Diabetes

Are You at Risk? (1 in 3 Adults Are)

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• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9780736939645
• Edition: 0

One in three Americans over 21 has diabetes or pre-diabetes. Even more dangerous, many of them don't know they do.But there's hope. According to successful writer and health professional Lisa Morrone, making changes to halt the progress of a diabetic condition--even reverse some of the deterioration--is far simpler than dealing with the physical, relational, and financial consequences of untreated disease, such as nerve, liver, and cardiovascular damage. Lisa leads readers through a straightforward process of education and motivation: a summary of diabetes dangers, which includes a self-quiz to assess their conditiona survey of the body's sugar-processing mechanism, emphasizing the mechanism of diabetesstep-by-step lifestyle changes that can preserve or restore their healthGood health comes when good information is incorporated into life. This action-oriented resource gives readers help to change and hope for a healthy, productive life that will benefit themselves and others.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements: Books by Lisa Morrone, PT
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Foreword
• Headed for Trouble?: Introducing a Diabetes Predictor Self-Quiz
• 1. Sweet but Deadly: The Diabetes Epidemic, a National Killer
• 2. Do You Fit the Profile?: Interpreting Your Self-Quiz
• 3. What Goes Up Must Come Down: How Your Body Regulates Its Sugar
• 4. The Road to Diabetes: Understanding Metabolic Syndrome
• 5. Is Diabetes in Your Future?: Lab Tests
• 6. Am I at Risk?: Physical Measurements
• 7. Marshmallows for Dinner: What You Don’t Know About the Food You Eat
• 8. More Than Enough: Figuring Out How to Take a Healthy Portion
• 9. “Ex”-Rated: “Ex”-ercise—a Necessity If You’re Serious About Preventing Diabetes
• 10. Which Road Will You Choose?
• Resources
• Notes
• About the Publisher