Annette Maggi & Jackie Boucher 
What You Can Do to Prevent Diabetes 
Simple Changes to Improve Your Life

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Partial Table of Contents: RATE YOUR RISK FOR DEVELOPING DIABETES.


Will You Get Diabetes?


Understanding Diabetes.


Diabetes Develops over Time.


Stack the Odds in Your Favor.


MAKE LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT LAST.


Learn from Past Successes.


Chart Your Course.


Plan for Setbacks.


Celebrate Milestones.


MANAGE YOUR WEIGHT.


Find Your Motivation.


Inch Your Way to Success.


Skip the Pills–for Now.


Binge Eating May Be Doing You In.


REAL NUTRITION FOR REAL PEOPLE.


Follow the 80/20 Rule.


The Skinny on Fat.


The Calorie Comeback.


No Room for Supersizing.


Assess Your Hunger.


The Clean Plate Club.


Find Your Food Triggers.


Strive for Five.


GET MOVING, GET FIT.


Find Ways to Be Less Efficient.


Pick Up the Pace with Exercise.


Juggle Your Exercise Program.


Mind over Matter.


Map Out Your Exercise Program.


BALANCE YOUR LIFESTYLE.


Monitor Your Stress.


Lighten Your Stress Load.


Who Supports Your Efforts?


Find the Support You Need.


Visualize Success.


MAKE DIABETES PREVENTION A FAMILY AFFAIR.


Plant Your Family Health Tree.


Individuals Make Up the Family Team.


Write a Health Contract.


STAYING ON TRACK WITH YOUR DIABETES PREVENTION PLAN.


Adapt to Change.


Know Your Limits.


Keep the End in Mind.


Even the Best-Laid Plan Isn’t Foolproof.


Bibliography.


Index.

Über den Autor

ANNETTE MAGGI, M.S., R.D., and JACKIE BOUCHER, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., are nutrition educators who provide practical approaches and real solutions for consumers nutritional concerns. They are coauthors of Weight Management for Type 2 Diabetes.