The Glucose Revolution Pocket Guide To Diabetes

A revised, updated edition of the best-selling guide to controlling diabetes continues to help sufferers of this disease manage their lives with low glycemic foods. Original.

Based on the most up-to-date information about carbohydrates, this guide to the glycemic index and diabetes helps Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics make informed choices about their diets. Other authors include Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D., Thomas Wolever, M.D., and Stephen Colagiuri, M.D. Includes tables and charts.

The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes is the first comprehensive guide to using the glycemic index to control type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and more. The book features the latest, most accurate information with new findings by the authors. It includes GI-based recipes and menus for type 1, type 2, prediabetes, gestational diabetes, and juvenile diabetes, as well as related conditions like obesity and celiac disease, plus practical dietary guidance on sugar, sweeteners, alcohol, snacking, and eating out.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Improve all areas of your health—your sleep, cravings, mood, energy, skin, weight—and even slow down aging with easy, science-based hacks to manage your blood sugar while still eating the foods you love. Glucose, or blood sugar, is a tiny molecule in our body that has a huge impact on our health. It enters our bloodstream through the starchy or sweet foods we eat. Ninety percent of us suffer from too much glucose in our system—and most of us don't know it. The symptoms? Cravings, fatigue, infertility, hormonal issues, acne, wrinkles… And over time, the development of conditions like type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, cancer, dementia, and heart disease. Drawing on cutting-edge science and her own pioneering research, biochemist Jessie Inchauspé offers ten simple, surprising hacks to help you balance your glucose levels and reverse your symptoms—without going on a diet or giving up the foods you love. For example: * How eating foods in the right order will make you lose weight effortlessly * What secret ingredient will allow you to eat dessert and still go into fat-burning mode * What small change to your breakfast will unlock energy and cut your cravings Both entertaining, informative, and packed with the latest scientific data, this book presents a new way to think about better health. Glucose Revolution is chock-full of tips that can drastically and immediately improve your life, whatever your dietary preferences.

Children with diabetes can particularly benefit from eating a low G.I. diet. For parents of diabetic children, ensuring their children get the right food at the right times of day is a major struggle.

The leading authorities on the glycemic index fully explain why the index is one of the most powerful tools available to control Type 1 diabetes. Special attention is given to techniques for regulating food intake and insulin levels. Meal ideas and practical tips for coping with issues unique to various age groups are also included.

All the Glucose Revolution's essential information on selecting the correct foods for people with diabetes, in a handy pocket-sized format

Explains how to use glycemic index values in making daily food decisions, and provides the GI value, glycemic load, carbohydrate, fiber and fat content for 100 foods with the lowest GI values.