Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller - Everything You Need to Know to Manage Type 2 Diabetes: Simple Steps for Surviving and Thriving with the Low GI Plan

Everything You Need to Know
to Manage Type 2 Diabetes

Other Titles in the New Glucose Revolution Series

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The Low GI Handbook: The New Glucose Revolution Guide to the Long-term Health Benefits of Low GI Eating

For a focus on recipes, shopping and the GI in the larger nutrition picture...

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Family Cookbook

The New Glucose Revolution Life Plan

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Guide to Sugar and Energy

For a basic introduction to the GI, plus the top 100 low GI foods...

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Eating Made Easy: The Beginners Guide to Eating with the Glycemic Index

For a focus on weight loss...

The Low GI Diet Revolution: The Definitive Science-Based Weight Loss Plan

The Low GI Diet Cookbook: 100 Simple, Delicious Smart-Carb RecipesThe Proven Way to Lose Weight and Eat for Lifelong Health

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Guide to Losing Weight

For a focus on the GI and specific health conditions...

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Gluten-Free Eating Made Easy: The Essential Guide to the Glycemic Index and Gluten-Free Living

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Guide to the Metabolic Syndrome and Your Heart: The Only Authoritative Guide to Using the Glycemic Index for Better Heart Health

The New Glucose Revolution What Makes My Blood Glucose Go Up... and Down?: 101 Frequently Asked Questions about Your Blood Glucose Level

The Low GI Guide to Living Well with PCOS

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Copyright 2007, 2015 by Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, Stephen Colagiuri, Alan Barclay

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This is a completely revised edition of The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes, published in 2007 by Da Capo Press. This edition was first published in Australia and New Zealand as Low GI Diet: Managing Type 2 Diabetes and is published in the United States by arrangement with Hachette Australia.

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Diabetes has been around for thousands of years and was once relatively rare. Its literal meaning is to pass throughreferring to the passing of liquids through the body. The ancient Egyptians recommended that those suffering from the passing of too much urine eat a diet of fruit, grain and sweet beer. The Greeks, who mistakenly thought it was a weakness of the kidneys, prescribed exercise, preferably on horseback.