From the Book - Rev. and updated ed.
Machine generated contents note: 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 PART ONE : Before You Start
1. Diabetes: The Basics 33
2. Tests: A Baseline Measure of Your Disease and Risk Profile 51
3. Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them 64
4. How and When to Measure Blood Sugar 73
5. Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the GLUCOGRAP II Data Sheet 81
6. Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar 89
7. The Laws of Small Numbers 99
8. Establishing a Treatment Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them 106 PART TWO : Treatment
9. The Basic Food Groups, or Much of What You've Been Taught About Diet Is Probably Wrong 119
10. Diet Guidelines Essential to the Treatment of All Diabetics 134
11. Creating a Customized Meal Plan 163
12. Weight Loss - If You're Overweight 180
13. Using Self-Hypnosis to Curb Carbohydrate Craving
or Overeating, and Introducing a Relatively Benign
"Miracle" Medication That Does the Same Thing 191
14. Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity 200
15. Oral Insulin-Sensitizing Agents, Insulin-Mimetic Agents,
16. Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection 238
17. Important Information About Various Insulins 253
18. Simple Insulin Regimens .265
19. Intensive Insulin Regimens 273
20. How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars 304
21. How to Cope with Dehydration, Dehydrating Illness, and Infection 331
22. Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis 343
23. Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician 366
24. What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars 370 PART THREE : Your Diabetic Cookbook
25. Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals 377 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 Control 447
Appendix C: Drugs That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels 450
Appendix D: Foot Care for Diabetics 454
Appendix E: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome 458 Glossary 463