 184 |
| How to Curb Carbohydrate Craving or Overeating Using Self-Hypnosis or Low-Risk Medications | p. 196 |
| Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity | p. 211 |
| Oral Insulin-Sensitizing Agents, Insulin-Mimetic Agents, and Other Options | p. 235 |
| Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection | p. 249 |
| Important Information About Various Insulins | p. 264 |
| Simple Insulin Regimens | p. 276 |
| Intensive Insulin Regimens | p. 284 |
| How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars | p. 317 |
| How to Cope with Dehydration, Dehydrating Illness, and Infection | p. 344 |
| Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis | p. 357 |
| Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician | p. 381 |
| What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars | p. 385 |
| Your Diabetic Cookbook | |
| Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals | p. 391 |
| Appendices | |
| What About the Widely Advocated Dietary Restrictions on Fat, Protein, and Salt, and the Current High-Fiber Fad? | p. 443 |
| Don't Permit Hospitalization or Lengthy Outpatient Procedures to Impair Your Blood Sugar Control | p. 462 |
| Drugs That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels | p. 465 |
| Foot Care for Diabetics | p. 473 |
| Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome | p. 477 |
| Glossary | p. 482 |
| Recipe Index | p. 493 |
| General Index | p. 495 |
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