Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
- Published by: Da Capo Press
- Edition: 1st Edition December 31, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1600940188
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1600940187
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Book Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 7.8 ounces
Product Review
“Inspirational—and practical. A must read that can make a difference in your life.”
—Richard N. Podell, MD, clinical professor, UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
“The advice that Sheri Colberg and Steven Edelman offer is great and will help everyone living with diabetes to live a better, healthier, and longer life. I would also say that much of their guidance would be well heeded by everyone, not just people with diabetes.”
—Jeff Hitchcock, Children with Diabetes
“Camaraderie is truly what soothes the diabetic breast. As I’m reading read through this book, my neck is getting tired from the constant nodding and saying ‘Yes! Yes! This is what it’s all about!’ Who knows more about living successfully with diabetes than the people who have done it for so many years. After I’ve soaked up every word, I might be willing to share it with my patients.”
—Gary Scheiner, CDE, author, Think Like a Pancreas and The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting
“Most books tell you what the authors think you should be doing about your diabetes.
50 Secrets of the World’s Longest Living People with Diabetes tells you what long-lived people with diabetes actually are doing about their diabetes…Their stories are inspiring as well as instructive.”
—Gretchen Becker, author, The First Year®—Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes
“Information about the inspiring individuals with diabetes was woven in with the fifty great secrets in a very entertaining and educational way. I endorse it to teach, train, and coach those of us with diabetes.”
—Paula Harper, RN, CDE, founder and president, Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association“
50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes is full of inspiring examples…Indeed, diabetes is treatable and is more and more treatable all the time, while many other chronic diseases are not. This is another of the great and positive points that these two authors make throughout this important book.”
—David Mendosa, coauthor, The New Glucose Revolution What Makes My Blood Glucose Go Up…and Down?, and author, Losing Weight with Your Diabetes Medication
“While at the
University of Michigan we developed the notion of ‘patient empowerment’ and ‘taking control,’ which Sheri Colberg and Steven Edeman have captured in a most elegant manner with case histories of people who have thrived for many years despite having diabetes.”
—Aaron Vinik, MD, PhD, director, Strelitz Diabetes Research Center
“Encouraging, informative, and easy to readthis is my kind of diabetes book! If nothing else, you’ll be delighted to discover how many of the secrets you’ve already mastered.”
—Amy Tenderich, journalist/blogger, www.diabetesmine.com, and coauthor, Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes “
50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes is the Can-Do-est diabetes book you’ll ever read. Whatever your age, whatever your current physical and mental health, these vivid experiences of others who’ve successfully climbed the Diabetes Mountain will inspire you to get on top of the world yourself
.”—June Biermann and Barbara Toohey, authors, The Diabetic’s Total Health and Happiness Book) “John has had diabetes for over 50 years, so we totally enjoyed comparing our ‘secrets’ with other long-timers as well as learning some new tricks of the trade. Bravo to Sheri and Steve for telling the stories of those who face high risk and come out winners. We will pass their collected discoveries to others in our writing, speaking, and clinical care.
50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes has our hearty recommendation for the inspiration it brings to everyone who desires a long and healthy life.”
—John Walsh, PA, CDE, and Ruth Roberts, MA, authors of Pumping Insuli (4th ed.), other diabetes books, and www.diabetesnet.com)
Product Description
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 ninety 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.
Reader ReviewsAs the mother of two young daughters with type 1 diabetes, I've read a lot of websites and books with highly technical medical information about diabetes. It was refreshing to sit down and read a book full of stories. When's the last time you read a book about diabetes that was actually hard to put down? This is a book like that. One can't help but be encouraged by stories like those of the two brothers, ages 87 and 91, who have had diabetes since early childhood. Both have avoided major complications even though they lived most of their lives in the "dark ages" (pre-glucometers). The 87-year-old brother often rides his bike twenty miles at a time. The book is full of stories like these. Interspersed between the stories of these inspiring diabetic people are the 50 secrets. I'll list ten of them here: 1. Live first and be diabetic second. 2. Control your problems before they control you. 3. Consider being a grazer. 4. Always carry a toothbrush. 5. Erase your mistakes with exercise. 6. Love (and hate) your pump. 7. Involve your family and friends. 8. Have kids if you want to. 9. Understand possible diabetes complications. 10. Respect the power of diabetes. The 50 secrets aren't earth-shaking but there is commentary from these diabetics on all of the secrets and it is motivating and encouraging. The advice is very, very practical. The authors don't shy away from the grim statistics: "just by having diabetes, you already have twice the risk of dying young as someone who is diabetes-free." Some of the 50 people in the book share stories about scary hypoglycemic episodes while driving. The authors make it clear that facing the reality of possible complications is much better than denial. There is some information about type 2 diabetes in the book too. Overall, the book is easy to read and I think every teen and twentysomething with diabetes should read it. Parents of diabetics should read it too. It will wake you up a little and also encourage you.
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