An upbeat, empathetic, and essential guide for young people with diabetesIn Diabetes and Me: An Essential Guide for Kids and Parents, Kim Chaloner, who has been teaching award-winning science classes for fifteen years, gives kids the tools they need to take charge of their health and understand what it means to be diagnosed with diabetes. In this graphic guide, she walks four young people through the basics of diabetes, both Type 1 and Type 2, revealing . ...

Drop the bowl of breakfast cereal. Dump the cup of coffee with skim milk down the drain. Fry up some bacon and have your morning java with heavy cream instead! Wait, what? What kind of nutritional advice is that? The pretty good kind, if you ask me. As a society, we’ve been taught that fat is bad for us and that we have to eat plenty of whole grains and carbohydrates in order to stay healthy. Yet Americans are overweight and plagued with diseases such as heart disease and d...

A cardiologist's revolutionary weight-loss plan that allows dieters to enjoy good carbs while still losing weightThe glycemic index has been the basis of many popular diets. But it doesn't take into account the serving sizes people actually eat and eliminates too many foods for dieters to stick with it. Now Dr. Robert Thompson's breakthrough program uses the glycemic load--the glycemic index adjusted for serving size--to take the GI a step forward. The gly...

Eat Carbs With Confidence! It is important to eat about the same amount of carbohydrates during each meal or snack to keep your blood glucose levels within a targeted range. But you may wonder what foods contain carbohydrates and in what amounts?SureCount provides the information you need to make informed carbohydrate choices for successful diabetes management.Whether you have prediabetes, gestational diabetes, Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes, or just want or need to maintain a c...

The Wee Adventures of Shabu Shabu is an 8-part children's series that entertains and inspires innovation and intellectual curiosity. Readers are drawn in by the captivating character of Shabu Shabu, striking images of her exciting world, and the stimulating adventures she has with her friends.Book 1 begins our story of Shabu Shabu, a young adventurous rabbit who is the granddaughter and protégé of a famous inventor. Shabu spends her childhood tinkering in the lab and dreaming of jo...

A hilarious send-up of sex, scandal, and the Golden Age of Hollywood by legendary cartoonist Edward Sorel.In 1965, a young, up-and-coming illustrator by the name of Edward Sorel tore away layer after layer of linoleum from the floor of his $97-a-month Manhattan apartment until he discovered a hidden treasure: issues of the New York Daily News and Daily Mirror from 1936, each ablaze with a scandalous child custody trial taking place in Hollywood st...

Rommel: When Hitler sent Rommel to Libya to command the Africa Korps, his purpose was to help the Italians contain and "hold the line" defensively, but Hitler underestimated Rommel's ability and his resourcefulness. Outwitting his British opponents at every turn he pushed them back to the Egyptian border, but in the process he stretched his long and tenuous supply lines, which went all the way back across the Mediterranean Sea to the Italian mainland. With the Mediterranean Sea controlled ...

Martin Heidegger - philosophy's 'hidden king', or leading exponent of a dangerously misguided secular mysticism. Heidegger has been acclaimed as the most powerfully original philosopher of the twentieth century. Profoundly influential on deconstruction, existentialism and phenomenology, he stands behind all major strands of post-structuralist and postmodern thought. Heidegger announced the end of philosophy and of humanism, and was a committed Nazi and vocal supporter of Hitler's National ...

Gnostic Christianity has been suppressed since the latter part of the Second Century AD.One of the Key elements of Gnostic Christianity is a rejection of the Old Testament construction of God.In the early part of the Second century, Marcion of Sinope published a text called 'Antithesis' arguing that the God of the Hebrew Bible was not the loving Father of Jesus. Marcion utilised passages from the Old Testament in support of that position.Around the middle of the Sec...

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Table of ContentsIntroductionSugar Level Maintenance and Type II DiabetesBitter MelonBottle gourds – CalabashSpinach And FenugreekSpinachThe Right Natural Cooking MediumCabbagesGarlic and Onion CombinationRed Kidney BeansHealthy Cereals and GrainsConclusionAuthor BioPublisherIntroductionI was talking about different diets with an experienced relative, especially the faddy diet...

Hospitals can be scary.Do you want to help, but don't know how?Here's a little superhero who can show you the way. It starts with a story...Jonny is a little superhero with a BIG problem. His Mum is sick. How can he help?JOIN Jonny and Bear, as they go to the hospital to investigate.LEARN who the staff working in the hospital are and what they do.DISCOVER Jonny's secret weapon!Includes two pages of bonus material:A queston ...