Beating Diabetes (A Harvard Medical School Book)

Overview

You can control or even prevent diabetes!

Dr. David Nathan is a lead researcher on the landmark National Institutes of Health study that proved that diabetes can be beaten without drugs. His Harvard Medical School colleague Linda Delahanty is a leading international expert on nutrition and diabetes control. Together they bring you the first complete, medically proven program for preventing or controlling diabetes.

Biographical note

David M. Nathan, M.D., is the director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. An internationally recognized expert on diabetes and its complications, he was one of the designers of the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial.
Linda Delahanty, M.S., RD, is the director of nutrition and behavioral research and chief dietitian at the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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Control diabetes, don't let it control you

Beating Diabetes delivers the first complete, medically proven program for preventing or controlling diabetes. These relatively easy, simple-to-adopt lifestyle changes can dramatically reduce your chances of developing diabetes, and, even more remarkably, you can stop type 2 diabetes in its tracks if you already have the disease.

Harvard colleagues David Nathan, M.D., and Linda Delahanty, M.S., RD, give you the knowledge and tools you need to:

Identify unhealthy, diabetes-promoting behaviors
Lose weight and normalize your blood sugar
Increase daily activity and create your own diabetes-busting exercise routine
Keep your glucose levels in line with delicious recipes and daily meal plans