Think Like a Pancreas (Third Edition): A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin

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The Complete Diabetes Organizer: Your Guide to a Less Stressful and More Manageable Diabetes Life – Susan Weiner & Leslie Josel (E) Lccn 2004042625 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL8692184M Openlibrary_edition PDF / EPUB File Name: Think_Like_a_Pancreas_-_Gary_Scheiner.pdf, Think_Like_a_Pancreas_-_Gary_Scheiner.epub GARY SCHEINER, M.S., C.D.E., is a Certified Diabetes Educator, insulin pump trainer, and exercise physiologist who has written dozens of articles on diabetes, fitness, and motivation. He uses his professional skills and personal experience to teach people the art and science of blood glucose balancing and runs a private practice in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

I was happily surprised to discover that there was a new edition available. The original Think Like a Pancreas is on my all-time best books list and should be required reading for anyone that spends a lot of their time masquerading as a pancreas. I just finished reading Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin by Gary Scheiner, a certified Diabetes educator and owner of Integrated Diabetes Services, a firm of Diabetes clinicians who all have Diabetes themselves and work to help their clients improve their ability to live with the disease. The book includes an ample resources section and useful tables comparing meter accuracies, guiding carb count estimation, glycemic index, adjusting insulin based on CGM trend arrows, carb replacement for exercise, and the effects of over-the-counter medications. This book is an indispensable resource to anyone who uses insulin to treat their diabetes. I have Type 1 which is controlled using an insulin pump, and while the support I've received from my consultant and DSN has been amazing, this book has refreshed and supplemented my knowledge and has given me the confidence to make those small alterations which seem to make big differences. Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin is written by a diabetes educator, so you know that the advice given is rationalised through science. More significantly (for me, at least), the author also has Type 1, so as well as offering a sometimes wry account of the condition, the advice given has been gleaned through years of experience and trial and error; moreover, drawing from personal experience prevents it from being the kind of dry, albeit informative, pseudo-science narratives that these advisory books can sometimes be. Although I don’t follow Dr. Bernstein’s approach myself, his book is among the most influential diabetes books for anyone wishing to support their diabetes management by following a low carb diet.

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Diabetes management and food can be complex and sometimes overwhelming. Although I don’t believe there is any such thing as a “diabetic diet” you have to follow, the books listed here can be considered diabetes diet books in the sense that they seek to educate on how to make sensible choices and manage blood sugars accordingly when enjoying a meal. The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting – Gary Scheiner (I) I loved that it didn’t tell me that I was doing anything wrong, or that I needed to change something about myself. It simply helped me to better utilize my insulin regime so that I would be able to get more out of it. Sugar surfing is based on the concept that our diabetes management should be individualized, and it teaches how to manage diabetes in a dynamic way following a course of self-experimentation. Dr. Ponder is an endocrinologist and lives with diabetes himself so he gets it! The book teaches you how to utilize the available diabetes technology (CGM and insulin pumps) in your self-management. All in all, I think this book will save you a lot of time at the doctor's or endocrinologist's office because you will cease being the ignorant patient who just wants a list of things to do and medications to take and, instead, will become an informed partner in your Diabetes treatment plan. You can ask educated questions and even bring up reasonable arguments why you question a doctor's recommendations. I also credit this book with my contemplation of a new insulin regimen. My daughter is MDI'ing again (she hated the insulin pump) and we've spent the last 8 months fighting against a growing dawn phenomenon problem. Our best solution so far has been waking up at 5:30 and doing a correction so that breakfast numbers can be closer to target. I'd love to eliminate that and I was fascinated in the basal section on the idea of adding NPH to our plan. We could do Levemir in the morning, Novolog for bolusing and NPH in the evening. It's on my list of requests for our next endo visit and I would never have known about it without this book.

Dr. Sheri R. Colberg’s latest book on exercise and diabetes (she also wrote the Diabetic Athlete’s Handbook) is a very comprehensive beginner’s guide for anyone wanting to learn more diabetes, exercise, and nutrition. Dr. Colberg lives with type 1 diabetes herself and is a professor emeritus of exercise science from Old Dominion University so she definitely knows what she’s talking about. Many of the little intricacies and quirky things I’ve learned about my diabetes over the past six years are covered in this book. This e-book is a collection of all the most important articles on exercise and diabetes that you’ll find here on Diabetes Strong (plus additional workout and meal plans). Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2013-09-04 15:37:10 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA1163506 City New York Donor Books on diabetes management have been around for a while and you might even have been given one when you were diagnosed. Some focus on explaining diabetes and blood sugar management, while others, like Dr. Bernstein’s diabetes books, lay out a whole paradigm for how to live your life with diabetes. Think Like a pancreas – Gary Scheiner (I)this book is really good practical information for all diabetics, but especially for type 1's. the one star off comes from that it all links, except general reading and blogs are for Americans. Understandably one can't list the diabetes associations of every country on this planet, but it's also good to mention the emphasis in the beginning. And woah, do the American diabetics need all the help they get in these times... Several of the lightbulb moments I’ve had since I started pumping insulin last year can also be found in this book. Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life: And the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It – Riva Greenberg (E) It was also the title of a very useful book that she recommended to me, if I were ever able to get my hands on a copy of it. Welcome to the real world. Gary proceeds to talk through the many other elements that tend to affect blood sugar levels. Caffeine, stress, illness, travel and pregnancy, to name a few – with tips for dealing with them. There are also tips for dealing with protein when consumed in the absence of carbohydrate. And have you ever gone out for dinner, only to find yourself correcting resilient blood sugar levels well into the night? One of the lightbulb moments for me in this section of the book was Gary’s suggestion of using a temporary basal rate for several hours to combat the insulin resistance that typically follows a larger, restaurant, or higher fat meal.

Yoga for Diabetes is a highly motivational and personalized guide that inspires readers to incorporate yoga into their daily diabetes management plan. It’s written by yoga teacher Rachel Zinman who lives with diabetes herself. Readers are gently guided to achieve better blood glucose levels, less stress, radiant health, and well-being no matter what their age or level of yoga experience. I haven't compared the two editions to see what changed or what content is new. I try to read this at least once a year and parts of this book are familiar reads but other parts feel new...but that might be because I need a different section each time I read it - that whole section on hormones and puberty that weren't important before were now read thoroughly. Another section that I focused on this time was the glycemic index. We've really been struggling with foods that take a long time to hit, especially at dinnertime. Lows around bedtime because the insulin is in but the carbs are not. I'm going to sit down with a list of our typical dinner fare and the GI numbers and see what I need to delay the dose for. Having read more about how these medications work and what typical experiences are for people who use them, I'm more inclined to give them another go. For me, this book ultimately reflected much of what I had gone through in my journey with diabetes. From my diagnosis, to getting my head around diabetes, to getting a bit more active in my management with basal and bolus calculations, to finally learning to navigate my way through the daily diabetes challenges a little more smoothly.The all-in-one, comprehensive resource for the millions of people with diabetes who use insulin, revised and updated. With detailed information on new medications and technologies — both apps and devices — surrounding insulin, as well as new injection devices, and dietary recommendations, Think Like a Pancreas is the insulin user’s go-to guide. If you use insulin to treat diabetes, and you're only going to read one book about how it works, this is it! Insulin can give a person freedom, independence, and a really good life. However, there's more to living with insulin then knowing how to give an injection. Once you master how insulin works, you can get on with living your life. urn:oclc:781538825 Republisher_date 20180118112658 Republisher_operator [email protected] Republisher_time 472 Scandate 20180117104600 Scanner ttscribe8.hongkong.archive.org Scanningcenter hongkong Source