The Diabetic Athlete or Amazing Honey Garlic and Vinegar

The Diabetic Athlete: Prescriptions for Exercise and Sports

Author: Sheri Colberg

Written by Dr. Sheri Golberg, a diabetic athlete with a PhD in exercise physiology, this book draws on the experiences of hundreds of diabetic athletes to provide the best advice for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Specific insulin advice is included for NPH and Lente, Ultralente, and insulin pump users. And profiles of elite and amateur athletes, from golf to scuba diving, show how they cope - and thrive - in their different environments." "No other book gives so many sport-specific recommendations to help you safely and fully pursue the activities you enjoy. With Dr. Colberg's advice you'll feel better than ever while training for fitness and sport performance.

Raelene E. Maser

Although exercise is one of the cornerstones in the overall management of diabetes, exercise can be a challenging factor for individuals to incorporate and use as a management tool. Due to the different types of diabetes as well as the various therapeutic regimens used in its treatment, global recommendations regarding exercise can be vague and may therefore contribute to the underutilization of exercise as a management tool. The author of this book provides guidance for individuals to safely and successfully include exercise as a part of their diabetes management plan. Although written for the individual with diabetes, any healthcare professional involved in helping individuals to start and continue exercise programs will find the book to be a helpful resource. Specifically, the author covers both the fundamental interactions between exercise and diabetes control while describing how certain diabetes-related complications can affect an individual's exercise prescription. In addition, recommendations are given for dietary and medication strategies for 86 different activities along with insights for using other diabetes management tools (e.g., blood glucose monitoring) so that individuals can achieve the benefits of that physical activity while maintaining good blood glucose control. Individuals using an insulin pump should find the insulin pump guidelines very useful. The author, an exercise physiologist, uses her personal experience as a diabetic athlete as well as the experiences of other diabetic athletes to provide a significant resource for anyone wanting to know how to safely obtain benefit from just about every conceivable form of physical activity.

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Reviewer: Raelene E. Maser, PhD (University of Delaware)
Description: Although exercise is one of the cornerstones in the overall management of diabetes, exercise can be a challenging factor for individuals to incorporate and use as a management tool. Due to the different types of diabetes as well as the various therapeutic regimens used in its treatment, global recommendations regarding exercise can be vague and may therefore contribute to the underutilization of exercise as a management tool.
Purpose: The author of this book provides guidance for individuals to safely and successfully include exercise as a part of their diabetes management plan.
Audience: Although written for the individual with diabetes, any healthcare professional involved in helping individuals to start and continue exercise programs will find the book to be a helpful resource.
Features: Specifically, the author covers both the fundamental interactions between exercise and diabetes control while describing how certain diabetes-related complications can affect an individual's exercise prescription. In addition, recommendations are given for dietary and medication strategies for 86 different activities along with insights for using other diabetes management tools (e.g., blood glucose monitoring) so that individuals can achieve the benefits of that physical activity while maintaining good blood glucose control. Individuals using an insulin pump should find the insulin pump guidelines very useful.
Assessment: The author, an exercise physiologist, uses her personal experience as a diabetic athlete as well as the experiences of other diabetic athletes to provide a significant resource for anyone wanting to know how to safely obtain benefit from just about every conceivable form of physical activity.

What People Are Saying

David E. Kelley
A practical and thoughtful book that will be helpful for individuals with diabetes who want to safely enjoy exercise. Dr. Sheri Colberg is an exercise scientist with special expertise in diabetes.
— David E. Kelley, MD Director of the University of Pittsburgh's Obesity and Nutrition Research Center

Al Lewis
The Diabetic Athlete underscores the fact that exercise is critical to the person with diabetes. The book is designed for the active person with diabetes and the health care provider. The first part provides a basic understanding of the diabetic athlete's response to exercise and sports. The second part provides suggestions for and examples of how diabetic athletes prepare for and respond to exercise-induced changes in blood glucose.
— Al Lewis, PhD Board of directors chairman of the International Diabetic Athletes Association (IDAA)

David E. Kelley
A practical and thoughtful book that will be helpful for individuals with diabetes who want to safely enjoy exercise. Dr. Sheri Colberg is an exercise scientist with special expertise in diabetes. (David E. Kelley, Director of the University of Pittsburgh's Obesity and Nutrtion Reseatch Center)

Al Lewis
The Diabetic Athelete underscores the fact that exercise is critical to the person with diabetes. The book is designed for the active person with diabetes and the health care provider. The first part provides a basic understanding of the diabetic athlete's response to exercise and sports. The second part provides suggestions for and esamples of how diabetic atheletes prepare for and respond to exercise-induced changes in blood glucose. (Al Lewis, Ph.D., Board of Directors, Chairman, International Diabetic Athletes Association)

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

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Amazing Honey, Garlic, and Vinegar: Home Remedies and Recipes

Author: Patrick Quillin

Discover the legendary healing powers found in these humble ingredients!

Honey, garlic and vinegar have healing powedrs, prized for thousands of years by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Roman, which doctors are just now proving scientifically.
• This book contains hundreds of remedies and delicious recipes to enrich your life.
• Learn scores of easy household cleaning formulas to keep your home sparkling for only pennies.
• Discover dozens of proven beauty preparations you can make in your own kitchen.

These inexpensive, natural ingredients possess astounding properties discovered by health researchers at leading universities. Honey, garlic and vinegar have the following remarkable attributes: they lower blood pressure and cholesterol, improve circulation, and combat arthritis, prostate inflammation, muscle aches, help you sleep and improve digestion. They can also fight age spots, help speed weight loss, kill bacteria, disinfect wounds, ease pain, calm nerves, induce sleep, help fight fatigue, and more. Learn how to make compresses, liniments, tonics, ointments, teas, and more, all in the kitchen. Each preparation is carefully described along with the health condition for which it is formulated.