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

Brackenridge, Betty Page; Dolinar, Richard O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471346756 ISBN 13: 9780471346753

Publisher: Wiley, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"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

From the Back Cover:

Diabetes Care Made Simple "Doctor," he said, "I want to enjoy my life without thinking about diabetes every minute of the day. I want to work hard, have some fun, and travel. I want to have my old energy level back and to stay healthy. I want to be myself again. Is that too much to ask?" This simple but important plea is the starting point for Diabetes 101, a unique book that reads more like a novel than a typical medical book. Using real-life examples, it follows the story of Mike as he learns the basic information needed every day by people who take insulin to control their diabetes. And now, 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
• And much more

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471346756
• ISBN 13: 9780471346753
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224