Two books by former Anchorage mayor Rick Mystrom, who was diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic while a college student...
My Wonderful Life with Diabetes: An Inspiring and Empowering Story of Living Healthy Living Active, and Living Well with Diabetes
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“You are about to meet a man who never let diabetes prevent him from accomplishing everything he wanted in life: good health, success in business, community service, family, and politics. Rick Mystrom knew that understanding his disease was crucial to his health. He has become one of the most knowledgeable persons living with diabetes in my extensive practice and frequently serves as a role model and authoritative resource for others.”
Jeanne R. Bonar
MD, FACP, FACE
Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
“It is the patient, not the doctor, who manages diabetes. Rick Mystrom is the gold medal winner for controlling his diabetes. He has become so skilled that he can predict and adjust his insulin level just by looking at the meal he is going to eat. His results: no complications from his long history of the disease. He is the expert. I am the learner.”
Thomas Nighswander MD MPH
What Should I Eat?: Solve Diabetes, Lose Weight, and Live Healthy
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What Should I Eat is based on 60,000 blood tests taken after nearly every meal the author's eaten for the past 34 years.
What Should I Eat will be life changing if:
you're a TYPE 2 DiABETiC who wants to lower your blood sugar and lose weight, or
you're a PREDiABETiC or BoRDERliNE DiABETiC who wants to avoid ever getting diabetes, or
you're a TYPE 1 DiABETiC who wants to improve blood sugar control and live a long, healthy life, or
you're one of the two thirds of American adults who want to Lose Weight! |
