The Complete Diabetes Prevention Plan is a guide to halting the development of diabetes. In clear, accessible language, it explains the stages of diabetes and how the disease process can be arrested. It provides dietary guidelines for preventing diabetes, weight-loss tips, and exercise suggestions. In addition, the book features 150 easy and appealing recipes that emphasize good carbs, healthful fats, and controlled calories—all crucial elements in a diabetes-fighting diet.

Sometimes it seems as if everyone knows someone who is affected by diabetes. More than in 9 African American adults have diabetes. African Americans are .8 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of the same age . Researchers estimate that if diabetes continues to increase at its current rate, in 3 children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime—unless something changes. Diabetes can cause heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and blindness, but it doesn't have to. In many cases it is possible to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in people at high risk. Scientists who conducted the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) study2 found that people can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes by losing some weight (5–7 percent of their weight), eating a healthy diet (low fat, lower calorie), and increasing their physical activity. High-risk adults who participated in the study's “lifestyle modification” activities reduced their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58 percent; they lost 5 to 7 percent of their body weight ( 0– 5 pounds for a person weighing 200 pounds) by eating a lower fat diet and having a modest, consistent increase in physical activity (e.g., walking 5 days per week, 30 minutes per day). Dr. James R. Gavin III, past chair of the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and former president of the American Diabetes Association, understands the burden diabetes has placed on the African American community. “Diabetes is a growing epidemic in our communities,” notes Dr. Gavin. “If we are going to make a difference, we need to reach people where they live, work, and play.” This new NDEP curriculum, Power to Prevent: A Family Lifestyle Approach to Diabetes Prevention was developed to help bring diabetes prevention and control to African American communities. The Power to Prevent curriculum is composed of 2 sessions that are designed to help people bring healthier habits into their lives to prevent diabetes. These same skills—eating more healthily and increasing physical activity— can also help people who have diabetes control the disease. This curriculum is a companion piece to the NDEP Small Steps. Big Rewards. Prevent Type 2 Diabetes campaign to help the African American community take steps to prevent or delay diabetes. Small Steps. Big Rewards includes tip sheets and booklets such as the GAME PLAN toolkit for diabetes prevention. The aim of the Power to Prevent: A Family Lifestyle Approach to Diabetes Prevention curriculum is to guide people in the use of these NDEP tools and to help them support one another in making changes toward a healthier lifestyle. By taking small steps to implement healthy lifestyle behaviors, African Americans can reap big rewards, such as delaying or preventing type 2 diabetes and its complications.

"This outstanding book outlines an easy-to-follow 10-step approach to preventing and managing diabetes, along with many strategies and recommendations to help you achieve your goals. From advice on how to make the right food choices to the latest information on exercise, stress management and medications, everything is presented in a straightforward way to cut through the confusion and help you thrive."--

If you or a loved one is living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you need this friendly guide to managing health, diet, physical activity, and treatment. This book is packed with simple, easy-to-understand explanations of how diabetes works and practical, positive advice for preventing or living with it. Illustrated in full color throughout, it includes step-by-step illustrated sequences, flowcharts, and diagrams. Routines such as how to monitor and control blood glucose are explained in the clearest possible way. Find out how the types of diabetes differ, what signs to look out for, how to care for children with diabetes, how to reduce the risk of long-term complications, what to do in emergencies, and how to stay motivated and positive. Take Control of Your Diabetes will help you make successful lifestyle choices to promote health, be active, eat healthily, and thrive, not just survive.

Make Life Sweet...By Controlling Your Diabetes! What's the best medicine for treating diabetes? Taking charge of your life! Few health problems are more responsive to diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors than this widespread disease. For many people, the combination of healthy food choices, a safe and easy fitness plan, and sensible weight loss can significantly lower blood sugar levels and prevent diabetes' hidden risks. This guide, from the editors of Prevention Health Books, can help shape your diabetes management program. It's filled with cutting-edge information from the frontline of diabetes research, as well as sound advice from leading diabetes experts. Inside you'll discover: · How your attitude and outlook can influence the course of diabetes-for better or for worse · How the right kind of exercise can play an important role in diabetes management · Which pantry staple can slow carbohydrate release and prevent post-meal blood sugar spikes Plus, you'll get the very latest on the newest diabetes medications and monitoring technology, so you can make informed decisions about your care. Outsmart Diabetes

Nearly 10 million people in the United States have been told by their doctor that they have prediabetes, with tens of millions more estimated to have prediabetes and not know it. In fact, the latest numbers from the CDC suggest that nearly 1 in 3 adults currently have either prediabetes or diabetes. These are alarming numbers, and finding out that you are that one out of three can be even more alarming. Shock, denial, and confusion are not uncommon reactions. But there is a flipside to learning you have prediabetes. It's scary, but it also means you've caught the condition just in time, before it's too late. Prediabetes does not mean you will develop diabetes. There are actions you can take to improve your health. Prediabetes: A Complete Guide, will reveal to you in detail what these actions are are and empower you to find the healthy eating and lifestyle changes that work best for you to help you achieve your health goals. Written by Jill Weisenberger, a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified diabetes educator, certified health and wellness coach, and author of the American Diabetes Association bestselling book, Diabetes Weight Loss—Week by Week, this comprehensive guide will lead you through dozens of concrete steps you can take to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other lifestyle-related chronic diseases. Taking an individualized approach to your lifestyle "reset," this book will allow you to choose your own path to wellness, help you gain a greater sense of wellbeing, boost your confidence in your abilities to maintain a healthful lifestyle, and potentially even help you reverse prediabetes and avoid type 2 diabetes and other chronic illnesses. You’ll be feeling better than you have in years! Inside, you will learn to: Identify your risks for developing type 2 diabetes Set personalized and meaningful behavioral goals Identify and build on your motivation for a lifestyle reset Create positive new habits Change eating habits for weight loss and greater insulin sensitivity Choose wholesome foods in the supermarket and when away from home Tweak your favorite recipes Reduce sedentary time Start or improve upon an exercise plan Reduce emotional eating Organize and track your progress with tools included in the book Much more Prediabetes can be scary, but it's also a huge opportunity—an opportunity to "reset," to improve your health, and to get yourself in better shape than ever. Let Prediabetes: A Complete Guide show you how.

Making recommendations for how to control glucose levels naturally by focusing on high-fiber foods, a volume of recipes provides for a variety of needs and occasions while sharing such options as Better-for-You Burritos and Skinny Monte Cristos. Original. 40,000 first printing.

More are at risk for diabetes than ever before. But diabetes is not inevitable. And for those who already have it, it may be reversible. Now, two leading natural medicine and diabetes experts-Drs. Michael T. Murray (author of How to Prevent and Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine and Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine) and Michael Lyons-offer a complete, individualized nutrition program, and proven exercise and lifestyle changes for preventing, treating, and even reversing diabetes. This unique book will help readers: - Assess the risk of developing diabetes - Learn how to prevent diabetes even if they have a family history of the disease - Reduce or eliminate their dependency on medications - Promote weight loss, normalize blood sugar levels, and eliminate complications - Reverse diabetes, even if they currently take insulin This book is essential for anyone who is overweight; has a family history of diabetes or a personal or family history of heart disease; has pre-diabetes, low blood sugar, or borderline high blood sugar; or lives a sedentary lifestyle. It's a vital tool for helping readers live a healthy and active life.

This new edition of the popular and market-leading Diabetes in Old Age features up-to-date and comprehensive information about the key aspects of managing older people with diabetes, predominantly type 2 diabetes. With a strong evidence-based focus throughout, the entire range of issues surrounding diabetes and its many complications are covered, each with a clear focus on how they relate directly to the older patient. Varying approaches to optimizing diabetes care in the community, primary care and secondary care health care arenas are presented, and the importance of comprehensive functional assessment is emphasized. Coverage of areas unique to an ageing population of older people with diabetes such as falls management, frailty and sarcopenia, and cognitive dysfunction form a key cornerstone of the book. In every chapter, best practice points and key learning outcomes are provided, as well as published evidence bases for each major conclusion. Diabetes in Old Age, 4th edition is essential reading for diabetologists and endocrinologists, diabetes specialist nurses, primary care physicians, general physicians and geriatricians, podiatrists and dieticians with an interest in diabetes, as well as all health professionals engaged in the delivery of diabetes care to older people.