About this title: Since its first publication in 1997 Diabetes Solution has become the treatment of choice in the medical field in America. Dr Bernstein's ground-breaking approach to diabetes care enable patients to take control of their disease to live long and healthy lives by regulating their blood sugar without the usual swings. Dr Bernstein is living proof of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 2003-09
ISBN-13:9780316099066ISBN:0316099066
Description: Good. Great title in good condition. Withdrawn library copy with usual stickers, stamps, and markings. Dust jacket has library protective mylar cover. Satisfaction guaranteed. If item not as described, return for refund of purchase price. read more
Edition: Rev Sub
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780316099066ISBN:0316099066
Description: Good in Used: Very Good jacket. Size: 19.17; Rev Sub 2003. Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover. Minor edge and corner wear. Owner name on the first blank page, minor highlighting. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 2007-03-22
ISBN-13:9780316167161ISBN:0316167169
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780316167161ISBN:0316167169
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 560 pages. * this book has become the standard text on living with diabetes and this new edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect new technology, new methods and new recipes. ill (Hardback) read more
Edition: REV UPD
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780316167161ISBN:0316167169
Description: New. In this revised and updated edition, Dr. Bernstein provides an accessible, detailed guide to his revolutionary approach to regulating blood sugars and outlines his plan for preventing or reversing long-term complications of diabetes. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 2003-09
ISBN-13:9780316099066ISBN:0316099066
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 2003-09
ISBN-13:9780316099066ISBN:0316099066
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 2003-09
ISBN-13:9780316099066ISBN:0316099066
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 2003-09
ISBN-13:9780316099066ISBN:0316099066
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"I'll start with this incredible quote on page 33: "studies predict that 95% of Americans born today will develop diabetes." Dr Bernstein didn't provide a source for that amazing percentage, but if you're reading this, chances are overwhelming that you or your kids, parents, siblings, friends, and neighbors will develop diabetes-or maybe all of you! This percentage is higher than the estimated population affected in medieval Europe during it's several plague outbreaks. It's even higher than the estimated numbers of American Indians decimated by smallpox in the 1500s.
I don't have diabetes, but I've seen similar percentages from different sources. I've never seen the figure 95% before, but I've seen estimates that are all pretty high. Dr Bernstein goes on to say that-even today-deaths related to diabetes is probably way underreported. For example, if you die from stoke, sepsis, heart attack, etc, then your death will be attributed to the proximal cause, not necessarily the underlying diabetes that caused the eventual pathophysiologies.
I feel like diabetes will overwhelm the health industry, will break Medicare and Medicaid, and will emerge in the next few decades, not as an epidemic, but as a pandemic of epic proportions. Governments will struggle to survive; civilization may even teeter with a 95% rate of incidence. It's from this macabre forecast that I felt compelled to learn a little more than I already do about diabetes.
This is not the book to read if you're interested in diabetes forecasting, the science of future treatment, medical perspectives, or public policy regarding diabetes. Instead, it's a book that outlines, in great detail, personal treatment regimens. Dr. Bernstein has had Type I diabetes for over 50 years, and the treatment he writes about are methods that he has followed himself. In fact, he developed his insulin regimen and diet in the absence of what he felt was sufficient diabetic treatment back in the Jurassic period of diabetic knowledge--the 60's, 70's, and 80's. He offers recommendations that differ dramatically from standard diabetic treatment, for both Type I and II. Dr Bernstein makes clear up front that his book will offer advice that other clinicians may not fully support. For proof that it does work, however, he offers as testimony the thousands of patients that have journeyed to find him and learn his practices. And for people who have had little success with traditional practices, Dr Bernstein's methods must seem like a God-send.
Again, I'm not a diabetic, nor do I have one in the family, but eventually I will. This book will humble you to the insulin and food restrictions followed by most diabetics. It also taught me that diabetes is not unsurvivable; on the contrary, Dr Bernstein has described how easily it can be mitigated. His overall thesis is something he calls 'The Law of Small Numbers.' In a nutshell, it's much easier and healthier to deal with your glucose levels when you're administering small amounts, but much more frequently. In Bernstein's words on page 102: "name of the game for the diabetic in achieving blood sugar normalization predictability." So, yes, more injections, but a less maundering blood sugar level throughout the day.
Here's some high points:
- How and when to measure blood sugars - Establishing treatment plans - What you've been taught about diet is probably wrong (carbs = bad; protein = good) - Pros/cons of Insulin Sensitizing Agents & Insulin Mimetic Agents - Unique exercise program which helps with insulin dose absorption & timing - Types of insulin (most-rapid-acting, rapid-acting, intermediate-acting, long-acting) - Insulin regimens - Recipes
"I really recommend this book to anyone who has been recently diagnosed with diabetes or even pre-diabetes. If you are pre-diabetic this may keep you from becoming a full blown diabetic who has to take medication. If you already take medication for diabetes this may help you escape the side effects of diabetes."
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