Health & Fitness


ISBN: 9781592333844
October 2009

$21.99
$27.50 Canadian
£14.99

Paperback
40 photos/illustrations
240 Pages
Size (in): 8 x 9
Size (mm): 202 x 227

 

The Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes

The 5-Step Program That Removes Metabolic Roadblocks, Sheds Pounds Safely, and Reverses Prediabetes and Diabetes
Frederic Vagnini and Lawrence D. Chilnick

The Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes gives readers a 5-step program for shedding unwanted pounds safely and effectively. It outlines the unique metabolic challenges faced by diabetics and how they can be overcome with an integrated plan of diet, specific nutritional supplements and exercise regimens, lifestyle modification, and medication. Special nutritional concerns of diabetics are addressed as is the effect of dieting and weight loss on glucose levels and insulin. The latest information on new medications is also included.

Frederic J. Vagnini, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon and the medical director of the Heart, Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of New York.

Lawrence D. Chilnick is an award-winning author, publisher, and editor. He is co-creator of the New York Times bestseller, The Pill Book.