Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution Quotes

“Ironically, the ancestors of those who today are most at risk for type 2 diabetes were, during prehistory, not the sick and dying, but the survivors. If”
― Richard K. Bernstein, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars

“Of course, there was a lot of anger and denial and even attempts to forget about being diabetic. Maybe I could forget about it for a while, but it never forgot about me.”
― Richard K. Bernstein, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars

“number of times throughout this book, you’ve come across the terms “delayed stomach-emptying” and “gastroparesis.” As I explained in Chapter 2, elevated blood sugars for prolonged periods can impair the ability of nerves to function properly. It’s very common that the nerves that stimulate the muscular activity, enzyme secretion, and acid production essential to digestion function poorly in long-standing diabetics. These changes affect the stomach, the gut, or both. Dr. Richard McCullum, a noted authority on digestion, has said that if a diabetic has any other form of neuropathy (dry feet, reduced”
― Richard K. Bernstein, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars

“If you are a long-standing diabetic and are frustrated with the care you’ve received over the years”
― Richard K. Bernstein MD, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars

“Big inputs make big mistakes; small inputs make small mistakes.” That is the first thing my friend Kanji Ishikawa would say to himself each morning on arising. It was his mantra, the single most important thing he knew about diabetes. Kanji was, until 2009, the oldest surviving type 1 diabetic in Japan. Though younger than I, he was afflicted with numerous long-term diabetic complications, because of many years of uncontrolled blood sugar, prior to reading my first book.”
― Richard K. Bernstein MD, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars