The Diabetes Healing Diet

Despite immense strides in treatment, diabetes still causes around one in eight adult deaths in the UK, while poorly controlled diabetes can cut up to 20 years from your life expectancy. This book shows how show how wise food choices and a healthy lifestyle help people avoid the worse ravages of diabetes.

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Every three or four minutes someone in the US receives a diagnosis of diabetes. But, healthy eating - alongside other lifestyle changes and, if necessary, medication - may prevent diabetes from developing and dramatically reduces the risk of diabetic complications such as heart disease, amputations and blindness. This book shows how to avoid the worse ravages of this disease. Topics include: types of diabetes; the pancreas and how it controls blood sugar; medication; controlling carbohydrates; guidelines for healthy eating and using supplements safely.