Buy Know Your Numbers and Try ExtendBar Free

Popular diabetes blogger and patient advocate Amy Tenderich has teamed up with leading Joslin physician Dr. Richard Jackson to create "the first-ever hands-on guide to achieving a long and healthy life with diabetes." (read more)

• Book Description
• Critics' Reviews
• The ExtendBar Connection
• Shipping Info

Availability: in stock, usually leaves warehouse in 1-2 business days. (details)

Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes helps people identify their own personal critical health risks - and learn exactly how to measure and control them. It's an easy-to-read and highly motivational guide to the 5 crucial tests that everyone living with diabetes needs to have and monitor on a regular basis:

• hemoglobin A1c (average blood glucose levels)
• blood pressure
• lipid profile (cholesterol and triglycerides)
• microalbumin (demonstrating kidney damage)
• annual eye exam

These 5 simple medical tests are the only measures indicating each person’s own individual diabetes health risks. Yet despite being widely accessible and easy to administer, fewer than 42% of adults with diabetes have either had these tests, or understand what the results mean, according to an April 2006 report by USA Today.

"This is a pathbreaking book that will be required reading for every single person with diabetes aspiring to manage his or her health as successfully and fully as possible. In addition, this book helps you find a new, positive approach to life with diabetes, providing resources on everything from diet to travel to using the Web and more." - Marlowe Diabetes Library

"Diabetes often makes people feel frightened and overwhelmed, but a good understanding of modern management and the goals of treatment are now having major positive impact on quality of life and health outcomes. In the end, the informed patient makes this happen. Richard Jackson and Amy Tenderich have really hit the bull’s eye by focusing on the key things that help people gain control over their diabetes. I expect that many people will find this sensible, easy-to-read new book enormously helpful."
- Dr. Gordon Weir, former editor of Diabetes, former Medical Director of the Joslin Clinic, and chaired professor at Harvard University.

"This book allows even the mathematically inept to understand their lab values and what area of their health is most important to work on .... Even those without diabetes will wish they had it just so they can use this book."
- John Walsh, Certified Diabetes Educator and author of Pumping Insulin

"What a great book! ... It helps you not only understand your five most essential health factors, but also guides you in setting doable action plans. You’ll find very serious topics – including the complications of diabetes – addressed in a fresh, upbeat (and even humorous) style. Dr. Jackson, a seasoned Joslin endocrinologist and researcher, and Amy Tenderich, a journalist who has type 1 diabetes, make a perfect team blending academics and real-world diabetes experience."
- Melinda D. Maryniuk, American Diabetes Association Outstanding Educator of the year for 2005

ExtendBars were invented and clinically tested by Dr. Francine Kaufman, head of the Diabetes Center at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and former president of the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Kaufman was not only looking for something diabetics could eat without directly spiking their blood sugar, she was also on a mission to create a snack that would help naturally curb hunger, minimize blood sugar swings, prevent hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and provide a continuous source of energy for even the most strenuous activities.

Using uncooked cornstarch (a vital complex carbohydrate) as a key ingredient, Dr. Kaufman managed to invent the only snack clinically proven to help stabilize blood sugar and control hunger for up to 9 hours. That makes ExtendBar pretty unique.

Anyone working to achieve a long and healthy life with diabetes – which Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes can guide you through – can also benefit from trying tasty and useful ExtendBars.

Order your book and get a free trial pack now!

Your order will ship via USPS. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery. For faster delivery, please call customer service toll-free at 800-887-2919 and use offer code LKYN.

  ©2007 ExtendBar. All Rights Reserved.