11 Guidelines for Diabetes Care
Things to Do before Each Diabetes Visit
Taking Charge of Your Diabetes Visits
Injectable Diabetes Medications
13 Do You Want to Lose Weight?
Knowing When You’re Ready to Lose Weight
Making Your Plan to Lose Weight
Are You Ready to Quit Smoking?
Guidelines for Drinking Alcohol with Type 2 Diabetes
19 Long-Term Diabetes Problems
Heart and Blood Vessel Problems
Diabetes Problems: Putting It All Together
Foreword
by Barbara Anderson
When we read a book, we read “within the lines” and “between the lines.” “Within the lines” means that we pay attention to what the author has written, to the printed facts and the information. “Between the lines” refers to both the emotional tone in which the facts and information are given as well as the information that the author has not included. Type 2 Diabetes for Beginners, which has been written by a seasoned nutritionist with substantial diabetes experience, has the comprehensive information and facts “within” its lines—from carb counting to stress management—that a person needs in order to begin and maintain a life with diabetes. However, what is most unique about this book is that it also communicates “between the lines,” providing the essential emotional message that it takes determination, courage, and support to maintain the stamina to sustain this journey in living with diabetes. The experienced nutritionist who wrote Type 2 Diabetes for Beginners is also an experienced clinician and has worked for years with individuals with diabetes and their families. Phyllis Barrier understands that what patients and families need does not simply end at the information and facts, but also requires energy, optimism, and engagement to successfully apply diabetes facts and create and continue healthy lifestyle changes.
As to information that is not included in this book, you will find no mention of how easy it is to live with diabetes. You will not find misleading messages that say you can “do it all yourself.” In fact, you are assured that living with diabetes is a difficult challenge and that everyone on the road needs two teams—an experienced health care team and a family/friend support team. What I appreciate most about this book is its honest and reassuring tone. Within the lines and between them, the person with diabetes is guided to take small and realistic steps to create and continue needed lifestyle changes. And as Phyllis has said so strongly within and between