Ádinka v říši Pankreas – Blažková Kateřina (2025)

Will Ádinka withstand the tough trials of the duodenal labyrinth? Will she understand how important movement is for the body and solve the riddle of the life-giving grain that hides the extract of the sun itself?

Ádinka plunges into the mysterious land of the Pancreas to find the key to understanding her illness – type 1 diabetes. Her guide, and somewhat mischievous whisperer, becomes an unpredictable and contradictory creature with two heads – Inzulínek and Isletin. On her journey, Ádinka discovers how the human body works. She realizes that food is not just a piece of sustenance passing through the digestive system, but plays a crucial role not only for her with diabetes but for human health in general. During her travels, she witnesses hard work in a factory, experiences near-death adrenaline in huge ocean waves, and understands that insulin, a hormone intrinsically linked to diabetes, is a good servant but can also be a bad master. And that healthy children and adults hold its fate in their own hands. The characters Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat clarify that we truly are what we eat.

Along with this book, a Cookbook from the Land of Pancreas is also being released, suitable not only for those battling type 1 and type 2 diabetes but for anyone who wants to prepare healthy meals for themselves and their families.