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Insulin: Uses and Abuses
Because insulin is such a powerful hormone, its potential for use and abuse is extensive. This book details the uses and abuses of insulin. The book begins by detailing how the body produces and uses insulin. Next, serious abuses of insulin in many areas including psychiatry, sport, and weight loss are detailed. Insulin as a murder weapon is also described. The highs and lows of insulin misuse in fiction is also analyzed. The book includes a detailed glossary of terms to educate readers. Overall this book presents a compelling account how insulin is abused in so many areas of society today. It is must reading for anyone concerned with proper insulin use and abuse.
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Val Wilson
10 books85 followersDr Val Wilson is an academic with a Ph.D and MSc. in diabetes health education, as well as having had Type 1 diabetes for 43 years. Her mission is to help others with diabetes, health professionals and carers by providing information, education and support through her diabetes books.
In 2016, DIABETES: FROM THE EBERS PAPYRUS TO STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY won a silver award from the Non-Fiction Authors' Association. HOW TO LIVE WELL WITH DIABETES has been nominated for the 2020/2021 British Medical Association book awards and most recently, HOW TO REDUCE YOUR CHILD'S SUGAR INTAKE, was published in January 2021.
Dr Wilson is published by Robinson, Little, Brown Book Group.
In 2016, DIABETES: FROM THE EBERS PAPYRUS TO STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY won a silver award from the Non-Fiction Authors' Association. HOW TO LIVE WELL WITH DIABETES has been nominated for the 2020/2021 British Medical Association book awards and most recently, HOW TO REDUCE YOUR CHILD'S SUGAR INTAKE, was published in January 2021.
Dr Wilson is published by Robinson, Little, Brown Book Group.
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March 4, 2020
Because insulin is such a powerful hormone, its potential for use and abuse is extensive. This book details the uses and abuses of insulin. The book begins by detailing how the body produces and uses insulin. Next, serious abuses of insulin in many areas including psychiatry, sport, and weight loss are detailed. Insulin as a murder weapon is also described. The highs and lows of insulin misuse in fiction is also analysed. The book includes a detailed glossary of terms to educate readers. Overall this book presents a compelling account how insulin is abused in so many areas of society today. It is must reading for anyone concerned with proper insulin use and abuse.
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