Diabetes solutions: The Complete guide to acheiving normal blood sugars Richard K. Bernstein

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In this revised and updated edition, Dr. Bernstein provides an accessible, detailed guide to his revolutionary approach to regulating blood sugars and outlines his plan for preventing or reversing long-term complications of diabetes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 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)
• Part 1 Before You Start
• 1 Diabetes: The Basics (p. 33)
• 2 Tests: Baseline Measures of Your Disease and Risk Profile (p. 52)
• 3 Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them (p. 66)
• 4 How and When to Measure Blood Sugar (p. 75)
• 5 Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the Glucogkaf III Data Sheet (p. 83)
• 6 Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar (p. 91)
• 7 The Laws of Small Numbers (p. 102)
• 8 Establishing a Treatment Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them (p. 109)
• Part 2 Treatment
• 9 The Basic Food Groups, or Much of What You've Been Taught About Diet Is Probably Wrong (p. 123)
• 10 Diet Guidelines Essential to the Treatment of All Diabetics (p. 138)
• 11 Creating a Customized Meal Plan (p. 167)
• 12 Weight Loss - If You're Overweight (p. 184)
• 13 How to Curb Carbohydrate Craving or Overeating Using Self-Hypnosis or Low-Risk Medications (p. 196)
• 14 Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity (p. 211)
• 15 Oral Insulin-Sensitizing Agents, Insulin-Mimetic Agents, and Other Options (p. 235)
• 16 Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection (p. 249)
• 17 Important Information About Various Insulins (p. 264)
• 18 Simple Insulin Regimens (p. 276)
• 19 Intensive Insulin Regimens (p. 284)
• 20 How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars (p. 317)
• 21 How to Cope with Dehydration, Dehydrating Illness, and Infection (p. 344)
• 22 Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis (p. 357)
• 23 Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician (p. 381)
• 24 What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars (p. 385)
• Part 3 Your Diabetic Cookbook
• 25 Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals (p. 391)
• Appendices
• Appendix A What About the Widely Advocated Dietary Restrictions on Fat, Protein, and Salt, and the Current High-Fiber Fad? (p. 443)
• Appendix B Don't Permit Hospitalization or Lengthy Outpatient Procedures to Impair Your Blood Sugar Control (p. 462)
• Appendix C Drugs That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels (p. 465)
• Appendix D Foot Care for Diabetics (p. 473)
• Appendix E Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (p. 477)
• Glossary (p. 482)
• Recipe Index (p. 493)
• General Index (p. 495)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Bernstein (Diabetes Type Two, Prentice Hall, 1990), a Type I diabetic, begins his book with testimonials from 14 patients praising his methods for controlling diabetes. His most radical departure from established medical practice is his diet plan, which recommends high fat, high protein, and a minimum of carbohydrates‘advice that conflicts with that given by the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. Bernstein's exercise regimen also differs from standard practice by advocating anaerobic over aerobic exercise. There is a brief overview of diabetes, and specific supplies and brand names of products for diabetes are recommended. Sick days, the emotional challenges of the disease, pregnancy, and sex are either not included or barely mentioned. Richard Beaser's The Joslin Guide to Diabetes (LJ 7/95) is a far superior choice.‘Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans Hosp., Tampa, Fla. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Bernstein has had type I (juvenile or insulin-dependent) diabetes for 50 years and has become well known for his unconventional approach to treating both types of the disease. His emphases on almost hour-by-hour normalization of blood sugar and a diet consisting of nearly no carbohydrates and high levels of fat and protein have certainly educed two results: they have alienated many other diabetes specialists and required Bernstein's patients to be meticulous in self-managing their disease. Bernstein begins with some successful case histories, proceeds to basic backgrounding on diabetes, and then describes his treatment plan in considerable detail. He discusses diet, types of insulin and their uses, and the importance of establishing a close relationship with one's physician. He encourages his patients to make frequent visits to his office, makes himself available by phone virtually round the clock, and here includes five appendixes of data and exposition to help patients align their physicians' thinking with his. --William Beatty