Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution : A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars

by Bernstein, Richard K.

• ISBN13: 9780316167161
• ISBN10: 0316167169
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-22
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

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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