Diabetes Solution

Welcome......Page 4
Dedication......Page 8
Epigraph......Page 6
Author’s Note......Page 5
Foreword by Frank Vinicor, MD, MPH......Page 10
Preface to the Newly Revised and Updated Edition......Page 24
My Life with Diabetes: Beyond Sixty-Five Years and Counting......Page 41
Acknowledgments......Page 105
Before and After: Fourteen Patients Share Their Experiences......Page 110
PART ONE: Before You Start......Page 311
1. Diabetes: The Basics......Page 313
2. Tests: Baseline Measures of Your Disease and Risk Profile......Page 443
3. Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them......Page 553
4. How and When to Measure Blood Sugar......Page 607
5. Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the Glucograf III Data Sheet......Page 660
6. Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar......Page 704
7. The Laws of Small Numbers......Page 794
8. Establishing a Treatment Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them......Page 847
PART TWO: Treatment......Page 925
9. The Basic Food Groups: Or Much of What You’ve Been Taught About Diet Is Probably Wrong......Page 927
10. Diet Guidelines Essential to the Treatment of All Diabetics......Page 1036
11. Creating a Customized Meal Plan......Page 1259
12. Weight Loss—If You’re Overweight......Page 1379
13. How to Curb Carbohydrate Craving or Overeating: If You Are Plagued with Cravings, This Chapter May Change Your Life......Page 1471
14. Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity and Slow Aging......Page 1591
15. Oral Insulin-Sensitizing Agents, Insulin-Mimetic Agents, and Other Options......Page 1767
16. Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection......Page 1869
17. Important Information About Various Insulins......Page 1975
18. Simple Insulin Regimens......Page 2059
19. Intensive Insulin Regimens......Page 2114
20. How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars......Page 2347
21. How to Cope with Dehydration, Dehydrating Illness, and Infection......Page 2544
22. Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis......Page 2642
23. Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician......Page 2818
24. What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars......Page 2841
PART THREE: Your Diabetic Cookbook......Page 2868
25. Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals......Page 2872
Appendix A: What About the Widely Advocated Dietary Restrictions on Fat, Protein, and Salt, and the Current High-Fiber Fad?......Page 3240
Appendix B: Don’t Permit Hospitalization or Lengthy Outpatient Procedures to Impair Your Blood Sugar Control......Page 3380
Appendix C: Drugs That Can Affect Blood Glucose Levels......Page 3402
Appendix D: Foot Care for Diabetics......Page 3463
Appendix E: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome......Page 3495
Glossary......Page 3527
Table of Contents......Page 3612
About the Author......Page 3623
Copyright Page......Page 3784