Rethinking Diabetes 9781803510699

Rethinking Diabetes

What Science Reveals about Diet, Insulin and Successful Treatments

Taubes, Gary (author)

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Over 400 million people around the world have been diagnosed with diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was treated through diet, from eating purely meat to the reliance on fats, and repeated fasting. After two centuries of conflicting medical advice, most authorities today believe that those with diabetes can have the same dietary freedom enjoyed by the rest of us, including the occasional ice-cream, leaving the job of controlling the disease to insulin therapy.However, this guiding principle has been accompanied by an explosive rise in diabetes over the last fifty years, and the expectation that sufferers' health will deteriorate steadily over time. In this ground-breaking book, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes explores the history of the treatment of diabetes, elucidating the way that badly conceived research influences the guidance that doctors offer today, at the expense of patients' long-term well-being. Passionately argued and deeply researched, Rethinking Diabetes reimagines diabetes care with diet at its centre, and is hugely persuasive in its questioning of the established wisdom that may have enabled the current epidemic of diabetes and obesity.
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    Rethinking Diabetes by Gary Taubes

    Posted by Lis lawrence on 15th Feb 2024

    My overall impression is that this is a detailed, extremely thorough study of diabetes by a specialist, and aimed at GPs and other professionals , rather than the general public. As someone who is “pre-diabetic “, I was expecting, and hoping for, more practical advice on how to manage the conditi…

    My overall impression is that this is a detailed, extremely thorough study of diabetes by a specialist, and aimed at GPs and other professionals , rather than the general public. As someone who is “pre-diabetic “, I was expecting, and hoping for, more practical advice on how to manage the condition without resorting to pharmaceuticals. Instead, I was presented with a detailed history of the treatment of diabetes. All in all very disappointing.

Publication Date:
18/01/2024
Authors:
Taubes, Gary
Year Published:
2024
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781803510699
Number of Pages:
512
Publisher:
Granta Publications Ltd
Publication Date:
18/01/2024
SKU:
9781803510699

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