The Diabetes Reset by George King

The Diabetes Reset by George King

The Diabetes Reset is made up of two parts: identifying and explaining the seven strategies for avoiding and reversing Type 2 diabetes, and then how to incorporate the strategies into your life. The eight strategies include: Lose 5 percent of your current body weight by implementing the key principles of proven weight-loss approaches Re-calibrate your sleeping habits to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night. Begin activating the built-in calorie-burning and insulin-enhancing powers of your body’s brown fat. Double the amount of fiber you eat each day and cut your fat intake in half. Establish a program of at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day, including both aerobic exercise and strength training in a 3 to 1 ratio As practiced in the rural Asian diet, begin building your menus around complex carbohydrates Eat foods that stimulate production of your body’s hundreds of natural antixoxidants Begin decreasing your body’s inflammatory response by reducing stress and exposure to environmental toxins The book will include easy-to-follow timelines and user guides for putting these strategies into practice, including tips on how to gauge your progress by monitoring your blood glucose levels. If you follow these guidelines and implement just one of these eight strategies, your type 2 diabetes will almost certainly improve as a result. Pursue all eight of them, and you can stop type 2 diabetes in its tracks or even reverse it—effectively resetting your body’s glucose metabolism.

George King, MD, a world-renowned diabetes researcher, is Research Director and Chief Scientific Officer at the Joslin Diabetes Center. He also heads the Vascular Cell Biology research section and is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Since joining the Joslin Center in 1981, he has directed a basic science laboratory studying the link between elevated glucose levels and insulin resistance on diabetic complications. He founded the Asian American Diabetes Initiative at Joslin, and has been a strong supporter of the center’s Latino Diabetes Initiative and of Joslin’s new Black Diabetes Initiative. For these efforts, he was presented with the 2012 Harold Amos Diversity Award by Harvard Medical School in April 2012.

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ISBN 13	9780761175926
ISBN 10	076117592X
Title	The Diabetes Reset
Author	George King
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Workman Publishing
Year published	2015-01-13
Number of pages	160
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.