{"product_id":"the-prediabetes-diet-plan-isbn-9781607744627","title":"The Prediabetes Diet Plan","description":"\u003cb\u003eA practical, empowering guide to managing and reversing prediabetes through diet and exercise, from a registered dietitian—now revised and updated for 2024!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAffecting 96 million Americans, prediabetes often develops into full-blown type 2 diabetes, one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Increasingly diagnosed by doctors, prediabetes is a condition in which blood sugar levels are elevated, but not yet high enough to be labeled diabetes. While diabetes cannot be cured, prediabetes can be reversed, so it is critical to take action at an early stage. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn straightforward, jargon-free language, \u003ci\u003eThe Prediabetes Diet Plan \u003c\/i\u003eexplains insulin resistance (the underlying cause of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes) and offers a comprehensive strategy of diet and lifestyle change, which has been proven more effective than medication. With sections on meal planning, grocery shopping, dining out, supplements, and exercise, this book empowers you to make healthier everyday choices that can effect real change on your insulin levels and overall well-being.Foreword   \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Defining Prediabetes and Its Causes   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Understanding Prediabetes   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Insulin Resistance Explained   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart 2: The Prediabetes Diet Plan: Preventing Diabetes    \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Managing Your Carbohydrate   Intake to Reverse Prediabetes   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Building a Balanced Plate: Carb-Distributed Diet Approach 1\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Carbohydrate Counting: Carb-Distributed Diet Approach 2  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The Details of Counting Carbohydrates   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Making It Happen: Meals and Snacks   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart 3: Reversing Prediabetes Through Weight Loss, a Heart-Healthy Diet, and Exercise    \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: The Prediabetes-Obesity Connection   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Reducing Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Exercise: Time to Take It Seriously   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003ePart 4:  Fine-Tuning the Prediabetes   Diet Plan   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11:  Sensible Supplementation   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Mastering the Market: An Aisle-by-Aisle Shopping Guide   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Considerations When Dining Out   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart 5: Preventing Diabetes with a Healthy Mind-Set    \u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Managing Emotions for Success   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Devising Your Own Prediabetes Diet Plan   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Sample Meal Plans  \u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Food Journal   \u003cbr\u003eResources   \u003cbr\u003eNotes   \u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author   \u003cbr\u003eIndex“This excellent introduction for readers recently diagnosed with (or at risk for) prediabetes will also interest readers with other forms of insulin resistance.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Whether readers are looking for a prediabetes diet plan or for a no-nonsense strategy to better health, this book delivers.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “At long last—a practical, positive, and informative guide for people who have prediabetes. \u003ci\u003eThe Prediabetes Diet Plan \u003c\/i\u003ereflects Hillary Wright’s long-standing expertise as a registered dietitian and educator. Her book is engaging, taking complex topics and making them easily understandable. The positive, upbeat nature of Hillary’s book will empower and encourage anyone who is struggling to prevent diabetes and live a healthier life. It’s a must-have resource for anyone who’s at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eAmy P. Campbell, MS, RDN, CDE, manager, Clinical Education Programs, Joslin Diabetes Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readers are likely to discover the answers to any questions they may have about prediabetes in this book. But it’s Hillary Wright’s advice on making lifestyle changes that’s the real value here. Hillary provides readers with important and practical suggestions on how and what lifestyle changes are important for the prevention of diabetes. The message to the reader is—read and do!”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eMarion J. Franz, MS, RDN, CDE, diabetes educator and nutrition\/health consultant at Nutrition Concepts by Franz, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHillary Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is a registered and licensed dietitian with more than two decades of experience counseling clients on diet and lifestyle change. She is the director of nutrition counseling for the Wellness Center at Boston IVF, where she specializes in diabetes prevention and women’s health issues. She  also holds a part-time position as a nutritionist for the Dana Farber  Cancer Institute in Boston, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe PCOS Diet Plan: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. \u003c\/i\u003eHillary holds a bachelor’s degree in human nutrition from the University of  Massachusetts at Amherst and a master’s of education in health education  from Boston University.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More than 26 million Americans have diabetes, so it’s likely that you know someone with the condition, perhaps a family member or friend. Diabetes has serious health consequences, and it garners considerable attention from the medical community and the media. Prediabetes, the forerunner to diabetes, gets less press, but has recently come into its own and is being recognized as a force to be reckoned with.\u003cbr\u003e     While the number of Americans with diabetes is nothing to quibble about, more than three times as many people—an estimated 79 million— have prediabetes. With prediabetes, blood sugar (glucose) is higher than normal, but not yet elevated enough to be considered diabetes. Prediabetes may be symptom-free, and it’s likely most people won’t know that they have it until they take a blood test.\u003cbr\u003e    In spite of the somewhat disarming terminology, there’s nothing “pre” about prediabetes, which, like diabetes, increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, and high blood pressure. Some experts argue that prediabetes and diabetes are actually one and the same condition, because harmful health effects from high blood sugar progress with time. In fact, about half of the people with prediabetes develop type 2 diabetes within ten years as their blood sugar levels creep upward.\u003cbr\u003e    The news isn’t all bad, however. Today’s prediabetes diagnosis need not become tomorrow’s diabetes, nor does prediabetes necessarily have to play havoc with your health in any other way. There is hope for reversing prediabetes and preventing diabetes. That’s the essence of \u003ci\u003eThe Prediabetes Diet Plan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e    If you, or a loved one, have been advised to lower your blood sugar, you’ve come to the right book. Hillary Wright is a compassionate and experienced dietitian with an obvious passion for prevention. It will seem as though she is speaking directly to you in her warm, conversational tone when explaining the details of prediabetes and diabetes and how best to manage your health. As a highly skilled communicator, Hillary dishes up scientific evidence in easy-to-understand terms, an absolute must for understanding what’s happening with your body.\u003cbr\u003e    Knowledge is power, but knowing what to do doesn’t always mean you’ll do it. As a registered dietitian who happens to have several relatives with type 2 diabetes, I am all too aware of how difficult it can be to change your eating habits, even when a better diet would greatly improve your health.\u003ci\u003e The Prediabetes Diet Plan\u003c\/i\u003e leaves no stone unturned on the topics of prediabetes and diabetes, but it also goes to great lengths to help you jumpstart your journey to better health and keep you, and the rest of your household, on the right path.\u003cbr\u003e    I especially appreciate the way Hillary avoids preaching about what you should do for better health. She goes out of her way to avoid giving one-size-fits-all advice about weight control, healthy eating, and blood sugar management. Hillary embraces difference, and, in that vein, presents reasonable, real-life scenarios to help guide lifestyle choices.\u003cbr\u003e    Consumers and health professionals alike should thank Hillary Wright for her laser focus on prediabetes, a condition that’s become a personal burden for millions of Americans, as well as a financial strain on the health care system. Prediabetes, you’re finally getting the attention you deserve!\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth M. 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