What Should I Eat? : Solve Diabetes, Lose Weight, and Live Healthy

• Autore: Mystrom Rick
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.4/620654
• Soggetto topico: Diabetes - Diet therapy
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Testimonials -- Disclaimer -- Preface -- Introduction -- What You'll Learn -- The Advent of Self-Testing -- The Diabetes Lifeline Diet™ -- Activity and Exercise -- Section I -- Chapter 1: Diabetes Simplified -- What Happens When a Nondiabetic Eats or Drinks for Energy and Nourishment -- What Happens When a Type 1 diabetic Eats or Drinks for Energy and Nourishment -- What Happens When a Type 2 Diabetic Eats or Drinks for Energy and Nourishment? -- Characteristics of Type 2 Diabetes Compared to Type 1 Diabetes -- Are Type 2 Diabetics Who Use Insulin Really "Insulin-Dependent" or Are They Just "Insulin-Assisted"? -- Desert Island Parable -- Prediabetics, Borderline Diabetics, and All Overweight People -- Chapter 2: The Dangers of High Blood Sugars -- Ignoring High Blood Sugars -- The Long-Term Consequences of High Blood Sugars -- The Problems You Want to Avoid -- 1. Vision Impairment and Blindness -- 2. Foot Problems: Neuropathy and Angiopathy -- Nerve damage (neuropathy) -- Loss of circulation (angiopathy) -- Changes in the shape of your foot -- 3. Kidney Disease -- 4. Arteriosclerosis -- Avoiding These Deadly Complications -- Glucose Testers and Insulin Pumps -- High Blood Sugars at an Early Age -- High Blood Sugars at a Later Age -- Is Blood Sugar Fluctuation the Culprit? -- Chapter 3: The Very Best Medicine for Dealing with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes A Positive Attitude -- Diabetes Shouldn't Dominate Your Life -- An Active Life -- The Mothers' Club and Their Secret to Long Lives -- The Special Importance of Attitude for Older Type 2 Diabetics -- Some Promises You Should Consider -- Chapter 4: The Three Elements of a Healthy Diabetes Lifestyle -- A Clear Message from a Straight-Talking Doctor -- Introduction to Healthy Living Lifestyles -- A Healthy Eating Lifestyle. ; A Healthy Activity Lifestyle -- A Healthy Exercise Lifestyle -- The Relative Importance of the Three Factors: Eating, Activity, and Exercise -- How Can I, as a Type 1 Diabetic, Measure the Relative Importance of Food, Motion, and Exercise-and Why Can Only a Type 1 Do This? -- Good Eating Habits, an Active Lifestyle, and Good Exercise Habits Work Together to Support Each Other -- What about Gastric Bypass Surgery for the Obese? -- Carol White's Story -- Section II -- Chapter 5: How We Get Fat -- Weight Gain and the Type 2 Diabetic Epidemic -- The Role of Insulin in Weight Gain or Loss -- Knowing What to Eat -- Which Foods Cause the Greatest Rise in Blood Sugar and the Greatest Gains in Weight and Which Will Not? And How Do I Know? -- Why Only a Type 1 Diabetic Can Accurately Test the Impact of Food on Blood Sugar -- A Key Point to Remember -- Do Some People Need High-Glucose-Creating Foods? -- A Quick Review of Why This Information about Food Applies to Type 2, Type 1, Prediabetics, and Borderline Diabetics as well as Nondiabetics -- Grouping Food from a Diabetic's Perspective -- The Traditional Way of Describing Food Groups -- A New and Better Way of Grouping Foods for Diabetics Based on How Much and How Fast They Will Raise Blood Sugar -- Introduction to the Six Food Groups Based on Blood Sugar Impact -- Sweet Carbohydrates -- Starchy Carbohydrates -- Fruit Carbohydrates -- Veggie Carbohydrates -- Proteins -- Fats -- A Note about Calories -- More Detail on the Six Food Groups Used in This Book -- Sweet Carbohydrates -- Starchy Carbohydrates -- Fruit Carbohydrates -- Veggie Carbohydrates -- Protein -- Fats Fat Is Your Friend-But a Conditional Friend -- Chapter 6: Visual Impact of Foods on Blood Sugar and Weight -- Testing Foods Impact on Blood Sugar-60,000 Tests and Counting -- My Methodology for Testing Foods (and Drinks). ; Will the foods I've graphed have the same impact on everyone else as they have had on me? -- Interpreting the Graphs-A Review -- A Note on the Graphs -- Key to Graphs -- What to Look for in the Graphs -- Sweet Carbohydrates -- Cherry Danish -- Apple Pie -- Chocolate Covered Donut -- Hershey Bar -- Coke -- Ice Cream or Sorbet -- Conclusions Regarding the Sweet Carbohydrates Group -- Starchy Carbohydrates -- Spaghetti -- Potatoes -- Oatmeal -- Cereal -- Granola -- Bagels -- Wheat Toast -- Gluten Free Toast -- Conclusions Regarding the Starchy Carbohydrate Group -- A Note on Healthy Active Children -- Fruit Carbohydrates -- Bananas -- Queen Anne Cherries -- Oranges -- Blackberries -- Apples -- Blueberries -- Cantaloupe -- Grapefruit -- Conclusions Regarding the Fruit Carbohydrate Group -- Fruit Juices -- Apple Juice -- Orange Juice -- Grapefruit Juice -- V-8 Juice -- Conclusions Regarding Fruit Juices -- Vegetable Carbohydrates -- Cauliflower -- Asparagus -- Broccoli -- Carrots -- Corn -- Conclusions on Vegetable Carbohydrate Group -- Protein and Fat -- Three Large Fried Eggs -- Bacon -- Rib Eye Steak and Rotisserie Chicken -- Halibut and Salmon -- Cheeses -- Cashews and other Nuts -- Good Meals, Bad Meals -- Low Blood Sugar, Weight-Loss Breakfasts -- High Blood Sugar, Weight-Gain Breakfasts -- Low Blood Sugar, Weight-Loss Dinners -- High Blood Sugar, Weight-Gain Dinners -- Yogurt -- Yogurt -- Blood Glucose and Weight -- Melted Impact on Foods Blood Glucose and Weight -- Chapter 7: Protein, Vegetables, Fat, and Fruit - The Good Guys -- Now that you've had a chance to study the graphs, let's review the key points that you need to lock in your mind. -- Sweet Carbohydrates -- Starchy Carbohydrates -- Fruit Carbs -- Veggie Carbohydrates -- Proteins -- In Defense of Fats -- What Some Others Say About This Approach -- "Sugar Tied to Fatal Heart Woes". ; "Mr. President, Take Down That Pyramid" -- Chapter 8: The Diabetes Lifeline Diet™ -- How the Diabetes Lifeline Diet™ is Organized in this Chapter -- Eating at Home -- Breakfast -- Fruit is okay but dilute your fruit juice -- Eliminate or Dramatically Reduce Toast, Muffins, Potatoes, and Bagels for Breakfast -- Eliminate Cereal from Your Breakfast Pattern -- Do Not Eat Sweet Carbohydrates for Breakfast -- Eat More Protein for Breakfast -- Eat Vegetables for Breakfast -- In Summary, do this for Breakfast -- Lunch at Home -- Minimize Starchy Carbs for Lunch -- Eat Plenty of Protein, Fat, and Veggie Carbs for Lunch -- Eliminate Dessert after Lunch -- Dinner at Home -- Eat Dinner As Early As You Reasonably Can -- Eat Plenty of Protein and Veggie Carbs -- Fruit Is Fine for Dinner or after Dinner -- Reduce Portion Sizes for Dinner -- After-Dinner Snacks -- Applying the Diabetes Lifeline to Eating -- Breakfast Out -- Stay Away from the Softball-Size Muffins -- Stay Away from Breakfast Cereal -- Order Whole Eggs with Yolks Under these Conditions -- Order Egg Whites under These Conditions -- Breakfast at Fast-Food Restaurants -- Lunch Out -- Good Lunch Choices at National-Franchise Sit-Down Restaurants -- Fast-Food Restaurants -- Arby's -- Carl's Jr -- Subway -- A General Review for Eating at Fast-Food Restaurants -- Mexican Restaurants -- Dinner Out -- Portion Size-the Biggest Problem in Most American Restaurants -- Chapter 9: Getting Started on Your Diabetes Lifeline Diet™ -- Eating Lifestyle Changes-Comparing Degrees of Difficulty to Degrees of Benefit -- Breakfast -- Lunch -- Dinner -- After-Dinner Snacks -- A Final Summary of the Food Groups to Lock into Your Memory -- Revisit the Graphs -- Section III -- Chapter 10: Walking and After-Dinner Activity-Your Best Lifelong Activity Lifestyles -- Why So Many Other Nationalities Are Slimmer Than Americans. ; Buy a Pedometer and Some Good "Around Home" Walking Shoes -- Find a Friend to Walk With on a Regular Schedule -- My Sister, Rosanne, and Her Walking Friend, Dona Avila -- The Anchorage Trash Fairies -- The Importance of After-Dinner Activity -- After-Dinner Activity Suggestions -- This Is Not an Activity but It Works-Lower the Temperature in Your Bedroom at Night by a Couple of Degrees -- Chapter 11: A Moderate, Sustainable Exercise Lifestyle "The Type 2 Exercise Program" -- The Importance of a Moderate Exercise Lifestyle -- Why this Exercise Program is Different from All the Others -- Who This Program is Not For -- Who This Program is For -- The Basics of the Type 2 Diabetics' Workout Program -- Getting Started with Your Aerobic Workout -- Getting Started with Your Strength Workout -- The Importance of Eating More Protein -- The Importance of "Front," "Core," and "Back" Workouts -- The Patterns to Follow on All Three Days -- The Type 2 Workout Calendar -- Getting Started -- Section IV -- Chapter 12: Blood Sugar Testing for Good Control and Good Health -- Glucose Self-Testing-The Key to a Healthier Life for Diabetics -- How Close to Perfect Blood Sugar Control You Should Strive For -- An Analogy to Illustrate the Risks and Rewards of Blood Sugar Control -- My Techniques for Testing My Blood Sugar -- Make the "Basic Five" Daily Blood Sugar Tests Part of Your Daily Habit -- Know When You Should Test Beyond the Basic Five Tests -- Knowing Your Adjustment Factor-an Essential Part of Good Control -- Adding the Judgment Factor to the Mathematics of Adjustment -- The Importance of Testing -- Why You May Not Be a "Brittle Diabetic" -- 1. I'm a Brittle Diabetic Because My Blood Sugar Rises Even if I Don't Eat Breakfast -- 2. And My Blood Sugar Goes Up Even When I'm Sleeping -- Testing in Public Places -- Conclusion. ; Chapter 13: The Dangers of Too-Low Blood Sugars.
• Sommario/riassunto: "What Should I Eat is based on 60,000 blood tests taken after nearly every meal the author's eaten for the past 34 years. What Should I Eat will be life changing if: you're a TYPE2 DiABETiC who wants to lower your blood sugar and lose weight, or you're a PREDIABETiC or BoRDERliNE DiABETiC who wants to avoid ever getting diabetes, or you're a TYPE 1 DiABETiC who wants to improve blood sugar control and live a long, healthy life, or you're one of the two thirds of American adults who want to Lose Weight!,"--
• Titolo autorizzato: What Should I Eat
• ISBN: 1-59433-544-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157767303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II