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Originally published in 1997, DR. BERNSTEIN'S DIABETES SOLUTION is a unique resource that covers both adult- and childhood-onset diabetes, explains step-by-step how to normalize blood sugar levels and prevent or reverse complications, and offers detailed guidelines for establishing a treatment plan. Readers will find fifty gourmet recipes, in addition to a comprehensive discussion of diet, obesity, and new drugs to curb carbohydrate craving and overeating.

Now in its fourth edition, the book presents up-to-the-minute information on insulin resistance, blood-testing devices, measuring blood sugar, new types of insulin, gastroparesis and other issues, as well as updated diet guidelines. DR. BERNSTEIN'S DIABETES SOLUTION is the one book every diabetic must own.

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"Dr. Bernstein is a true pioneer in developing practical approaches to controlling a devastating disease that is growing at epidemic proportions in this country. This book should be in the library of every diabetic patient, and especially physicians who treat diabetes."―Barry Sears, PhD, author of The Zone

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Richard K. Bernstein, MD, is one of the world's foremost experts in diabetes treatment and care. He is the author of six books about diabetes, including The Diabetes Diet. Dr. Bernstein is the emeritus director of the Peripheral Vascular Disease Clinic at Jacobi Medical Center, an instructor at New York Medical College, fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and as a consultant to the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. An attending physician at North Bronx Healthcare Network, he also maintains a private practice in Mamaroneck, NY, where he lives.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Spark; Revised edition (November 1, 2011)
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Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316182699
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316182690
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 2.05 x 10.65 inches

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Richard Bernstein, M.D., is recognized as one of the foremost experts on the disease. His private practice in Mamaroneck, NY, is solely devoted to diabetes and prediabetic conditions. He is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and of the American College of Endocrinology and is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Wound Management.
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A. Jensen

Best book for type 1 diabetics to educate themselves on normalizing blood sugars. Hands down!

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2023

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I bought the original book in late 1997 after being diagnosed for type 1 diabetes in July of 1997. It, to put it lightly, was a life changer, and a life saver. Dr. Bernstein's methods were so different from all the "educators" I had the "pleasure" of dealing with after my diagnosis. Still, to this day, do I rarely meet a Doctor who would put me through all the tests, and show me how to eat and manage my diabetes for normal blood sugars. The information on how the body works should be taught to every school age child in the USA. This information would go a long way to mitigating the obesity epidemic in our country. IMHO. If you know what the pancreas does, and the role of insulin in fat building in the body, then you understand all you need to know to cut the fat, and build the lean.
I've explained this to i don't know how many people over the last 26 years, and have rarely found any who would take it to heart, and do what is necessary to lose the fat, and get in shape. Most will just talk about it, and forget it soon afterward. Even the other type 1's I've been fortunate to meet in person, will balk at this routine. It is not easy, but the rewards are astronomical.
Highly recommended to all who suffer from Diabetes, and to those who just want to learn more about the illness, and those who would like to understand better how the body builds fat and disease over the long term.
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Lindsey

Literally life saving.

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2023

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Insulinitis, Cellosis, & Bernstein's Dire Drastic Very Low Carb Diet

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2016

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I have Insulinitis (a condition commonly referred to
as type 1 diabetes). I've had it for over 55 years,
since age 5, and provide the following so you can
understand my review (from the standpoint of my med-
ical condition status which Dr. Bernstein purports
to supply a solution for).

- - -
Weight / Glucose Level / Insulin / Carb Information
o Weight 150 lbs, 5 foot 7 inches
o HbA1c level of 5.6 for the last 9 months
o 3% below 70 mg/dl and 1% above 180 mg/dl
May 14 to June 13, 2016 (per CGM)
o Insulin pumped, typically close to 30 units/day
o Carb ingestion varies (typically, < 200 grams,
but sometimes in the 200s or 300s)
- - -

I found the Dr. Bernstein approach to

o fixating on carb food avoidance, a long list of
foods which one cannot eat or drink,

o as well as his book's abundant use of diabetes and
diabetic words without clarifier (making it diffi-
cult to know which one or if some or all of the
disparate High Glucose Conditions were actually be-
ing referred to each time he used those outdated
and confusing words),

o as well as his dismissal of insulin pumps and his
criticisms of continuous glucose monitors,

and

o his dismissal of viable alternatives both present
and future, calling gastric bypass surgery for Cel-
losis (commonly called type 2 diabetes) a "fad",
heavily criticizing the key components of artifi-
cial pancreases, those being insulin pumps and con-
tinuous glucose monitors,

and

o his book being old (it needs an update to address
efforts to embed glucose-sensitive autoimmune-pro-
tected insulin capability, and a new insulin patch
in development, and research efforts to develop a
glucose responsive insulin, any one or all of which
may offer glucose normalization without any dire
drastic very low carb diet)

and

o his propensity to blame the individuals who have
any of the disparate High Glucose Conditions for
any and every problem they experience as being
caused by not being a fan / follower of his dire
drastic very low carb diet approach to dealing
with all High Glucose Conditions (he's an avid ...

... guilt-tripper, blaming every individual who
has any long-term High Glucose Condition problem
at any time as that being caused by their not be-
ing on his or properly adhering to his dire dras-
tic diet, although most often he simply implies
any problems are caused by that, not outright say-
ing they are)

and

o his promotion of an average glucose level lower
than what most without any High Glucose Condition
have, calling that "true normal" with no support-
ing evidence other than his supposed personal
experience of measuring glucose levels of others

and

o his calling people who eat normally (normal daily
ingestion of carbohydrates) carbohydrate addicts,
comparing them to drug addicts, alcoholics, smok-
ers, and people who eat large amounts of carbs
(higher than the recommended normal) as if they're
all the same, not a commendable or supportable way
of trying to garner support for a very low carb
drastic diet (in my opinion)

and

o his referring to American Diabetes Association
recommendations for HbA1c levels as "another ex-
ample of the rape of the diabetic" (one can have
differences of opinion about HbA1c levels, the
risks and rewards of different levels, but in my
opinion, his ADA criticism is over the top, and ...

... not once in his entire book does he address
the increased risk of severe hypoglycemia for
those who have HbA1c levels as low as those he
promotes and that he asserts are avoidable with
his very low carb dire drastic diet when one uses
glucose tabs for hypoglycemia responses)

and

o his failure to address the fact that no independent
research organization has provided one iota of evi-
dence that his very low carb drastic diet and very
low glucose claims for those with any of the High
Glucose Conditions are either doable or safe for a
long period of time ...

... have led me to reject Bernstein's so-called solu-
tion as a futile undoable dire drastic diet destined
to deny anyone trying it any chance of anything even
remotely close to a normal or high quality life, and
laying heavy guilt-trips on them for any failure to
religiously follow his guilt-tripped demonizing diet,
exercise routine, glucose-dependence for hypoglycemia
avoidance, and medications.

Oh, by the way, any long-term sequelae that anyone
with any High Glucose Condition has, a quote from
chapter 24 of his book: "I am convinced from my per-
sonal experience, from the experiences of my patients,
and from reading the scientific literature, the people
with normal blood sugars do not develop the long-term
complications ..."

Implied: HIS WAY or NO WAY, and HIS WAY supposedly
eliminates ALL chances of any long-term sequelae be-
ing caused by having any of the High Glucose Condi-
tions -if- you follow it well enough and soon enough,
and for the rest of your life.

Bold claim - unprovable and I don't believe it.

My recommendation - have a diet and lifestyle that
fits your personality and your true nature, and I
suspect the overwhelming majority will come nowhere
near Bernstein's dire drastic very low carb diet.

Lower glucose levels? Do it to the best of your abil-
ity if you can do so safely, but don't change your
life to worship a very low carb doing without way
of eating / living unless that lifestyle is suited
for your personality and true nature (which for the
overwhelming majority, I strongly suspect it isn't).

- - -

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An Island of truth in a sea of deception

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2012

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I weighed 268, a diagnosed Type II when I first got this book. My doctor wanted to put me on medication. I asked him If I could try diet and exercise first. He reluctantly gave me 6 months. I never looked back. If I had followed my Dr. and the American Diabetes Association, I would still be taxing my pancreas to the max and shooting insulin to compensate for poisoning myself. But fate stepped in and I read this book. I learned how not to eat things that kill me and to avoid any medication whatsoever. (Note, some diabetics may be too far gone to accomplish this, as Dr. Bernstein notes in his book, but for the vast majority, newly diagnosed type IIs can learn to stop poisoning themselves and avoid medication. Even if you have to take medication or insulin, this book will help you to lower the dosages if not get off of them altogether).

I lost 61 pounds in one year, went from a size 48 waist to a 38 and feel like a million bucks. I have never had to take medication. When I went back in 6 months, my A1C was out of the diabetic range altogether. That was a true miracle. All I did was follow the advice in this book. Dr. Bernstein tells the truth that many of us don't want to hear: There are some things we must never eat again. Many of us never hear the second part: But there are many new things you can eat, and you'll love them! Plus you will feel like a 20 year old again! The ADA would have you believe you can keep on chugging down carbs that bleed your pancreas dry...just take medication or insulin if you want that huge pizza or piece of cake. Dr. Bernstein takes the adult approach. There is so much more now that I eat, that I never used to. A whole new smorgasbord has opened up for me. I love it!

The best thing about this book is that the author is not tied to any food industry or medical industry people, you get the straight dope here. He has no reason to lie and is a living example of his own advice. The man is a pioneer and we are sooooo fortunate he is still with us. Did you know he was an engineer way back in the '60s when he began to discover the truth about diabetes and the Govt. food Pyramid? Did you know that this engineer gave up his career, went back to school, and became a medical doctor just so the profession would take his findings seriously? He is still treating patients today.

I should note that if I had listened to my doctor and got on medication the day I was diagnosed. I would never have qualified to be a private pilot. That dream would have been gone forever. Instead, I was able to avoid any medication, thanks to Dr. Bernstein. I hope the same works out for you. If you're tired of feeling lousy and resigned yourself to the curse of diabetes, you owe it to yourself to listen to Dr. Bernstein. I and hundreds of thousands of people like me are living proof that it doesn't have to be the way the ADA makes it out to be. One warning, if you aren't ready to treat yourself as an adult, don't bother spending money on this book. The good Dr. will not waste time telling what you want to hear. Instead he tells, and shows, you what you NEED to know. The choice is yours.

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Alan Weiss

Great buy

Reviewed in Australia on September 9, 2023

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Book arrived in great condition

Miguel Fidalgo

Grande Trabalho.

Reviewed in Spain on April 10, 2023

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Uma opinião limpa e uma história simples. Tudo Faz sentido e entendo o que se escreve. Fundamental para qualquer pessoa viver plenamente e com Saúde.

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Ahmed Lafana

la bible non officielle de tout diabétique

Reviewed in France on September 20, 2016

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C'est la bible non officielle de tout diabétique, outre atlantique.
Je te tiens à affirmer que je n'ai aucun lien avec l'auteur ou la société et que j'ai bien acheter ce livre avec mes propres deniers.

Il est à lire,relire encore et encore et est très dense.
Il prone l'excellence, libre à chacun d'appliquer ce qui lui plait.

Voici le sommaire traduit:
1er PARTIE: Avant de commencer
1. Diabète: Notions de base
2. Tests: Mesures de base de votre maladie et du profil de risque
3. Votre trousse d'outils diabétique
4. Quand et comment mesurer la glycémie
6. Phénomènes affectants la glycémie
7. La loi des petits nombres où pourquoi recommmender les recommendations actuelles ne conviennent pas
8. Le traitement de base

2e PARTIE: Traitement
9. Les groupes alimentaires de base: Ou pourquoi ce que vous avez appris sur le régime alimentaire est probablement néfaste
10. Directives diététiques essentielles au traitement de toutes les Diabétiques
11. Création d'un plan de repas sur mesure: Perte de poids si surpoids
13. Comment corriger l'addiction aux glucides:pharmacopée et approche mentale
14. Utilisation de l'exercice pour améliorer la sensibilité d'insuline et ralentir le vieillissement
15. insulino-sensibilisateurs oraux , agents insulino-mimétique, et autres options
16. Insuline: Les principes de base de l'auto-injection indolore
17. Informations importantes à propos des divers insulines
18. régimes simple d'insuline
19. régimes intensif de l'insuline
20. Prévenir et corriger l'hypoglycémie et sans finir en hyper.
21. Que faire si déshydratater ou infection
22. Cas de gastroparésie
23. Visites de suivi à votre médecin
24. Ce que pouvez espérer d'une normoglycémie

3e PARTIE: Recettes de cuisine

Annexe A: Qu'en est-il des restrictions alimentaires largement préconisée sur les matière grasses, protéines?
Annexe B: Ne permettez pas une hospitalisation prolongée détériorier votre contrôle glycémique
Annexe C: Les médicaments qui peuvent influer sur la glycémie
Annexe D: Soins des pieds pour les diabétiques
Annexe E: Syndrome des ovaires polykystiques

Il va a contre courant des recommendations officielles & propose pour simplifier celles de début du siècle avant la découverte de l'insuline.
Mais ses recommendations dépassent le cadre nutritionel.
Les glucides sont limités à 30g par jour & le glucose est apporté pour un apport en protéines suffisant via la néoglucogénèse qui est relativement lente sur le temps. Cette source alternative est une solution élégante au pb de la phase de 1 diminuée ou absente de l'insuline chez les diabétiques qui n'arrivent pas à faire face à une arrivée importante de glucose d'où l'hyperglycémie
Ce n'est donc pas un régime cétogène où la cétose est recherchée.

Le seul unique but est la normoglycémie avec comme objectif le non développement de complications voire régression dans certains cas
comme il l'a expérimenté.

Il prône ce qu'il recommende avec un hba1C de 4.5% et ses adeptes même T1 ont une hémoglobine glyquée infériieur à 6% en moyenne.
Son auteur, de formation ingénieur, a eu le diabète T1 à 12 ans en 1948 et explique comment il a corrigé par lui-même presque toutes ses complications vers la trentaire (protéinurie, épaule gelée..).

Il a formulé sa méthode sur base d'autoexpérimentation et est l'auteur de la méthode basal/bolus dans la littérature scientifique alors qu'il n'était qu'étudiant en médecine et est probbalement le premier diabétique au monde adepte de l'autosurveillance glycémique, à une époque où la norme était une prise de sang par mois chez son médecin.

Il tenta de publier ses recommendations (SGBM & régime hyperprotéiné) auprès de l'ADA par ex.mais n'étant pas du monde médical à l'époque il fut sujet aux railleries.
Il décida d'intégrer la fac de médecine vers 40 ans pour être publié et exerce toujours en 2016 à 82 ans en tant que diabétologue.

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Paul Freeth

Get back control of your blood sugars.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2022

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I've been a Type 1 Diabetic for 28 years and have controlled my blood sugars up until now by balancing carbohydrate intake with short acting Insulin. My HbA1C reading at check up, I have been told, since diagnosis have been good but in order to achieve this using some high carbohydrate foods is nigh on impossible with any consistency and even if you can do it, you will only do it with large spikes in your blood sugars. In the long run this leads to complications. I decided to give a low carb, high protein diet a go and immediately felt the benefits, recording controlled blood sugars within my achievable range circa currently 95% of the time. With average blood glucose falling to circa 6.5% (I now know this will go lower with time) I bought Dr Bernstein's book to improve my understanding of how a low carb diet will help and to understand what sort of balanced diet to build to help my condition. Dr Bernstein does a great job of explaining the basics and why what you eat will impact your blood sugars. If you are serious about controlling your Diabetes, then this is a must read book. If you follow its wisdom closely, you will find most of the answers needed to help control your blood sugars.

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mel

Book every diabetic should read

Reviewed in Canada on November 29, 2022

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I've been a Type 1 diabetic for 35 years and Dr. Bernstein book covered dozens of topics that I never knew about or considered. His diabetic diet is a challenge, but if you can do it, you'll see your blood sugars even out and your A1C results go down closer to non-diabetic levels.

This book is not just for Type 1 diabetics. Bernstein provides much information that Type 2 diabetics should know (and that your doctor may not).
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