A Practical Guide To Managing Diabetes With Insulin

By Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE

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 an insulin user himself since 1985, gives you the tools 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
• Matching 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 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

Cover Price: $15.95, 9.0 x 6.36, 241 pages, 2004