If you or a family member has recently been diagnosed with diabetes, your GP will advise lifestyle changes. This book is here to help alongside the advice from your medical team. It's packed with tasty recipes, exercises and advice from diabetes professionals to help you live your best life.
Welcome
The Diabetes Plan
Diabetes THE FACTS • Wondering how many adults are in the same situation? Or pondering how much is spent on diabetes annually? We have all the figures you need…*
WHAT’S YOUR TYPE? • Every few minutes, someone is diagnosed with diabetes type 2. Whatever type you have, keeping informed is key to great management for life
LIFE after your DIAGNOSIS • If you’re newly diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel anxious or out of your depth, but, with help from your medical team, it’s within your control
13 SURPRISING DIABETES MYTHS BUSTED • With an overwhelming amount of information out there, we’ve cut through the noise to sort fact from fiction
‘I learned how TO TAKE CONTROL’ • Emma Porter, who has type 1 diabetes, hasn't just learned how to control her blood sugar, she’s also launched a new career as a writer and influencer
Support your LOVED ONES • If your partner, parent or child has recently been diagnosed with diabetes, you’ll want to know how you can help. Experts offer their advice…
Prediabetic? WHAT TO DO NEXT • If you’ve been given this diagnosis, follow our straightforward five-point plan to prevent or reduce your risk of developing diabetes
INSULIN RESISTANCE: THE FACTS • In an extract from her new book on the subject, registered nurse Hanna Purdy shares her expert tips for avoiding type 2 diabetes…
Your HEALTHY EATING CHECKLIST • So you’ve been told to eat a healthy, balanced diet. But what does that actually mean? Here’s our guide to the basics…
Escape the SUGAR TRAP • Finding it hard to cut down on your sugar intake? Here are some helpful tricks…
Shockingly SWEET • You may be stunned by how much sugar these daily staples can contain
Are you eating ENOUGH FIBRE? • A high-fibre diet will help regulate the rate of release of glucose into your blood. Here’s how to make sure you’re getting enough…
Natural helpers • There’s a lot to be said for taking the herbal route, from the humble cuppa to a handful of nuts…
Could a DIET CURE YOU? • Type 2 diabetes has long been thought to be incurable, but new studies may put paid to that way of thinking…
THE FAST 800 • Famed diet and health expert Dr Michael Mosley reveals how The Fast 800 plan could help type 2 diabetics – not least because it worked for him!
THE FAST 800 MEAL PLAN • There’s more to life than following diet after diet, which is why this plan is designed to help you get fast results – and then make sure they last…
HIGH IN TASTE low on carbs • Many type 2 diabetics have found they can control their symptoms with a low carb diet. We've partnered with The Low Carb Program, which is NHS approved, to show you how it’s done…
GOING LOW CARB helped me lose 4 STONE • Debra Scott, 57, has put her type 2 diabetes into remission and is helping others to do the same
Success in NUMBERS! • Is joining a weight-loss group the best way to help you stick to your goals? Recent research by Slimming World suggests it could be just what you need…
Taking control of COMFORT EATING • Eating more healthily isn't always that easy. Lots of us reach for food when we’re down, stressed or tired. Here’s why…
Get on top of ANXIETY • Mental and physical health are all part of the picture when it comes to taking better care of yourself
Anxiety and diabetes
WALK yourself FIT! • Keen to get active? Walking is a great starting...
