Overcoming Runaway Blood Sugar or Fat Families Thin Families

Overcoming Runaway Blood Sugar: Practical Help for... *People Fighting Fatigue and Mood Swings * Hypoglycemics and Diabetics *Those Trying to Control Their Weight

Author: Dennis Pollock

After author Dennis Pollock experienced a serious diabetic episode, his desire to understand the whys of blood sugar fluctuation, its potential damage to the body, and the ways of prevention led him on a quest for answers. Now Pollock helps others achieve optimum health as they explore:

• what people should know about the blood sugar delivery system
• reasons to change our lifestyles and why faith is a great motivator
• a diet and exercise program that works

Good health comes when good information is followed by action. This book is for everyone who is eager to trade fatigue, weight gain, and illness brought on by blood sugar level changes for a life of optimum health.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	9
	The Face of a Giant	13
Chapter 1	Christmas Scare	15
Part 1	Where We're At
Chapter 2	What's Wrong with the American Lifestyle?	31
Chapter 3	The Nature of Your Blood-Sugar System	43
Chapter 4	Good News, Bad News, and Good News	51
Chapter 5	Motivational Issues: Why Change?	59
Part 2	What to Do
Chapter 6	The Battle Plan	75
Chapter 7	The First Front: Diet Deletions	87
Chapter 8	The First Front: Diet Additions	109
Chapter 9	The Second Front: Exercise	125
Chapter 10	The Third Front: Weight	143
Chapter 11	Does Anyone Have a Question?	157
Chapter 12	Going the Distance	177
Appendix A	The Best Source of Motivation	191
Appendix B	Sample Meals	201
Appendix C	The Really Good Stuff	207
	Notes	217

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Fat Families, Thin Families: How to Save Your Family from the Obesity Trap

Author: Amy Hendel

This comprehensive guide to diet and nutrition provides solid advice for families looking to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The four habits of healthy families—Plan Together, Prepare Together, Play Together, Portion Together—and possible integration strategies are thoroughly discussed as well as the Healthy Family for Life (HFL) diet plan, which contains both family and individual food assessments, activity and weight patterns, activity planning, and suggestions for family support. Providing practical tips for making healthy changes on a daily basis and recipes that are simple, yet nutritious, enough for the busiest of families, this manual is an invaluable reference for those who tend toward obesity and encourage unhealthy eating habits, as well as families looking to reinforce their already healthy tendencies.

Rachel M. Minkin - Library Journal

Registered physician assistant and family lifestyle therapist Hendel here tackles America's growing waistline, teaching families to change their eating habits and lifestyles collectively rather than individually. With her Healthy Family for Life (HFL) diet and "four Ps"-plan together, prepare together, play together, and portion together-she provides readers with a map to a healthy future. Hendel uses a mixture of personal recollections and patient vignettes to demonstrate that these ideas are doable; readers and their families do not need to remove themselves from day-to-day life in order to lead a healthy lifestyle when simple meal planning will suffice. Furthermore, her HFL and four Ps are adaptable to include small children and teenagers. Readers will find plenty of other books on diet and obesity, but this one, with its many sidebars for quick reference, may become a favorite. Completing the text are recipes and exercise programs (including a nice review of exercise DVDs and videos) as well as health-profile forms to be filled in by readers and their family physicians. Recommended for public libraries with consumer health collections.