| Foreword by Frank Vinicor, M.D., M.P.H. |
|
vii | |
| Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition |
|
ix | |
| My Life with Diabetes: Well Beyond a Half Century and Counting |
|
xii | |
| Acknowledgments |
|
xxi | |
| Before and After: Fourteen Patients Share Their Experiences |
|
3 | (30) |
| PART ONE Before You Start |
|
|
|
|
33 | (18) |
|
2. Tests: A Baseline Measure of Your Disease and Risk Profile |
|
|
51 | (13) |
|
3. Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them |
|
|
64 | (9) |
|
4. How and When to Measure Blood Sugar |
|
|
73 | (8) |
|
5. Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the GLUCOGRAF II Data Sheet |
|
|
81 | (8) |
|
6. Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar |
|
|
89 | (10) |
|
7. The Laws of Small Numbers |
|
|
99 | (7) |
|
8. Establishing a Treatment Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them |
|
|
106 | (13) |
| PART TWO Treatment |
|
|
9. The Basic Food Groups, or Much of What You've Been Taught About Diet Is Probably Wrong |
|
|
119 | (15) |
|
10. Diet Guidelines Essential to the Treatment of All Diabetics |
|
|
134 | (29) |
|
11. Creating a Customized Meal Plan |
|
|
163 | (17) |
|
12. Weight Loss - If You're Overweight |
|
|
180 | (11) |
|
13. Using Self-Hypnosis to Curb Carbohydrate Craving or Overeating, and Introducing a Relatively Benign "Miracle" Medication That Does the Same Thing |
|
|
191 | (9) |
|
14. Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity |
|
|
200 | (24) |
|
15. Oral Insulin-Sensitizing Agents, Insulin-Mimetic Agents, and Amylin Analog |
|
|
224 | (14) |
|
16. Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection |
|
|
238 | (15) |
|
17. Important Information About Various Insulins |
|
|
253 | (12) |
|
18. Simple Insulin Regimens |
|
|
265 | (8) |
|
19. Intensive Insulin Regimens |
|
|
273 | (31) |
|
20. How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars |
|
|
304 | (27) |
|
21. How to Cope with Dehydration, Dehydrating Illness, and Infection |
|
|
331 | (12) |
|
22. Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis |
|
|
343 | (23) |
|
23. Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician |
|
|
366 | (4) |
|
24. What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars |
|
|
370 | (7) |
| PART THREE Your Diabetic Cookbook |
|
|
25. Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals |
|
|
377 | (52) |
| Appendices |
|
|
Appendix A: What About the Widely Advocated Dietary Restrictions on Fat, Protein, and Salt, and the Current High-Fiber Fad? |
|
|
429 | (18) |
|
Appendix B: Don't Permit Hospitalization or Lengthy Outpatient Procedures to Impair Your Blood Sugar Control |
|
|
447 | (3) |
|
Appendix C: Drugs That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels |
|
|
450 | (4) |
|
Appendix D: Foot Care for Diabetics |
|
|
454 | (4) |
|
Appendix E: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome |
|
|
458 | (5) |
| Glossary |
|
463 | (10) |
| Recipe Index |
|
473 | (2) |
| General Index |
|
475 | |
Other versions by this Author