The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes

LET BOB GREENE HELP YOU TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH AND CLAIM THE LIFE YOU DESERVE!BOB GREENEhas helped millions of Americans become fit and healthy with his life-changing Best Life plan. Now, for the first time, Oprah's trusted expert on diet and fitness teams up with a leading endocrinologist and an expert dietitian to offer a Best Life program tailored to the needs of people with diabetes and pre-diabetes. Coping with the unique challenges of living with these conditions can feel like a full-time job, butThe Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetesgives you a gradual, three-phase plan designed to improve your blood sugar and stave off heart disease, neuropathy, and other diabetes- and pre-diabetes-related conditions. Whether you are controlling your disease simply with diet and exercise, taking drugs orally, or need injected insulin, this comprehensive volume gives you all the information you need to stay healthy and motivated. Detailed but flexible meal plans take the guesswork out of eating, and recipes for budget- and family-friendly dishes come with complete nutritional analyses. Extensive reference sections, including a complete guide to diabetes drugs and a chart of the carbohydrate value of foods, give you quick answers you can trust, while a log for tracking your blood sugar readings, exercise, diet, and medication helps you stay organized without hassle or added expense.WithThe Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, you won't have to let your life be defined by your diagnosis.

Bob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. Bob is a frequent guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is also a contributing writer and editor for O: The Oprah Magazine, and writes articles on health and fitness for Oprah.com and for his own site, TheBestLife.com. Greene is the bestselling author of numerous books, including The Best Life Diet Cookbook and The Best Life Diet, Revised and Updated. Visit his website, TheBestLife.com. John J. Merendino Jr., M.D., is a graduate of Yale Medical School. He is board-certified in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. He is an assistant clinical professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and has more than twenty years of experience in caring for people with diabetes. Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D., is the lead nutritionist for TheBestLife.com. She is also a contributing editor for Self magazine and the author of The Supermarket Diet and other weight-loss books. In her private practice, she specializes in weight loss and eating disorder.