Pre diabetes book recommendations

I like The PreDiabetes Diet Plan by Hillary Wright. The information is sound and the menu plans are practical. My mother is quite elderly and has been diabetic for many years, but struggled with balancing her diet. This helped me to help her, and her numbers have really stabilized.

I’m a type 2 diabetic who has gotten my a1c consistently under 5 using primarily diet and exercise.

Using MyFitnessPal to limit the carbs you eat each meal is better than a list of foods - there are very few foods you can or cannot eat, within reason, but you may have to control portion sizes. The most important thing you can do for yourself right now is to lose weight, which will increase your insulin sensitivity and hopefully prevent you from progressing to diabetes. The second most important thing is to exercise daily, including cardio and strength training.

If you really want a meal plan, aim for no more than about 45g net carbs (total carbs minus fiber, which is indigestible), which is the ADA recommendation. Start by logging whatever you would normally eat, then substitute or subtract high carb items until you learn how much you can eat. And don’t forget to weigh everything until you learn what an official “portion” looks like!

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