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Annette Maggi (Author), Jackie Boucher (Author)
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October 26, 1998 Health / Diabetes
An upbeat, balanced program that can help you prevent diabetes and lead a healthier and happier life.

Do you have a family history of diabetes? Are you overweight? Don t exercise much? You could be at risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes, a disease that affects 16 million Americans. There is no cure yet for diabetes. But you can prevent it. You don t need radical diets, drugs, or impossible-to-follow regimens just healthy eating, exercise, and the right lifestyle changes as outlined in this inspiring and supportive guide.

You ve been hearing a lot about ways to prevent such conditions as heart disease and cancer. But diabetes? Most of us assume it just happens. But actually, it too is preventable. Drawing on their extensive experience counseling people on nutrition and diabetes, authors Annette Maggi and Jackie Boucher outline the three key steps to preventing diabetes managing your weight, getting active, and building healthier eating habits. And they show you how to successfully add positive new habits to every part of your daily routine and find balance in every aspect of your life.

You will learn:
* Which eating habits help prevent diabetes
* Why physical activity may improve your body s ability to use insulin
* How to tune into your body and stop listening to emotional triggers
* How to reprogram your unconscious to make healthier habits a permanent part of your life


What You Can Do to Prevent Diabetes provides an inspiring message for all of us who would like to stop disease before it starts. By following the upbeat advice and simple lessons in this lifesaving book, you will make smart lifestyle changes that not only can prevent diabetes, but lead to a healthier, happier life.

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We all know that lifestyle changes can prevent heart disease, but how many of us know that incorporating small changes into our daily life can substantially lessen our risk for getting type 2 diabetes? Twenty million Americans are at risk for this type of diabetes (also known as adult onset diabetes). This book aims to be "the guide for all of us interested in living without this disease." First, What You Can Do to Prevent Diabetes takes you through the steps for getting ready to make a change, planning your goals and the action steps for reaching them, dealing with lapses, and celebrating successes. Then the authors focus on the specific keys to avoiding type 2 diabetes: managing your weight, getting active, and building healthier eating habits. Simple, practical tips include the "80/20 Rule" ("If 80 percent of the time you make healthful food choices, the other 20 percent of the time can fall through the cracks without adversely affecting your health") and the "Strive for Five" goal (aim for five servings of fruits and vegetables each day). A nice touch is the "Simple Changes Journal" at the end of every section, where you write down some changes you can make today, this week, and this month to get closer to your goals. This is a slim book and not very comprehensive--the authors explore just the essentials that you need to take your first steps towards making a change. --Joan Price

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An upbeat, balanced program that can help you prevent diabetes?and lead a healthier and happier life.

Do you have a family history of diabetes? Are you overweight? Don?t exercise much? You could be at risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes, a disease that affects 16 million Americans. There is no cure yet for diabetes. But you can prevent it. You don?t need radical diets, drugs, or impossible-to-follow regimens?just healthy eating, exercise, and the right lifestyle changes as outlined in this inspiring and supportive guide.

You?ve been hearing a lot about ways to prevent such conditions as heart disease and cancer. But diabetes? Most of us assume it just happens. But actually, it too is preventable. Drawing on their extensive experience counseling people on nutrition and diabetes, authors Annette Maggi and Jackie Boucher outline the three key steps to preventing diabetes?managing your weight, getting active, and building healthier eating habits. And they show you how to successfully add positive new habits to every part of your daily routine and find balance in every aspect of your life.

You will learn:

  • Which eating habits help prevent diabetes
  • Why physical activity may improve your body?s ability to use insulin
  • How to tune into your body and stop listening to emotional triggers
  • How to reprogram your unconscious to make healthier habits a permanent part of your life

What You Can Do to Prevent Diabetes provides an inspiring message for all of us who would like to stop disease before it starts. By following the upbeat advice and simple lessons in this lifesaving book, you will make smart lifestyle changes that not only can prevent diabetes, but lead to a healthier, happier life.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 26, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471347965
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471347965
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,460,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very verbose and non-informative, November 20, 2006
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The book is supposed to give you basic knowledge about pre-diabetes, diabetes and the ways of preventing one from progressing to another. In fact, the book practically doesn't contain any medical information. All its content can be summarized as following: eat less, eat properly, exercise more and get some support from your family. Period. This simple message is evenly spread over a hundred pages or so. It is repeated innumerable times as a mantra.

In addition some of information is just not up-to-date and is wrong from today's standpoint. The book recommends cutting on fats and compensating with carbs and proteins. The dominating theory today is opposite: with prediabetes you must closely watch and limit the amount of carbs you eat.

If you want technical details and explanations I strongly recommend to buy "Prediabetes: What You Need to Know to Keep Diabetes Away" by Gretchen Becker instead.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simple strategies, June 7, 2001
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I liked this book. Full of thought-provoking stories, the writers gently give motivational messages and simple strategies on ways to adopt healthier eating and activity habits for better health. It's nice to know there are simple things I can do to help prevent my getting diabetes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Preventing Diabetes., March 19, 2011
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Excellent book on how to prevent diabetes. It explains the change in life style that is needed and how to go about doing so. I would recommend it to anyone who was told by a doctor that he/she is a prime candidate for this disease.
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