“”50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes” is full of inspiring examples…Indeed, diabetes is treatable and is more and more treatable all the time, while many other chronic diseases are not. This is another of the excellent and positive points that these two authors make throughout this important book.”–David Mendosa, coauthor, “The New Glucose Revolution What Makes My Blood Glucose Go Up…and Down?,” and author, “Losing Weight with Your Diabetes Medication
“”While at the University of Michigan we developed the notion of ‘patient empowerment’ and ‘taking control, ‘ which Sheri Colberg and Steven Edeman have captured in a most elegant manner with case histories of people who have thrived for many years despite having diabetes.”–Aaron Vinik, MD, PhD, director, Strelitz Diabetes Research Center
“Encouraging, informative, and easy to read…this is my kind of diabetes book! If nothing else, you’ll be delighted to discover how many of the secrets you’ve already mastered.”–Amy Tenderich, journalist/blogger, www.diabetesmine.com, and coauthor, “Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes”
“Inspirational–and practical. A must read that can make a difference in your life.”–Richard N. Podell, MD, clinical professor, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
“The advice that Sheri Colberg and Steven Edelman offer is excellent and will help everyone living with diabetes to live a better, healthier, and longer life. I would also say that much of their guidance would be well heeded by everyone, not just people with diabetes.”–Jeff Hitchcock, Children with Diabetes
“Camaraderie is truly what soothes the diabetic breast. As I’m reading read through this book, my neck is getting tired from the constant nodding and saying ‘Yes! Yes! This is what it’s all about!’ Who knows more about living successfully with diabetes than the people who have done it for so many years. After I’ve soaked up every word, I might be willing to share it with my patients.”–Gary Scheiner, CDE, author, “Think Like a Pancreas” and “The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting
” “Most books tell you what the authors think you should be doing about your diabetes. “50 Secrets of the World’s Longest Living People with Diabetes” tells you what long-lived people with diabetes actually are doing about their diabetes…Their stories are inspiring as well as instructive.”–Gretchen Becker, author, “The First Year(R)–Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes
” “Information about the inspiring individuals with diabetes was woven in with the fifty great secrets in a very entertaining and educational way. I endorse it to teach, train, and coach those of us with diabetes.”–Paula Harper, RN, CDE, founder and president, Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association
About the Author
Sheri R. Colberg, Ph.D., is an exercise physiologist and professor of exercise science in the Exercise Science, Sport, Physical Education, and Recreation Department at Old Dominion University. She has authored more than 100 articles on exercise and diabetes, along with five books, including The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan. Steven V. Edelman, MD, founder and director of Taking Control of Your Diabetes, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of California, San Diego, and director of the Diabetes Care Clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical centre in San Diego. The author of four books on diabetes for consumers and professionals, his research has appeared in more than 200 publications.