From the Book - Large Print
Part 1 Blood Sugar and Your Health 1 --
1. Diabetes Crossroads 3 --
2. Wrong Turn: The Long Road to Diabetes 21 --
3. Weighing In: The Number One Risk Factor 41 --
4. A Deadly Quintet: Meet the Metabolic Syndrome 57 --
5. Warning: Prediabetes! 87 --
6. Diagnosis: Diabetes 97 --
7. Managing Your Diabetes 126 --
8. Twin Peaks: High Blood Pressure and High Blood Sugar 142 --
9. Cardiac Connection 169 --
Part 2 Taking Charge of Your Health 201 --
10. Atkins Blood Sugar Control Program 203 --
12. Importance of Good Fats 251 --
13. Importance of Protein 270 --
14. Atkins Glycemic Ranking 294 --
16. Bountiful Harvest 325 --
17. Controlling Your Carbs
19. Drink to Your Health 380 --
20. Getting Extra Help: Supplements for Blood Sugar Control 395 --
21. Getting Extra Help: Supplements for Heart Health 423 --
22. Walking Away from Diabetes 441 --
23. Your Personal Exercise Program 463 --
24. It's Not Just Baby Fat 485 --
25. Type 2 Diabetes and Your Child 519 --
Part 3 Living the Program 537 --
27. Recipes for Success 670 --
Scientific Studies That Validate the Atkins Nutritional Approach 740 --
1. Acceptable Induction Foods 749 --
2. Moving Beyond Induction 761 --
3. Power of Five and Ten 763 --
4. Atkins Glycemic Ranking 766 --
5. Atkins Lifestyle Food Guide Pyramid 775 --
6. Drugs for Hypertension 777.