| View Larger Image | Stop Diabetes: 50 Simple Steps You Can Take at Any Age to Reduce Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes | Paperbackby Gretchen Becker (Author), Virginia Rose Page (Illustrator), Allison B., M.D. Goldfine (Illustrator)
| List Price: | $12.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Marlowe & Company | | Page Count: | 224 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2002 | | Sales Rank: | 186,772th |
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Product Description
An estimated sixteen million Americans have prediabetes, a condition that often leads to full-blown diabetes—and nearly one million Americans will be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the next year. But everyone at risk can take simple steps to help reduce the chances of developing the condition. Stop Diabetes offers fifty essential, informative ideas for what you can do today, no matter what your age—whether you have prediabetes, a parent or sibling with type 2 diabetes, grandparents, or an aunt with the condition, a severe weight problem, or are a member of an ethnic group at high risk—including Hispanics, Native Americans, African Americans, and Pacific Islanders. Diabetes expert Gretchen Becker’s sensible, inspiring ideas, each presented with a clear rationale, include: • Learn your heritage • Go easy on the fruit juice • Learn about the glycemic index • Go window shopping (any kind of walking helps). |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 2 reviews)
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revised review by Disappointed (Simpsonville, SC)  1 Stars
January 27, 2005
These are revised remarks since my comments about "Prediabetes" and "Stop Diabetes" being the same book. I got them both and felt somewhat duped.
Gretchen did contact me to explain the Prediabetes is a second edition of Stop Diabetes. I wish it said that on the cover.
The book(s) info about stopping the progression of diabetes is great, so I do recommend either of these books. It is well written in a style that's easy to understand. Just don't get both books; they're essentially identical.
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Gretchen Becker does it again: a wonderful, helpful book by Jean Vignes (Seattle, WA USA)  5 Stars
April 07, 2003
This book contains everything you need to know about current research and medical advice on preventing type II diabetes (if possible) or at least putting it off for as long as possible if you are genetically 'destined' for diabetes. With tremendous warmth, humor and intelligence, Ms. Becker gives the reader common sense suggestions that really work. It's like having a really wise friend sit down over a cup of tea and explain it all to you in words you can understand, with suggestions you will actually enjoy following. I wish someone could have handed me this book a long time ago. If I could have know what she teaches now 15 years ago, perhaps I wouldn't be battling the early stages of type II! Anyone with a family history of diabetes, a personal history of gestational diabetes or obesity, a genetic heritage 'prone' to type II, etc. really should read this book. Doctors and clinics in the U.S. are finally beginning to become proactive with those prone to type II diabetes. After all, the country and most of the industrialized world is in the middle of a type II diabetes pandemic! I hope they start handing Gretchen Becker's book out to everyone who fits the pre-diabetes profile.She covers everything from learning about the glycemic index, to making movement playful and fun (instead of a `have to do it' grind), to turning yourself into a health-conscious, taste-aware, trend-setting gourmet. There are very few of us who would not benefit from eating less while enjoying it more! She explains how to get started without beating yourself up or becoming a martyr to deprivation.Bravo!
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