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Contents Foreword by Frank Vinicor, M.D., M.P.H.vii Preface to the Revised and Updated Editionix My Life with Diabetes: Well Beyond a Half Century and Countingxii Acknowledgmentsxxi Before and After: Fourteen Patients Share Their Experiences3 PART ONE Before You Start 1. Diabetes: The Basics33 2. Tests: A Baseline Measure of Your Disease and Risk Profile51 3. Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them64 4. How and When to Measure Blood Sugar73 5. Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the Glucograf II Data Sheet81 6. Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar89 7. The Laws of Small Numbers99 8. Establishing a Treatment Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them106 PART TWO Treatment 9. The Basic Food Groups, or Much of What You¿ve Been Taught About Diet Is Probably Wrong119 10. Diet Guidelines Essential to the Treatment of All Diabetics134 11. Creating a Customized Meal Plan163 12. Weight Loss¿If You¿re Overweight180 13. Using Self-Hypnosis to Curb Carbohydrate Craving or Overeating, and Introducing a Relatively Benign ¿Miracle¿ Medication That Does the Same Thing191 14. Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity200 15. Oral Insulin-Sensitizing Agents, Insulin-Mimetic Agents, and Amylin Analog224 16. Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection238 17. Important Information About Various Insulins253 18. Simple Insulin Regimens265 19. Intensive Insulin Regimens273 20. How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars304 21. How to Cope with Dehydration, Dehydrating Illness, and Infection331 22. Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis343 23. Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician366 24. What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars370 PART THREE Your Diabetic Cookbook 25. Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals377 Appendices Appendix A: What About the Widely Advocated Dietary Restrictions on Fat, Protein, and Salt, and the Current High-Fiber Fad?429 Appendix B: Don¿t Permit Hospitalization or Lengthy Outpatient Procedures to Impair Your Blood Sugar Control447 Appendix C: Drugs That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels450 Appendix D: Foot Care for Diabetics454 Appendix E: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome458 Glossary463 Recipe Index473 General Index 475
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Diabetes -- Popular works.
Blood sugar monitoring Popular works.