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Just because you have diabetes doesn't mean you can't enjoy life, eat well, and be healthy! In this fourth edition of her best-selling title, Elaine Magee clearly presents the latest medical findings on what causes diabetes, available treatments, and the dietary implications of this disease. She includes everything you need to know to live with diabetes, from using an individualized carbohydrate budget and using the glycemic index and glycemic load,...
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Elaine Magee gives you all the information you can never seem to understand when the doctor rattles it off, and she answers all the questions you ever wanted to ask a dietitian about preventing colon cancer. You will find a host of specific recommendations-what to eat, what to avoid, and how to incorporate these changes into your lifestyle.
Tell Me What to Eat to Help Prevent Colon Cancer begins with an overview of colon cancer in all its forms....
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According to the CDC, in the United States alone, more than 7 million women of child bearing age have an impaired ability to conceive. Every year millions of couples are trying to conceive at any given time. If you have decided it is time to start your family, you probably have many questions: What can I do to get pregnant? Are there certain foods or a specific diet that will help?
Tell Me What to Eat If I Am Trying to Conceive answers your questions...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is one of the most common reasons for a visit to the doctor in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the Western world. Even so, the majority of patients who have IBS do not seek medical care, which may be because of fear, embarrassment, or the lack of effective treatments. IBS affects both genders and all races. Recent data shows that 14 to 24 percent of women and 5 to 19 percent of men in the United States and Great...
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IBD isn't a disease but rather the umbrella term for two major intestinal disorders that might sound more familiar: ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Both deal with inflammation in the digestive tract that can produce a wide range of unpleasant symptoms and lead to other health conditions.
If you or a loved one are dealing with either of these conditions then you probably know that trying to control flare-ups-which bring on the symptoms-is...
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United States whether they are caucasian, African American, Hispanic, or American Indian. In 2005, 652,091 people died of heart disease-27. 1% of all U. S. deaths. There have been hundreds of new discoveries regarding the treatment and prevention of heart disease in the past few years. Tell Me What to Eat If I Suffer From Heart Disease incorporates all of this life-saving information...