Think Like a Pancreas: a Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin

Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin

Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE

Marlowe and Company

245 West 17th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY 10011-5300

646-375-2570

ISBN 1569244367 $15.95 241 pages

This truly is a very practical guide to managing diabetes. Drawing on his experience as a certified diabetes educator, exercise physiologist, and insulin pump trainer/user, Gary Scheiner expertly lays the foundation for diabetes management. Once the foundation is laid, he goes through the process of diabetes management and then takes the reader through the extreme cases management. Far from being a difficult textbook, however, Think Like a Pancreas takes an almost conversational approach to explaining the situation. Even as a person without diabetes, I was able to navigate the book and understand the details with ease.

The book is replete with visual aids as well. Scheiner uses graphs, tables, and flow charts not only in basic instruction, but also for troubleshooting insulin/blood sugar problems. Each chart is laid out in a very informative manner, and even laypersons unfamiliar with studying diabetes (such as a family member or someone newly diagnosed with the disease) will understand the concepts, problems, and solutions.

Not enough can be said about how well this book was written. The author's style, combined with his knowledge on the subject of diabetes is a must for every sufferer's bookshelf. Furthermore, persons with loved ones who suffer from diabetes will also gain a great deal of insight, just as I did, from Think Like a Pancreas.

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