Other Diabetes, The: Living And Eating Well With Type 2 Diabetes - Hardcover

Hiser, Elizabeth N.

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9780688153298: Other Diabetes, The: Living And Eating Well With Type 2 Diabetes

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ISBN 10: 0688153291 ISBN 13: 9780688153298

Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks, 1999

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Type 2 diabetes, the most common and least-known-about form of diabetes, afflicts an estimated sixteen million people in America. Unlike juvenile diabetes (Type 1), which is monitored through insulin injections, Type 2 -- or late-onset, as it is also known -- diabetes is treated through diet and exercise habits that can control the disease and help to prevent early death from heart disease, a complication of this kind of diabetes if left unattended.Author Elizabeth Hiser offers a complete review of the latest research on fat, fiber, carbohydrates, and vitamin supplements, detailing their importance in controlling Type 2 diabetes. In addition to outlining a healthy exercise program, Ms. Hiser also provides a two-week menu plan and over 80 healthy recipes to help get you started on the road to living and eating well. So, whether you suffer from Type 2 diabetes or care for someone who does, The Other Diabetes is the most complete, up-to-date handbook, cookbook, and health manual you can own.

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Elizabeth Hiser was nutrition and health editor for Eating Well for nine years.Previously, she served as research dietition at the University of Vermont's Clinical Research Center.Ms. Hiser holds an M.S. in human nutrition and foods and has written about diabetes and heart disease for health professionals and consumers.She lives in Charlotte, Vermont.

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When most people think about diabetes, they often think of type one, where the pancreas doesn't create insulin at all. But here in the U.S., nine times out of 10, the diagnosis is that of the much more insidious type-two variety, when the pancreas creates plenty of insulin but the body doesn't use it properly. Genetic factors and too much body fat set the stage for this type of diabetes. There's nothing sufferers can do about the first; but by losing weight and exercising, type-two sufferers can reduce the risk of potentially serious side effects, such as heart disease. Hiser, a registered dietitian and longtime nutrition editor at Eating Well, nudges readers into taking control of their health. She explains everything from what the disease is to the basics of good nutrition and why an exercise plan is essentialAand she does it with plenty of pep talks. She includes a chart that calculates weight-loss potential for one year of added activity: for example, with only one hour of food preparation a day, shopping, putting away groceries, chopping and cooking, dieters could lose 12 pounds. Once she's helped readers set up an exercise plan, Hiser tackles eating with a six-week meal plan, complete with recipes inspired by the Mediterranean diet. It's pretty familiar stuff: poultry replaces higher-fat meats in some dishes, and vegetables, of course, play a starring role. What is most appealing, though, is Hiser's philosophy that it doesn't take long for even small changes to make a big differenceAa positive note in which newly diagnosed diabetics and their families will take comfort.
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