Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin 
asked by imtheboss on November 16, 2006 11:39 PM
Dozens of books offer advice on managing diabetes, but few focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing those who use insulin. Now Gary Scheiner, a certified diabetes educator and himself an insulin user himself since 1985, gives you the tools to "think like a pancreas"--that is, to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body's ever-changing needs. Free of medical mumbo jumbo, comprehensive, and packed with useful information not readily available in other books, Think Like a Pancreas discusses:
• day-to-day blood glucose control and monitoring
• designing an insulin program to best match your lifestyle
• measuring insulin to carbohydrate intake and physical activity
• the pluses and minuses of different insulin-delivery methods
• optimal management of diabetes using an insulin pump
• hypoglycemia—the best ways to avoid it and treat it
• the impact of emotions, stress, illness, and aging
• making the best use of your health care team and community resources
• plus dozens of other issues that everyone taking insulin needs to understand and master.
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A direct approach, with illustrative examples, to creating a protocol to control your blood sugars. It's written in simple language and well organized, providing a step by step approach to figuring out your basal rates, insulin sensitivity, and carb ratios. Provides insights into the many, many, many (many, many, many) factors that can influence your blood sugars. Well thought out and presented graphs illustrate the effects of insulin. Simple tables illustrate averages for basal rates, boluses, carb rations and sensitivity, offering a good starting place for divining your own settings. Some simple tables of carb content and glycemic indexes. An interesting table for calculating the effect of exercise on blood sugar.
I'd recommend for anyone who's BG is on a roller coaster. It's informative but not preachy.
Terry
I'd recommend for anyone who's BG is on a roller coaster. It's informative but not preachy.
Terry
reviewed by lovieduvie on November 27, 2006 3:43 PM
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This great book shares the experience and knowledge the author, Gary Scheiner, has. The author is diabetic too and he knows the questions, doubts, and afflictions that we have. He explains clearly without losing the technical approach. Gary explains in detail diabetes.
This book really gave me a good aid to manage my diabetes.
This book really gave me a good aid to manage my diabetes.
reviewed by bugger on November 28, 2006 8:20 PM