The Prediabetes Diet Plan: How to Reverse Prediabetes and Prevent Diabetes through Healthy Eating and Exercise

by Hillary Wright

Paperback, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

616.4

Publication

Ten Speed Press (2013), Edition: 1, 256 pages

Description

"A practical, empowering guide to managing and reversing prediabetes through diet and exercise, from a registered dietitian. Increasingly diagnosed by doctors and affecting millions of Americans, prediabetes is a condition in which blood sugar levels are elevated. It often develops into full-blown diabetes, one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and it is a major risk factor for heart and blood vessel disease, kidney failure, and blindness. While diabetes cannot be cured, prediabetes can indeed be reversed, so it is critical to implement lifestyle changes at an early stage. In straightforward, jargon-free language,The Prediabetes Diet Plan explains prediabetes's underlying cause of insulin resistance and offers a comprehensive diet strategy based on Hillary Wright's two decades of experience counseling clients on diet and lifestyle change. With sections on meal planning, grocery shopping, dining out, and supplements, this book empowers readers to make healthier everyday choices that can effect real change on their insulin levels"-- ""A practical, empowering guide to managing and reversing prediabetes through diet and exercise, from a registered dietitian"--Provided by publisher"--… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member cammykitty
Useful information. I especially liked the fact that it emphasized that some weight loss will be beneficial, even if it isn't close to your "ideal" weight. Lots of good menu suggestions.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

256 p.; 5.49 inches

ISBN

1607744627 / 9781607744627
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