One out of every 10 adults (about 20.6 million people) in the United States has diabetes. In fact, according to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of premature death in the US.
And since adults with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to have heart disease or stroke than people without diabetes, the disease may actually account for as much as twice as many deaths as reported. Diabetes is deadly if not treated properly,
The Simple Diabetes Diet: Nutritional and Lifestyle Strategies for Lowering Blood Glucose, teaches you how to lower your blood glucose numbers and avoid the debilitating and life-threatening complications of this serious health condition, by making simple lifestyle changes and learning to monitor your condition.
This is a hands-on guide for people who need practical, easy ways to keep blood sugar under control, while still enjoying a normal and satisfying life. It highlights essential strategies for the successful management of diabetes, and provides guidelines for effective lifestyle interventions. You’ll also find information on current medications used to treat diabetes and how to make the best of them when prescribed by your doctor.
You’ll get research-based recommendations in language that is easy to understand and pleasant to read. Study this comprehensive guide from cover to cover, or use it as quick reference resource where you will find immediate answers to your questions, as they arise. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find inside:
Know Your Blood Glucose Numbers
You’ll learn why it’s vitally important to keep track of your blood sugar levels and how to use those numbers to regulate your treatments to minimize diabetes’ impact on your life. You’ll discover which blood glucose test is right for you and how to monitor blood glucose on your own.
Improve Your Diet
You’ll find out why diet is the number one factor in determining your ability to manage your diabetes, how to avoid serious stages of diabetes by making small but significant changes to your diet.
You’ll learn what foods you need to eat to stay healthy, discover tasty alternatives to all the sugar and salt you normally crave, and why fiber is the secret weapon against the life-threatening risks of diabetes.
Diabetes and Exercise
Next to diet, getting enough exercise is the biggest way you can stop diabetes from sending you to an early grave. You’ll learn why exercising is so necessary to controlling your blood sugar, what you need to do before starting an exercise program and how to determine what exercise you need to do.
Step-by-step, this chapter details the various kinds of exercises that are best for people with diabetes, helps you select the exercises best for you and gets you going on your program.
Complementary Treatments
Not every treatment works for everyone. You’ll discover the different treatment options available and which ones are right for you. You’ll find out about the modern medications available for controlling blood sugar and discover natural treatments that have proven effective for diabetics who responded poorly to conventional medicine.
Did you know that stress can prevent you from getting your diabetes under control? Find out why and discover techniques for instantly calming your nervous system so that sugar doesn’t overload your blood stream.
Finally, understand the connection between being overweight and your diabetes and learn how to deal with that extra weight practically and permanently.
The Simple Diabetes Diet: Nutritional and Lifestyle Strategies for Lowering Blood Glucose represents a valuable, quick reference resource to help you reduce your blood glucose and keep it in check.One out of every 10 adults (about 20.6 million people) in the United States has diabetes. In fact, according to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of premature death in the US.
And since adults with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to have heart disease or stroke than people without diabetes, the disease may actually account for as much as twice as many deaths as reported. Diabetes is deadly if not treated properly,
The Simple Diabetes Diet: Nutritional and Lifestyle Strategies for Lowering Blood Glucose, teaches you how to lower your blood glucose numbers and avoid the debilitating and life-threatening complications of this serious health condition, by making simple lifestyle changes and learning to monitor your condition.
This is a hands-on guide for people who need practical, easy ways to keep blood sugar under control, while still enjoying a normal and satisfying life. It highlights essential strategies for the successful management of diabetes, and provides guidelines for effective lifestyle interventions. You’ll also find information on current medications used to treat diabetes and how to make the best of them when prescribed by your doctor.
You’ll get research-based recommendations in language that is easy to understand and pleasant to read. Study this comprehensive guide from cover to cover, or use it as quick reference resource where you will find immediate answers to your questions, as they arise. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find inside:
Know Your Blood Glucose Numbers
You’ll learn why it’s vitally important to keep track of your blood sugar levels and how to use those numbers to regulate your treatments to minimize diabetes’ impact on your life. You’ll discover which blood glucose test is right for you and how to monitor blood glucose on your own.
Improve Your Diet
You’ll find out why diet is the number one factor in determining your ability to manage your diabetes, how to avoid serious stages of diabetes by making small but significant changes to your diet.
You’ll learn what foods you need to eat to stay healthy, discover tasty alternatives to all the sugar and salt you normally crave, and why fiber is the secret weapon against the life-threatening risks of diabetes.
Diabetes and Exercise
Next to diet, getting enough exercise is the biggest way you can stop diabetes from sending you to an early grave. You’ll learn why exercising is so necessary to controlling your blood sugar, what you need to do before starting an exercise program and how to determine what exercise you need to do.
Step-by-step, this chapter details the various kinds of exercises that are best for people with diabetes, helps you select the exercises best for you and gets you going on your program.
Complementary Treatments
Not every treatment works for everyone. You’ll discover the different treatment options available and which ones are right for you. You’ll find out about the modern medications available for controlling blood sugar and discover natural treatments that have proven effective for diabetics who responded poorly to conventional medicine.
Did you know that stress can prevent you from getting your diabetes under control? Find out why and discover techniques for instantly calming your nervous system so that sugar doesn’t overload your blood stream.
Finally, understand the connection between being overweight and your diabetes and learn how to deal with that extra weight practically and permanently.
The Simple Diabetes Diet: Nutritional and Lifestyle Strategies for Lowering Blood Glucose represents a valuable, quick reference resource to help you reduce your blood glucose and keep it in check.
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