Diabetes HELP----PLEEEEZZZE!!!! Best 10 PTS!?

Question:

One of my very best friends just found out she might develop Type 2 Diabetes in ONE YEAR if she doesn't do something about it NOW. Well, I'm very worried about her and I'm asking for her if anyone knows of any really good books about diabetes prevention she should read - or if there is a good website that gives lots of good information. I was trying to search the net earlier for her but couldn't find anything too substancial... Any help you could give would be great - THANK YOU!!!

Answers:
now is the time to start working on her health and you're a good friend for trying to help.

i agree with the first answer, diabetes for dummies is a good book. i like the dummies series of books and have a whole library of them.

possibly the diet that has worked the best for me is the American Heart Associations diet for people with cardiac problems. its a sensible diet---and helps you eat healthy and take the pounds off slowly.

now-here comes the hard part. actually two hard parts. your friend needs to cut out all unnecessary sugars. no more candy bars, no more shakes, no more little debbies. eat at breakfast, lunch and dinner and no other time.

is it hard? hell yes its hard. i went from a box of little debbies a day habit plus candy bars plus sodas to nothing. i thought i was gonna die! but after a while you get used to it. the other nite i bummed a fun size crackle bar from my wife---you know the little ones? it was so sweet i wondered---Gee, how did I ever eat TONS of this stuff?

and last, but not least---exercise. walk. walking is the easiest and cheapest method of cardiovascular exercise there is. 30 minutes a day--every other day. work up from there if you can.

its been two years since i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and my life was turned on its head. i had to stop or unlearn eating habits i'd had for 48 years!

but it gets easier. now, like i said, candy bars are just too sweet for me. there are lots of diabetic cookbooks out there, google "diabetic cookbooks".

nows the time for your friend to get going---maybe head this off before she requires daily insulin injections--like i do. first thing i do every morning is stick my finger and check the blood sugar--every day. she wants to avoid that if possible.

best of luck to your friend and you also!

Try Diabeties for Dummies, its a really good book and breaks it down to understand it better. It also gives ideas on meal plans and life changes to prevent diabeties. Best of luck

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