Take Control of Your Diabetes Risk

by John Whyte, MD, MPH

Overview

From the Chief Medical Officer at WebMD, the world's largest provider of trusted health information, learn how to reduce your diabetes risk and change your mindset from I hope I don't get diabetes to I can prevent diabetes.

You have diabetes.

Three words no one ever wants to hear, yet each year, over a million people in the United States alone do.

So now what?

Take Control of Your Diabetes Risk shares straightforward information and equips you with strategies to help you on a journey to better health, including:

• Knowing the causes of the different types of diabetes
• Learning the role food, exercise, and sleep play
• Understanding the relationship between diabetes, heart disease, and cancer

You have the power to reclaim your life after a prediabetes or diabetes diagnosis—and this book will show you just how easy it is.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780785240679
Publisher:	Harper Horizon
Publication date:	02/13/2024
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John Whyte, MD, MPH, is a popular physician and writer who has been communicating to the public about health issues for nearly two decades.

In his role as chief medical officer of WebMD, Whyte leads efforts to develop and expand strategic partnerships that create meaningful change around important and timely public health issues. Prior to WebMD, Whyte served as the director of professional affairs and stakeholder engagement at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration. Whyte worked with health care professionals, patients, and patient advocates, providing them with a focal point for advocacy, enhanced two-way communication, and collaboration, assisting them in navigating the FDA on issues concerning drug development, review, and drug safety. He also developed numerous initiatives to address diversity in clinical trials.

Prior to this, Whyte worked for nearly a decade as the chief medical expert and vice president, health and medical education, at Discovery Channel, the leading nonfiction television network. In this role, Whyte developed, designed, and delivered educational programming that appealed to both a medical and lay audience. This included television shows as well as online content that won over fifty awards, including numerous Tellys, CINE Golden Eagles, and Freddies.

Whyte is a board-certified internist. He completed an internal medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center and earned a master of public health degree in health policy and management at Harvard University School of Public Health. Prior to arriving in Washington, DC, Whyte was a health services research fellow at Stanford and attending physician in the department of medicine.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 What Exactly Are Diabetes and Prediabetes? 1

Chapter 2 The Dangers of High Blood Sugar 15

Chapter 3 The Truth About Cure and Reversal 29

Chapter 4 Your Daily Food Choices Determine Your Future 41

Chapter 5 Meal Planning Made Easy 73

Chapter 6 How to Harness the Power of Exercise 143

Chapter 7 The Distress of a Diagnosis 165

Chapter 8 Sleep Your Way to Better Blood Sugar Control 177

Chapter 9 Stress Busters That Help You Manage It All 201

Conclusion: It's a Journey 217

Acknowledgments 225

Appendix: Exercise Plan 227

References 251

Index 265

About the Author 275