This book is a wonderful compilation of the healing arts!!   April 9, 1998

Not just for the guys -an excellent detailed reference book.   March 17, 1998

I plan to keep it as part of my reference library, even if I am a "lady".


Page 57, Publisher's Weekly Nov. 17, 1997:   January 27, 1998
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In his introduction, Juliano (coauthor, The Diabetic's Innovative Cookbook) admits that he is a car freak and that his approach to his own body is not unlike his approach to his Ferrari: he likes to get under the hood. His guidebook is geared to those diabetics who, like him, have unlimited appetite for medical information and the confidence to sort through mountains of facts and therapies to find what works best for them. An insulin-dependent diabetic for more than 30 years (since age 15), Julino has been blind for 10 years. But he tells us that he remains in excellent physican health and urges diabetic men to be vigilant in monitoring their condition. He carefully explains the types of insulin and oral medications currently available, the latest treatment modalities, how to self-monitor one's blood glucose and how to understand clinical blood-chemistry panels. Juliano, a staunch believer in the power of positive thinking, urges diabetics to explore the mind-body approach to healing and remain optimistic about the medical advances that will one day eliminate their problems. Besides offering advice on the basics of exercise and nutrition, he addresses such topics as male pattern baldness and impotence, as well as other issues of concern to male diabetics. Juliano's insight and experience will be of great value to diabetics who wish, like him, to become experts in their condition.


Another Book by this highly-acclaimed author   January 24, 1998
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Thirty-six years ago, Joseph Juliano was diagnosed as an insulin-dependent diabetic; fifteen years ago, he became totally blind due to his disease. Though his blindness ended his medical career and curtailed his two passions-driving sports cars and surfing-he did not give up on life, and instead focused his energy on understanding his disease and turned his knowledge into help for other diabetics. Author of the highly-acclaimed The Diabetic's Innovative Cookbook, Dr. Joseph Juliano now offers a hands-on health-care manual for men with diabetes in this book. Drawing on years of medical research and his own experience, Juliano provides inspiration and solid day-to-day advice for sufferers of this frustrating and often debilitating disease.

Dr. Juliano carefully explains the types of insulin and oral medications curretnly available, the latest treatment modalities, the importance of self-home blood glucose monitoring, and how to understand clinical blood chemistry panels. Throughout his explanations, he urges diabetics to be vigilant in monitoring their condition.

While Dr. Juliano meticulously details the medical specifics of treating diabetes, he also stresses the power of positive thinking and the importance of a mind-body approach to this-and every-disease.

Discipling the mind and working with it gives us control over our bodies, says Julino. To illustrate his point, he shares the story of his journey back to a healty, useful life after the trauma of going blind, losing his professional career, his recreational passions, his marriage and his independence.

In addition to offering advice on exercise and nutrition, Dr. Juliano addresses concerns specific to men, including male pattern baldness and impotence. He addresses the long-term effect diabetes can have on the eye, the kidney, and the vascular and nervous systems. A bibliography and an index are included as well as five appendices:
- male impotence and diabetes,
-the symptoms of low blood sugar,
-selected newsletters and journals on diabetes,
-other resources for diabetes,
-a resource guide to aids and appliances for the diabetic.

Joseph Juliano, M.D. is the co-author of The Diabetic's Innovative Cookbook: A Positive Approach to Living with Diabetes (Henry Holt, 1994) and the author of When Diabetes Complicates Your Life: Meeting the Challenge and Related Complications. He lives in Central Texas.