Foreword |
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Frank Vinicor, M.D., M.P.H. |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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My First Fifty Years as a Diabetic |
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Before and After: Fourteen Patients Share Their Experiences |
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PART ONE Before You Start |
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2. Tests: A Baseline Measure of Your Disease and Risk Profile |
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3. Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them |
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4. How and When to Measure Blood Sugar |
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5. Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the GLUCOGRAF II Data Sheet |
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6. Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar |
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7. The Laws of Small Numbers |
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PART TWO Treatment |
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8. Establishing a Treatment Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them |
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9. The Basic Food Groups, or Much of What You've Been Taught About Diet Is Probably Wrong |
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10. Diet Guidelines: Basic Treatment for All Diabetics |
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11. Creating a Customized Meal Plan |
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12. Weight Loss--If You're Overweight |
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13. Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity |
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14. Oral Hypoglycemic Agents |
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15. Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection |
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16. Important Information About Various Insulins |
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17. Simple Insulin Regimens |
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18. Intensive Insulin Regimens |
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19. How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars |
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20. How to Cope with Dehydrating Illness |
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21. Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis |
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22. Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician |
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23. What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars |
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Appendices |
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Appendix A: What About the Widely Advocated Dietary Restrictions on Fat, Protein, and Salt, and the Current High-Fiber Fad? |
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Appendix B: Don't Permit Hospitalization to Impair Your Blood Sugar Control |
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Appendix C: Drugs That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels |
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Appendix D: Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals |
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Appendix E: Foot Care for Diabetics |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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