The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan: Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, No Matter Your Weight (Marlowe Diabetes Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 156924331X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.Anne Peters, MD, author of Conquering Diabetes, is the Director of Clinical Diabetes Programs at the University of Southern California.. She has also authored close to 50 research and educational articles on exercise and diabetes, as well as two books, The Diabetic Athlete (Human Kinetics, 2001) and Diabetes-Free Kids (Avery, June 2005). Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, is an exercise
Linda Looker said Two Stars. Not what I wanted. Breaking the sedentary Inertia Domingo Liotta Hi Fellow Readers!I'm currently reading this book now, but I would like to share some initial thoughts with you.First of all the fact Dr. Colberg mentions, that you can be overweight and fit. This is very interesting because you set your focus to having a better Blood Glucose control and being healthy not just losing pounds.I ha. Great & Compact This is an excellent book by a true expert. Packed with information on all aspects of exercising to maintain control of diabetes. Like others (Dr. Steven Blair of Cooper Institute in Dallas), Dr. Colberg believes that the key is to get moving and exercising. If the pounds come off or not is a secondary concern. If you have to ch
While the focus of the book is on exercise, it provides both an excellent review of what’s known about what causes diabetes as well as a great review of dietary and psychological factors that impact on it. From the Publisher Praise for The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan"The important message from this book is that losing weight may not be the panacea it was once thought to be for people with type 2 diabetes. And only exercise seems to be able to reduce the amount of internal stomach fat that is the most dangerous kind. In fact, becoming fit may have a greater effect on your blood glucose control than losing weight. "This should come as good news to the many type 2 diabetes patients who have extreme difficulty losing weight (especially when given diabetes drugs that cause weight gain) and who suffer from constant nagging from health care workers who tell them to ‘just lose a little weight and your diabetes wil
Most of the 18.2 million Americans currently living with diabetes have been advised by their doctors, or other health-care providers, that weight loss is essential for them to control their condition and stay healthy. The latest research confirms, though, that diabetic people do not have to lose significant amounts of body fat to be healthy. With practical information and tips on physical fitness, blood sugar balance with physical activity, nutrition, nutritional supplements, emotional fitness, diabetic medications, motivation, and more, The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan gives readers the knowledge they need to prevent, reverse, and control their diabetes through fitness—and to live a long, healthy life without the need for dieting and weight loss—making this the essential diabetes fitness resource.. However, the vast majority of people fail miserably at dieting, ultimately regaining the pounds they manage to lose. The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan guides people step-by-step to achieve a healthy body despite having excess body fat and diabetes or pre-diabetes—primarily by becoming physically fit