The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting

2006-12-11

Author: Gary Scheiner

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

ISBN: 1569242747

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 260

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Offers a resource for carb counter, with information on what you need to keep track of your carb intake. This work focuses specifically on carb counting in a real-world context. It covers the basic rationale for and theory behind carb-counting, basic and advanced carb-counting techniques, how to adjust for fiber and sugar substitutes, and more.

The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting

2006-12-11

Author: Gary Scheiner

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9780786734849

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 256

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The most comprehensive on accurate carb counting-a must-have for the more than 20 million people with diabetes, the 42 million with prediabetes, as well as millions of other carb-conscious eaters. Whether you're following a diet plan that requires carb-counting, you have diabetes, or simply because you are conscious of the quantity of carbs you consume, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting is the all-in-one resource for practically and effectively managing your carb intake. Certified diabetes educator, type 1 diabetic, and Think Like a Pancreas author Gary Scheiner focuses on carb counting in a real-world context, and his explanations and advice-in addition to being complete and thoroughly accurate-are geared towards the most common foods and eating habits. The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting tells you everything you need to accurately keep track of your carb intake, including: The basic rationale for and the theory behind carb-counting, as well as explanations of simple to advanced techniques. There is also a comprehensive listing of exchanges, carb factors, and glycemic index values, as well as the carb and fiber values for 2,500 foods.

Practical Carbohydrate Counting

2008-06-05

Author: Hope Warshaw

Publisher: American Diabetes Association

ISBN: 9781580402828

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 210

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The essentials of teaching carbohydrate counting are presented in this revised and much expanded edition. This resource provides clear and practical approaches that will allow you to help your patients achieve glycemic control with Basic or Advanced Carbohydrate Counting. Includes: reasons for teaching carbohydrate counting, which type, and to whom; complete information on both Basic and Advanced Carbohydrate Counting; skills and readiness checklists for patients; case studies; and much more!

Think Like a Pancreas

2020-05-12

Author: Gary Scheiner

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9780738246697

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 368

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The all-in-one, comprehensive resource for the millions of people with diabetes who use insulin, revised and updated Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing people who use insulin. Diabetes educator Gary Scheiner provides the tools to "think like a pancreas" -- to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body's ever-changing needs. Comprehensive, free of medical jargon, and packed with useful information not readily available elsewhere, such as: day-to-day blood glucose control and monitoring designing an insulin program to best match your lifestyle up-to date medication and technology new insulin formulations and combinations and more 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 users go-to guide.

Parenting Children with Diabetes

2019-10-01

Author: Eliot LeBow

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781538131367

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 224

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Parenting Children with Diabetes offers parents a 360-degree view of what is happening to their child living with diabetes, providing special tools, insight, and education to help parents and their children navigate diabetes management, communicate clearly and effectively, and live safely and healthfully in the world around them.

Fighting Back with Fat

2012-12-13

Author: Eric H. Kossoff, MD

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing

ISBN: 9781617051449

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 210

View: 161

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Written by two mothers who have children on the Ketogenic diet, Fighting Back with Fat provides essential information to educate parents on the diets, as well as gives advice to parents to navigate the emotional minefields that often come with attempting these diets. Common stress factors such as fear of failure, hyperresponsibility, dealing effectively with a child's non-compliance, and educating non-supportive relatives, friends and peers, are all addressed in heart-to-heart frankness from mothers who have covered the territory personally. The authors include first-person accounts of the successes and trails of other families as well as a rare glimpse of what kids think of the diets, in their own words. The book closes with the KetoCalculator 101, with tips and advice from the Charlie Foundation's Beth Zupec-Kania, RD, CD, the Keto Calculator's creator and a recipe section offering simple, delicious recipes organized by age group, each with "Keto Bites," fun food facts or practical advice that correspond to each recipe.

The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes

2015-10-27

Author: Gretchen Becker

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9780738218618

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 400

View: 190

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Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in the world; the American Diabetes Association reports that 1.7 million new diagnoses are made each year. After her own diagnosis, Gretchen Becker became a "patient-expert," educating herself on every aspect of type 2 diabetes and eventually compiling everything she had learned into this step-by-step guidebook for others. Now in its third edition, The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes takes you through everything you need to know and do in your first year with diabetes. In clear and accessible language, Becker covers a wide range of practical, medical,and lifestyle issues, from coming to terms with your diagnosis to diet and exercise, testing routines, insurance issues, and the most up-to-date information on new medications and supplements.

50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes

2008-03-03

Author: Sheri R. Colberg

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

ISBN: 9780738212869

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 338

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The latest scientific research confirms that you can live well and long with diabetes without suffering from its more devastating health complications. Whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you have the ability to improve the quality and length of your life through physical activity, a positive mental outlook, and certain diabetes tools and medications. Now, the longest living people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes share the secrets that have helped them achieve longevity and wellness. From interviews with more than fifty people who have thrived with the condition for as many as 84 years, diabetes authorities Drs. Colberg and Edelman distill their lifelong habits into fifty user-friendly, easy-to-adopt secrets. Featuring profiles of ten people who have each lived an average of 65 years with diabetes and practical advice for incorporating each secret into your daily life, this invaluable resource will inform, inspire, and motivate you to live well—and fully—to 90 and beyond. Find out what some of the secrets are: • Live first and be diabetic second • Know your numbers and assume nothing • Have kids if you want to • Erase your mistakes with exercise No matter what type of diabetes you have, you control the ability to escape serious complications (or control the ones you may have) and add years, if not decades, to your life.

KiDS FiRST Diabetes Second

2012-07-31

Author: Leighann Calentine

Publisher: Spry Publishing LLC

ISBN: 9781938170003

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 282

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2013 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD WINNER Raising a child is a difficult job. Raising a child with a chronic illness such as diabetes can be a difficult job with a side order of special challenges. Leighann Calentine's D-Mom Blog is an invaluable resource for parents and caregivers of children with diabetes. Leighann shares her family's experiences with her daughter's type 1 diabetes in a forum that is intimate, informative, and inspirational. In a style both practical and affirming, Kids First, Diabetes Second presents Leighann's advice to help parents and caregivers enable children with diabetes to thrive. Learn how to automate tasks, navigate challenges, celebrate achievements, establish a support group, relieve stress, and avoid being consumed by management of the condition, while focusing on what's most important: raising a happy, healthy child.

Until There Is a Cure

2013-02-05

Author: Gary Scheiner

Publisher: Spry Publishing LLC

ISBN: 9781938170133

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 192

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The treatment of diabetes is ever-changing as technologies progress; as new medications are discovered, tested, and approved; and as researchers uncover breakthrough findings in the field of endocrinology. In Until There Is a Cure: The Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care, respected Certified Diabetes Educator and author Gary Scheiner delivers the most up-to-date information and analysis on groundbreaking developments in the world of diabetes. Scheiner’s commentary is founded not only in his professional experiences and expertise as an educator, but also in over 25 years of successfully managing his own type 1 diabetes. Until There Is a Cure: The Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care is the perfect book for people with diabetes, their spouses, friends, and families, diabetes educators, or healthcare professionals who require the most current, relevant information on advancements in diabetes research, technologies, and treatments.

Diabetes & Carb Counting For Dummies

2017-04-03

Author: Sherri Shafer

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9781119315643

Category: Cooking

Page: 422

View: 684

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Count your carbs — and count on managing your diabetes Living with diabetes doesn't have to mean giving up all of your favorite foods. Carbs from healthy foods boost nutrition and supply essential fuel for your brain and body. Counting carbs is integral to managing diabetes because your carb choices, portion sizes, and meal timing directly impact blood glucose levels. Diabetes & Carb Counting For Dummies provides essential information on how to strike a balance between carb intake, exercise, and diabetes medications while making healthy food choices. — Covering the latest information on why carb counting is important for Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes, this book provides the tools you need to best manage your diet and your diabetes. Nearly one in 11 people in the United States have diabetes and one out of every 3 adults have prediabetes (blood glucose levels above normal ranges). Diabetes rates are skyrocketing worldwide. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed — or is teetering on the edge of diagnosis — you'll find all the safe, trusted guidance you need to better manage your health through improving your nutrition and managing your carb intake. Discover how what you eat affects diabetes Explore the importance of carbs in nutrition and health Get the facts when it comes to fiber, fats, sweeteners, and alcohol. Decipher food labels and discover how to count carbs in bulk, fresh, and restaurant foods Manage your diabetes and reduce other diet-related health risks Improve blood glucose levels Sample meal plans in controlled carb count ranges Food composition lists for counting carbs and identifying best bet proteins and fats If you're one of the millions of people with diabetes or prediabetes in search of an accessible resource to help you portion and count carbs to better manage this disease, this is the go-to guide you'll turn to again and again because when it comes to diabetes — carbohydrates count.

Losing Weight with Your Diabetes Medication

2008-02-26

Author: David Mendosa

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

ISBN: 1600940455

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 244

View: 617

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Losing weight can make managing your diabetes easier while preventing and improving-even possibly reversing-common diabetes-related complications.Countless people with diabetes face the challenge of controlling their weight while successfully managing their medical condition-because many diabetes drugs actually promote weight gain. In the first-ever investigation of its kind, Losing Weight with Your Diabetes Medication clearly lays out everything you need to know about your treatment options and how they affect your weight, as well as a 360-degree analysis of cutting-edge new drugs like Byetta that are revolutionizing diabetes care. One of North America's leading diabetes journalists and patient-advocates, David Mendosa provides this information alongside everything you need to know to manage your weight and your health, including: An A-to-Z rundown of dozens of diabetes drugs and how they affect your weight Other weight-loss drugs that can directly improve your diabetes management Overview of Byetta and other revolutionary GLP-1 drugs and how they work best for you Tips for incorporating exercise into each day without changing your schedule Choosing the most nutritious, low-glycemic index foods to maximize weight loss In-depth resources and prescribing information Losing Weight with Your Diabetes Medication is an essential and inspirational breakthrough for diabetes patients who want to take control over their condition, end the cycle of ineffective diets, and finally shed unwanted weight.

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