Reddit reviews The First Year Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
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>I am overweight. I am 6'1" and weigh about 300 pounds.
Begin there. Make the decision to attain and maintain a healthy weight. Considering your familial history I suggest you choose one of the low-carb diets as your method. I made my own low-everything weight loss plan. It worked very well but if I was writing that again I would be cutting carbs a bit more and cutting fats and protein a lot less.
>Could someone point me towards some further reading, research, information etc on the best things I can do to avoid getting it myself?
Gretchen Becker's The First Year Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed was one of the first books I bought after my own diagnosis. Later we met and became friends. I haven't read this book of hers but based on that other book I have no doubt her advice would be good: Prediabetes: What You Need to Know to Keep Diabetes Away
To pick up this book.
http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Year-Type-Diabetes/dp/1569245460
Immediately.
It will help you get a handle on the basics, and guide you through the emotions as well.
Then...keep coming here! Www.diabeticconnect.com is a great site as well. I'm pretty active on there myself.
It's overwhelming at first but listen its not the end of the world and you WILL be able to eat the same things...you're not "barred" from things but yournchoesnin how much and when will definitely Change.
Type 2 of 3 years here. Message me if you want some one on one discussion!