"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben
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How To Solve Any Problem In Three Minutes Flat
Copyright 2005 Rick MillerLife comes comes with a whole list of problems: How do I keep my spouse or lover happy? How do I meet the bills? How do I keep healthy and fit with all the demands on me? Well, good news! You can begin to reduce the negative ...
Super Bowl 2004: Silly or Boring?
If you watched the Super Bowl, you know that Janet Jackson revealed one of two things. She revealed how silly and paranoid otherwise normal human beings can get. Unfortunately, she did not reveal how bored we have become with run-of-the-mill ...
You're Not Alone
Somewhere on your road to success, you'll begin to understand that you are really never alone. There are amazing sources of strength and help everywhere you look-you just have to use them. You'll have to look to find them and then know how to use them, ...
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There are hundreds of self-help eBooks published every year. I must admit, when I decided to take a look at yet another book about diabetes and diet, I expected to find the same old stuff rehashed into a new form.
I was delightfully surprised. The author, JM Hanf, although not diabetic herself, has a lifetime of experience with the disease through friends and family members. Though it contains a fair amount of "how to"diabetic diet information and will obviously be of particular interest to diabetics, How To Play the Diabetes Game is not a diet book. The author, JM Hanf is a researcher and her primary interest is in helping those of us with health challenges sort through the piles of information, good and bad, and simplifying them so we are able to make informed decisions concerning our plan for the rest of our lives.
She offers a wealth of fascinating material drawn from medicine, child development, psychology, and neurobiology, among other fields. Her account is easily read and understood, yet its even backed by an extensive glossary of scientific diabetic terms and their definitions.
Hanf begins with an introduction to her concept of treating your disease like a game - a game you want to win. She has you develop a "team" of specialists and examine your "playing field" and come up with a "game plan". The analogy works well.
She has chapters on the connection between disease and mental stress. I particularly liked the chapter comparing sugar substitutes and their effects on your system. Successive chapters then describe prevention, associated health problems such as neuropathy and retinopathy. food, menus, recipes, history obesity, future developments and more.
Hanf starts each chapter with a pertinent quotation. I enjoyed the one by Oprah. Her writing style is easy, informative and light. Apart from a story about her own diabetic family, Hanf relies not at all on anecdotal tales but on research. She has answered the most asked questions about diabetes and diet.
Woven through out this easy read is the theme of taking responsibility for your health, your diet, your weight and your attitude.
This book is not just for diabetics. Prevention is also a key theme. There is an optimistic look at the future and ongoing research that will give anyone battling this disease a real boost.
As you can tell, I was impressed by the book.
It is something I would buy for someone who has just been diagnosed or for someone with diabetic kids. I think it would help you focus on what is really important and cut through all the misinformation spread out there in the name of "retail marketing" of new greatest pill, diet book, exercise plan and so on. You can find out more about her book at http://www.diabetesbegone.com/dietletter/index.html
About the Author
The author currently writes articles for magazines such as RV Digest, Doggone News, and Coast to Coast. Her current website: http://www.informationtoo.com is dedicated to offering easy internet business ideas to those with writers block.. on or offline.
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