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Adam Brown's acclaimed diaTribe column, Adam's Corner, has brought life-transforming diabetes tips to over 600,000 people since 2013. In this highly actionable guide, he shares the food, mindset, exercise, and sleep strategies that have had the biggest positive impact on his diabetes - and hopefully yours too! Bright Spots & Landmines is filled with hundreds of effective diabetes tips, questions, and shortcuts, including what to eat to minimize blood sugar swings; helpful strategies to feel less stressed, guilty, and burned out; and simple ways to improve exercise and sleep. Along the way, Adam argues that the usual focus on problems and mistakes in diabetes (Landmines) misses the bigger opportunity: Bright Spots. By identifying what's working and finding ways to do those things more often, we can all live healthier, happier, and more hopeful lives.
About the Author
Adam Brown, diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, serves as Senior Editor and columnist at diaTribe and Head of Diabetes Technology & Digital Health at Close Concerns. Adam writes an acclaimed column on diaTribe.org, Adam's Corner, which has brought actionable diabetes tips to over 1 million people since 2013. He writes and speaks extensively about diabetes and chronic disease, and at age 28, is widely recognized as a leading expert in diabetes technology. Adam's work in diaTribe is informed by reporting on hundreds of diabetes conferences around the world, strong relationships with the field's leading thinkers, and over 50,000 hours using continuous glucose monitoring. Adam's first book, Bright Spots & Landmines, provides both a wealth of personal knowledge and a practical guide for readers to find out what works best for them.
Adam graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2011, where he had concentrations in health care management & policy and marketing. Adam was a Joseph Wharton and Benjamin Franklin Scholar and wrote his senior thesis on the motivational and financial factors associated with optimal diabetes outcomes. He spends his free time hiking and biking in San Francisco with his girlfriend, and teaching his old dog new tricks.
