I have found the book The Diabetes Fact Book (formerly The

Good Life--with Diabetes) very interesting and I know that it has

been valuable to thousands of diabetics in the Philadelphia area

and throughout the United States. The book is practical and easy

to read; the various divisions of subjects are set out clearly and I

feel that it is instructive to the physicians as well as their patients.

While I am not a clinician, I have been interested in diabetes

for a very long time--actually since 1915, when my diabetic aunt,

a trained nurse, came to live with us. She was treated with the

Allen undernutrition regimen, and, of course, lost a lot of weight;

she died in diabetic coma in 1918. That was one of the factors

which made me decide to do research in diabetes. If insulin and all

the other aspects of diabetic control as set out in The Diabetes

Fact Book had been available, she might have been alive today.

My wife and I celebrated our golden wedding anniversary and we

have heard from our friends around the world, including many

diabetics. Some of them have lived for over fifty years on insulin

and we hope that the brilliant new researchers will insure that

many more will be able to do so.

I feel that the new edition of this book will help everyone who

reads it to avoid the complications, to live longer, and to have a

happier life.