Main description:

'Excellent book - written for patients but also great for clinicians' - Amazon 5-star reader review

'[Busting the Diabetes Myth] should be compulsory reading for anyone recently diagnosed.' - Amazon 5-star reader review

'Full of valuable information about the condition and how to beat it' - Amazon 5-star reader review

Busting the Diabetes Myth provides an effective and evidence-based approach to guide people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes towards a healthier future. Focusing on the lifestyle changes that help reverse the diabetes disease process, the book will be an invaluable source of hope and inspiration for the millions of people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes around the world.

Drawing upon Dr Cavan's extensive research into diabetes management and his professional experience, Busting the Diabetes Myth reveals the latest scientific evidence behind his innovative approach in helping people reverse their diabetes, providing specific advice for people with prediabetes as well as those with type 2 diabetes. Explaining in easy-to-understand terms how today's lifestyles are driving millions of people into prediabetes and then on to developing type 2 diabetes, the author then describes the changes we can make to halt the process in its tracks, and help people turn around their health to look forward to a future free from diabetes.

Advocating a diet based on healthy fresh foods that avoids sugars, refined carbohydrates and other highly processed foods, and with simple suggestions for how to incorporate physical activity into the daily routine, this accessible guide shows us sustainable and achievable ways of adjusting our lifestyles to reverse prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, authenticated with first-hand testimonies from people who in following Dr Cavan's evidence-based approach have already done just that.

Contents:

i: FOREWORD ii: PREFACE PART ONE: Introduction 1: You CAN do it 2: What are prediabetes and type 2 diabetes? 3: The implications of a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes PART TWO: Busting the myths 4: Diabetes is not your fault 5: Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes can be reversed 6: There is such a thing as a 'diabetic diet' 7: You can eat cheese 8: Do test your blood glucose levels 9: Exercise is not the answer 10: You do not need to eat breakfast PART THREE: Helping you on your way 11: Step by step towards your new way of eating 12: Making changes and sticking to them 13: The role of medication 14: Looking after your mental health 15: Situations that require special attention: illness, stress and pregnancy 16: The importance of regular health checks 17: Getting support 18: Be inspired 19: Achieving your goals and celebrating your successes PART FOUR: Recipes: About the recipes 20: EGGS 21: SOUPS 22: TAKEAWAYS 23: FAMILY MEALS 24: DESSERTS APPENDIX A: Useful websites and further reading APPENDIX B: BMI chart 25: ENDNOTES 26: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 27: INDEX