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When he was diagnosed with both high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, Dr Kongnyuy was initially shocked and depressed at the life-sentence of ill health, medication and restricted lifestyle he felt he’d been handed. But with the support of his family and friends and his knowledge of medical science, he brought his research training to bear on the problem – if these are lifestyle conditions then can changes in lifestyle reverse them? Conducting a series of over 100 experiments on himself that involved changes in diet and lifestyle over several years, he identified what did and did not work for him. Both his method for finding what suits us individually – the 3Ts: Try, Track, Tell – and his findings as to what returned him to health, will provide invaluable guidance to all those seeking to reverse type 2 diabetes and hypertension. He also looks at all the factors that can hold you back or motivate you to change, and as someone who ‘hated exercise’ but now jogs or runs for at least an hour everyday he provides great inspiration even for the very unfit. Try, Track and Tell for yourself, with reference to the principles of good health Dr Kongnyuy – an experienced health educator – describes, and discover how to reverse your own chronic health problems.
Contents
Introduction; Trial and error; Sick fat disease; Your diet; Overweight and obesity; Intermittent fasting; Type 2 diabetes; High blood pressure; Exercise; Alcohol; Smoking; Stress; Track and tell; Changing your lifestyle; Healthy living environment; Glossary of terms
| Weight | 30 kg |
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| Dimensions | 20 × 2 × 26 cm |
Dr Magnolia Cardona is a former GP, public health practitioner and current associate professor of health services research. She is a passionate advocate for the rights of older people dying of natural causes to not be over-treated with low-value care and instead have a dignifying end of life through aligning treatments with patients values and planning in advance. She arranged her own first advance care directive before the birth of her child by elective caesarean, as she envisaged the possibility of things going wrong and had the urgency for planning what clinicians and her family should do if she couldn’t decide. She now conducts research with patients, families and clinicians on ways to improve the end-of-life experience for all.
Nurse Ebony Lewis is experienced in emergency medicine and geriatrics, a skills combination that made her highly aware of the needs of older people to be treated compassionate at a place of their choice including their own home rather than in the emergency department environment or the intensive care unit. She loves talking to older patients, visiting them at home for their health assessments, and helping them express their values and preferences before they become critically ill. She was awarded an international prize for her research into advance care documentation and is now undertaking her PhD studies on frailty.
