Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes
A regular ol’ workout with type 1 diabetes is often very complicated! Frustrating highs and unexpected lows can drive some people with T1D to give up altogether. This book is all about helping you enjoy exercising again! It is possible, but there are a handful of things you need to know about insulin, timing, and how different types of exercise impact the body. As an avid exerciser and former competitive athlete, Ginger Vieira breaks down the need-to-know science of exercising with T1D so you can get moving without scary lows or frustrating highs.
Dealing with Diabetes Burnout
An inspiring and empowering guide to managing the daily work and pressure of diabetes management.
Living with diabetes is non-stop, 24 hours a day. Counting carbohydrates at every meal, constantly adjusting medication doses, taking daily injections, pricking fingers multiple times a day, and struggling with the unavoidable challenges of fancy, yet imperfect, technology can lead to burnout. With compassion, knowledge, and humor, The book provides the tools and encouragement needed to help you get back on track and make diabetes management a rewarding priority.
Ain’t Gonna Hide My T1D!
Join Sherry the Sheep on her first day at school as a child with type 1 diabetes. Should she try to hide her diabetes? She’s worried about what her new friends might think about her diabetes and the CGM sensor on her arm. Sherry quickly learns how to teach these classmates about her T1D, how to stand up for herself (or ask a grown-up for help), and that she may not need to hide her diabetes afterall.
When I Go Low
Jax the Cat likes to play soccer, eat sandwiches, and ride his bike with his friends — oh, and he also has type 1 diabetes! For Jax, one of the hardest parts of living with type 1 diabetes is noticing how he feels when his blood sugar is low. One day, he goes on a walk to find other kids with type 1 and learns a few new things about low blood sugars along the way!
Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes
Managing type 1 diabetes during pregnancy is an incredibly overwhelming yet rewarding pursuit. It’s about so much more than just counting your carbs and getting exercise. Due to constantly increasing hormones during pregnancy, your insulin needs constantly change, too. While no two women’s pregnancies will be alike, the timing of those anticipated insulin adjustments will be similar. In this book, Ginger Vieira and Jennifer Smith, CDE & RD, guide you through preparing for pregnancy, from conception to birth, and through the challenges of managing your blood sugars during postpartum.
Emotional Eating with Diabetes
“Emotional Eating with Diabetes” is an easy-to-read guide to overcoming the many challenges around food that can develop in a life with a disease that revolves around what we eat. This required focus on food can lead to using food in a self-destructive manner to cope with the tremendous emotional and mental burden that comes with managing diabetes. This book will help you build a relationship with food that leaves you feeling proud of your choices, never deprived, and with the knowledge that you are giving your body and your life with diabetes the compassion that you need and deserve.
Your Diabetes Science Experiment
This is a book for people with type 1, type 1.5, and type 2 diabetes on insulin who want to gain a deeper understanding of how the basic science of the human body impacts your blood sugar levels and your insulin needs. “Your Diabetes Science Experiment” will explain the science behind the most common reasons for your “mystery high blood sugars” and “unexpected low blood sugars.” From there, each “Science Experiment” helps you focus on one specific part of your diabetes management at a time, so you can make adjustments in your insulin dosing and your nutrition to prevent those unwanted fluctuations in your blood sugar from happening as often!***Please note: I wrote this book fresh out of college in 2009! It contains significantly outdated material due to the significant developments in CGM and insulin pump technology since its publication date. Used copies remain for sale on Amazon.