Daryl Wein discovered he was among the millions of patients with type 2 diabetes while studying to become a Physician Assistant. That's when he found out that, despite type 2 diabetes making up the vast majority of cases, most of the reading material he could find was geared toward patients with type 1 diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes The Owner's Manual is his way of fixing that. This handbook is an easy-to-read guide on how to manage your blood sugar primarily through diet. It is written clearly and concisely, explaining the ...
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Daryl Wein discovered he was among the millions of patients with type 2 diabetes while studying to become a Physician Assistant. That's when he found out that, despite type 2 diabetes making up the vast majority of cases, most of the reading material he could find was geared toward patients with type 1 diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes The Owner's Manual is his way of fixing that. This handbook is an easy-to-read guide on how to manage your blood sugar primarily through diet. It is written clearly and concisely, explaining the difference between the two diseases in a way that is easy to grasp. You don't have to be a health professional to understand the book. Wein includes concrete examples of what to eat and what to avoid. He talks about the importance of exercise and provides information about medicines in a way that the layman can comprehend without needing to know medical terminology. The book also includes a useful question-and-answer section that covers a variety of specifics about type 2 diabetes to help you make sense of it all. Wein knows about the frustration and fear diabetics feel, because he's been there. As he explains in the book, when he experienced blurred vision and other health problems while studying to become a Physician Assistant, he discovered that he was among the millions diagnosed each year with type 2 diabetes. "There was no mistake: I was now a diabetic!" he writes. "I sat down and started crying, not something I would ordinarily allow myself to do." He goes on to describe how a mentor told him that diabetes can usually be managed easily. He made sure to explain that failing to control it can lead to serious health problems including blindness, kidney failure, and limb amputations. He offered hope. Wein's book offers the same message of hope, along with a somber reminder that failing to control diabetes can lead to premature death. He provides readers with the right information to help make sure they understand that this doesn't have to happen to them. The author also makes clear the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, suggesting that type 2 diabetes needs to have a new name. That name should be "carbosis," he argues, which gets right to the point that type 2 diabetes is a disease where the body does not process carbohydrates correctly. He has conveniently included tabular lists of many foods, showing the carbohydrate content of each. "My intent in writing this book is to finally provide a source of information geared specifically for you and me, along with the millions of others with this disease and the many millions who have it but don't yet know it," he writes. "This book is designed primarily to provide clear guidance for patients." You don't have to be a health expert to manage the disease. Wein lays it out to his patients, about eighty percent of whom, he estimates, have well-controlled blood sugar levels. Type 2 Diabetes The Owner's Manual can be your step-by-step guide on how to control your disease. Let this book help you manage type 2 diabetes rather than letting the disease manage you.
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A Perfect Read for Type 2 Diabetics and Their Fami
Daryl Wein, a physician assistant, writes with personal insight and medical authenticity on the subject of type 2 diabetes, in his book Type 2 Diabetes: the Owner's Manual.
While I'm not a diabetic myself, I have a family member who is, and found this book very helpful. Wein starts the book off by redefining the word "diabetes" for those with type 2. A better word, he says, is "carbosis," because the word simply means "Problem with carbohydrates."
Unlike type 1 diabetes, where the body's immune system turns against itself, "carbosis" is the person's inability to handle carbohydrates. Wein gives a clear definition of the difference of the two, and then in turn another excellent description of how the body works (or doesn't) with carbosis. A type 1 diabetic doesn't produce enough insulin, but carbotics (or type 2 diabetics), Wein says, "produce plenty of insulin in most cases...The root of the problem is that our cells, primarily our muscle cells, have become resistant to our own insulin." That helped me to really understand what is going on when we're told we have type 2 diabetes.
At the end of each chapter and throughout, Wein repeats the sentence: The single most important thing to do to manage carbosis is to avoid eating carbohydrates.
Sounds easy, right?
While a low carbohydrate diet isn't the most fun you could ever have, ignoring your symptoms can lead to severe medical problems and even death. In the book, Wein has a pencil drawing of "Blood Sugar Blanche," which, while disturbing, brings home the stark picture of how you could wind up if you don't take this disease seriously.
But he doesn't leave you stranded. He tells you how to take care of yourself, how to say goodbye to daily finger pricks, lose weight, and he even lists pages of foods with their carb counts.
Although Wein recommends medication as the last resort in controlling your carbosis, he admits that sometimes it's necessary. His chapter on medications gives a clear understanding on what he feels are the best medicines, along with side effects and benefits of each.
One of my favorite sections in this book was reading the personal stories of real patients. Although there is a lot of information packed into this book, it's very short and easy to read.
This "Owner's Manual" is an easy, step-by-step user's guide for either the newly diagnosed or the person who has been living with type 2 diabetes for years. It would also be a helpful resource for medical professionals, and someone who knows a person with type 2 diabetes. I am thankful I read it, and now feel more knowledgeable to help my family member who is a type 2 diabetic. This book has even given me ideas of how to live and eat healthier myself.
John
Feb 2, 2016
A Must-Have Guidebook For Type 2 Diabetes
It can be both frightening and discouraging if you are diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, according to author Daryl Wein to. In his comprehensive and easy to use "Owner's Manual & Pocket Guide," the Physician Assistant and graduate from the U.C. Davis School of Medicine, presents the easy-to-understand, basic facts and simple steps for you to follow. Using layman's terms "that could save your life," Wein packs a plethora of information on everything from eating better to which medications work best to manage this disease. Stressing over and over the single most important key to living a healthy life with this disease by not eating carbohydrates, this essential guide contains everything you'll ever need to know to begin a healthier and happier life.
It was while studying for his degree as a Physician Assistant that Daryl Wein discovered he is among the millions living with Type 2 Diabetes. The author says he was bowled over by the news. "I sat down and started crying," confides the author, adding, "There was no mistake, I was now a diabetic!" Wein had noticed blurred vision and other problems. He was comforted greatly though by a mentor who told him that if he learned the basic steps to managing his condition he could live a healthy life, while failing to follow a healthier lifestyle without carbs could lead to blindness, amputation, kidney failure and even death.
Wein also noticed a horrible lack of information about Type 2 Diabetes, while there was plenty of information available about Type 1 Diabetes, "despite the fact that Type 2 makes up the majority of cases." So he set out to write a concise and easy-to-understand guide for what he calls fellow "sugar challenged" machines. He also pokes holes throughout the book in many misbeliefs, like the need to constantly conduct blood tests to check on blood sugar levels. He says 2 to 4 times a year is enough times to prick one's finger, once the patient's condition is stabilized.
The book is a sort of mini-miracle in the way it so succinctly and plainly explains potentially complicated matters. He simply tells it like it is, providing easy answers on topics like nutrition, medication, daily maintenance, preventative maintenance and weight management. The book included both a helpful Question and Answer Section, as well as two separate Appendixes on specific foods versus their carb content.
This is a must-have guidebook for anyone trying to cope with living with Type 2 Diabetes; a reminder of the path to living healthy and the dangers of uncontrolled high blood sugar.
Essential reading, indeed.
Emory Daniels
Jan 25, 2016
A Manual to Good Health for Diabetics and non-Diab
Type 2 Diabetes may very well be the least understood and most over-treated common disease in America. That was my "walk-away" conclusion after reading
"Type 2 Diabetes: The Owner's Manual" by Daryl Wein.
Wein, who himself has Type 2 Diabetes, is a medical professional who began personal research on the disease after contracting it. The result is a very informative guide that has a lot of valuable information for patients and doctors alike. I don't have Type 2 Diabetes but I learned a lot of valuable tips that will help in my weight loss efforts.
The treatment regimen Daryl has come up with, if followed, means for many Type 2 patients that they won't have to take medication but can control the disease and live a normal lifestyle simply by eating healthy and living a healthier lifestyle.
Wein's biggest advice is to avoid all starches. Starches, which convert to sugar in the body, is public enemy number one for diabetics. More than once in his book Wein hammers home the point - "The single most important thing to do to manage Type 2 Diabetes is to avoid eating carbohydrates."
Of course, all of us should avoid sugary foods. Diabetics should avoid all breakfast cereal, all breads, rice, potatoes, corn, tortillas, and all chips and crackers. It doesn't matter much, stresses Wein, whether the rice or bread is white or brown. Foods lowest in carbohydrates that can be used for healthy meals include eggs, meat, fish, cheeses, green salads, nuts and beans in moderation, some condiments, any sugar-free beverage, and even pork rinds!
The back of the book contains very extensive tables of many foods and how many grams of carbs enter the body for specific volume sizes - cups, ounces, pieces, tablespoons, packets, etc.
"Type 2 Diabetes: The Owner's Manual" opened my eyes not only regarding diabetes but also to the real impact carbs of all kinds have on my body and my general health. Many readers can experience major improvements in their health simply by reading and understand, and then applying, the principles discussed in this book.
