Is it possible to beat early stage diabetes?

[cate]

Go to Amazon and look up GI diet books by Rick Gallop. There are a few which will help you.

[ae]

Even better than looking up GI diet books is GL diet books. The difference between GI (Glycaemic Index) and GL (Glycaemic Load) is that GL takes into account the portion size, because some foods that are listed as having High GI (and by extension are deemed bad for you) are actually ok when you take into account the average portion size, which can help make this kind of eating plan feel a lot less restrictive.

I heartily recommend the GL Diet by Nigel Denby. I've bought at least three copies in the last four months, only one of which was for use by my partner and myself. I've been doing a medically monitored special diet but intend to eat following the GL guidelines when I get to my goal weight, and my other half has lost a stone and a half doing it (while living in a hotel during the week and eating in restaurants every weeknight) over the last five months, and even better, he doesn't feel like he's been on a diet.

GL Diet on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/GL-Diet-Nigel-Denby/dp/1844541126/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235396807&sr=8-5

[ThinLizzy]

Oooh, I would hate to give too much advice on the food side of things as I'm not a nutritionalist, but apparently bananas are to be avoided, though I think wholemeal bread, brown bread etc is fine (in moderation). Avoid starchy stuff like white rice, white bread, potatoes etc, logical stuff x

[LegalEagle-ish]

Thanks everyone.

[Asset]

There is a piece on World at One right now about type 2 diabetes. Apparantly the cases of it have doubled over the last ten years. 1 in 20 of the population is now diabetic.

There was a woman talking who has done a study into the treatments etc and she was saying that in the early stages it is definitely possible to, as she put it, "directly effect the history of your future illness". In other words dietary changes and exercise will help.