Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
PART ONE: BLOOD SUGAR AND YOUR HEALTH
1. The Diabetes Crossroads
2. Wrong Turn: The Long Road to Diabetes Success Story: A New Path Without Pills
3. Weighing In: The Number One Risk Factor
4. A Deadly Quintet: Meet the Metabolic Syndrome Success Story: A Healthy Lifestyle Is Music to His Ears
5. Warning: Prediabetes!
6. Diagnosis: Diabetes
7. Managing Your Diabetes
8. Twin Peaks: High Blood Pressure and High Blood Sugar Success Story: A Sparkling Achievement
9. The Cardiac Connection Success Story: A New Lease on Life
PART TWO: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH
10. The Atkins Blood Sugar Control Program
11. Take Action Success Story: A Lucky Hostess
12. The Importance of Good Fats
13. The Importance of Protein
14. The Atkins Glycemic Ranking Success Story: Fighting His Own Way
15. Fiber Facts
16. The Bountiful Harvest Success Story: Man on a Mission
17. Controlling Your Carbs—and Liking It
18. Sugar Nation
19. Drink to Your Health
20. Getting Extra Help: Supplements for Blood Sugar Control
21. Getting Extra Help: Supplements for Heart Health Success Story: An Alternative to Drugs
22. Walking Away from Diabetes
23. Your Personal Exercise Program
24. It’s Not Just Baby Fat Success Story: Bouncing Baby Joy
25. Type 2 Diabetes and Your Child
PART THREE: LIVING THE PROGRAM
26. Meal Plans
27. Recipes for Success
Glossary
Scientific Studies That Validate the Atkins Nutritional Approach
Appendixes
1. Acceptable Induction Foods
2. Moving Beyond Induction
3. The Power of Five and Ten
4. The Atkins Glycemic Ranking
5. The Atkins Lifestyle Food Guide Pyramid
6. Drugs for Hypertension
Reference Notes
Subject Index
Recipe Index
About the Author
Other Titles from Atkins
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher