Product Description
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 himself an insulin user himself since 1985, gives you the tools to "think like a pancreas"--that is, 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 • measuring 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 it 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.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 25 reviews)

Worth reading by Linda Healey (Australia)

5 Stars
October 23, 2009
This book is a great source of information, both for the newly diagnosed and also as a great resource to refer to in times of questions/needing advice regarding certain issues relating to diabetes.

Think like a pancreas by Boo Boo Kitty (Ohio)

5 Stars
September 21, 2009
I've been a diabetic for 42 years and this is the best thing written about diabetes. Very informative and inspiring when you think you know everything after having a disease this long. (You can never know enough) Also, good to hear and learn from another diabetic. You know they really "get it".

Must read for diabetics by M. Ward

5 Stars
June 10, 2009
This book is very informative. It is also very easy to understand. Everything is broken down in a way that anyone at any age can keep up with.

Very helpful by Jon (Michigan)

5 Stars
May 20, 2009
Very helpful in understanding what needs to be done to get the bloodsugar under control. Explains why "sugar free" foods are not always sugar free. Instructs how to adjust insulin to your needs based on activities, food intake, illness, stress etc. Explains the different types of insulin and their rates of absorption. Informative on issue of insulin pumps. Helps to understand and explain how the different foods effect bloodsugar. Overall- very helpful.

great! by Lara Kettell (Schwenksville, PA United States)

5 Stars
May 08, 2009
This book was recommended to me by another diabetic who found it extremely useful. As a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic I found this book to be almost like a 'diabetes for dummies' and it covered a lot of subject matter without getting too technical or diffucult to understand. I especially liked the history of diabetes section.A great choice for any diabetic!

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