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Foreword by Frank Vinicor, M.D., M.P.H.

My First 50 Years As a Diabetic
In this chapter, Dr. Bernstein tells the remarkable story of his life, including his self-discovered technique for controlling his blood sugars, recovery from over a half-dozen common diabetes-related conditions, and the conflict he encountered with the medical community which still doesn't believe it's possible. 
 
Before & After: 14 Patients Share Their Experiences
Much of it in their own words, 14 of Dr. Bernstein's patients tell the stories of their lives before trying his solution and the life-changing results they experienced as a result.
 
Chap. 1: Diabetes: The Basics
Diabetes 101, including the difference between Type I and Type II diabetes. As a Type I diabetic himself, Dr. Bernstein offers personal insight.

Chap. 2: Tests: A Baseline Measure of Your Disease and Risk Profile
 
Chap. 3: Your Diabetic Tool Kit: Supplies You Will Need and Where to Get Them
 
Chap. 4: How and When to Measure Blood Sugar
 
Chap. 5: Recording Blood Sugar Data: Using the GLUCOGRAF II Data Sheet
 
Chap. 6: Strange Biology: Phenomena Peculiar to Diabetes That Can Affect Blood Sugar  

Chap. 7: The Laws of Small Numbers
How exactly can you learn to predict your blood sugars? Dr. Bernstein answers the question in this chapter.

Chap. 8: Establishing a Treatement Plan: The Basic Treatment Plans and How We Structure Them  

Chap. 9: The Basic Food Groups, or Much of What You've Been Taught About Diet is Probably Wrong
Dr. Bernstein's reduces the complex "food pyramid" to three food groups, and warns how damaging the typical American diet can be to diabetics and nondiabetics alike.
 
Chap. 10: Diet Guidelines: Basic Treatment for All Diabetics
Prepare for some big surprises about the foods we've come to believe were really "sugar-free" and learn which types of foods Dr. Bernstein advocates in his diet plan for diabetics.

Chap. 11: Creating a Customized Meal Plan  

Chap. 12: Weight Loss--If You're Overweight
Scientific insight about why people become overweight, plus methods for you to lose weight the right way.

Chap. 13: Using Exercise to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity

Chap. 14: Oral Hypoglycemic Agents
Valuable knowledge about the various OHA's, including Dr. Bernstein's dosage regimens, benefits and some possible side effects.

Chap. 15: Insulin: The Basics of Self-Injection
 
Chap. 16: Important Information About Various Insulins
 
Chap. 17: Simple Insulin Regimens
 
Chap. 18: Intensive Insulin Regimens
 
Chap. 19: How to Prevent and Correct Low Blood Sugars
 
Chap. 20: How to Cope with Dehydrating Illness
 
Chap. 21: Delayed Stomach-Emptying: Gastroparesis
 
Chap. 22: Routine Follow-up Visits to Your Physician

Chap. 23: What You Can Expect from Virtually Normal Blood Sugars
Coming out of the dark...Dr. Bernstein offers hope for what physical and mental changes normalized blood sugars can do for you.
 
Appendix A: What About the Widely Advocated Dietary Restrictions on Fat, Protein, and Salt, and the Current High-Fiber Fad?
Dr. Bernstein answers with real-world, common-sense scientific analysis of why certain foods have been stressed as "good" and others as "bad" by the medical establishment.

Appendix B: Don't Permit Hospitalization to Impair Your Blood Sugar Control
 
Appendix C: Drugs That May Affect Blood Glucose Levels
 
Appendix D: Recipes for Low-Carbohydrate Meals

Appendix E: Foot Care for Diabetics
Foot-saving advice for diabetics, including a list of do's and don'ts to help keep you on your feet for years to come.

Glossary & Index
 
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J.A.K. is a sixty-seven-year-old business executive who had had Type II diabetes for twenty-four years, and had been taking insulin for twenty, when he started on our regimen. He writes the following:

"I visited Dr. Bernstein on the recommendation of some good friends, as I had just lost the central vision in my right eye due to subretinal bleeding.

"It took hours of instruction, counseling, and explanation to make me clearly understand the relationships between diet, blood sugar control, and physical well-being. I was hoping for the possibility that I might experience an improvement in my already deteriorated physical condition. I have diligently followed up on what I was taught, and the results are obvious:

  • I no longer have cramps in my calves and toes.
  • The neuropathy in my feet has normalized.
  • Various skin conditions have cleared up.
  • Tests for autonomic neuropathy (R-R interval study) totally normalized in only two years.
  • The difficulty I had with digestion has cleared up completely.
  • My weight dropped from 188 to 172 pounds in six months.
  • My original cholesterol/HDL ratio of 5.3 put me at increased risk for a heart attack. With a low-carbohydrate diet and improved blood sugars, this value has dropped to 3.2, which puts me at a lower cardiac risk than most nondiabetics of my age.
  • My daily insulin dose has dropped from 52 units to 31 units, and I no longer have frequent episodes of severe hypoglycemia.
  • My overall physical condition and stamina have improved considerably.

"All these improvements occurred because I learned how to control my blood sugars. As a matter of fact, my glycosylated hemoglobin (a test that correlates with average blood sugar during the prior four months) dropped from 7.1 percent to 4.6 percent, so that I am now in the same range as nondiabetics. I have developed full confidence in my ability to manage my own diabetes. I understand what is happening. I can adjust and compensate my medications as the need arises.

"If I have to miss a meal, for whatever reason, I can adjust accordingly and am not tied to a clock, as I was before I learned these new approaches to blood sugar control.

"I would say that not only has my physical condition improved, but my mental attitude is far better today than it was ten or fifteen years ago. My only regret is that I did not learn how to be in charge of my diabetes years earlier."

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