Dr. Alan L. Rubin's Prediabetes For Dummies: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Managing Prediabetes

Theresa M: This book is very informative and written in a joyful manner, which I appreciate. It is also thorough and contains information that other books tend to avoid such as facing your own weight, realistically dealing with stress, and confronting myths about prediabetes.

Also, the fact that it's been correctly edited (no spelling errors, typos, or grammar or punctuation errors that I can easily see) makes the book (and its author) more trustworthy to me - he cares about publishing quality information.

One downside is that this version doesn't cover in depth the new weight loss drugs that are currently in the news and doing well in studies. Hopefully, future versions will.

United States on Aug 26, 2023

Jsb: Very well written, easy to understand.

Canada on May 12, 2023

Amazon Customer: This book is thicker than expected there's a lot of info. It's perfect if you have a lot of time to read & want to know all the in's & out's if pre-diabetes but I found all the info overwhelming & ended up just searching online for the relevant info instead

United Kingdom on Mar 13, 2023

Mclka: This book has helped my husband alit

United States on Mar 11, 2023

Smcdaniel: This is a good book for those trying to understand prediabetes! Even gives recipe

United States on Jan 20, 2023

john: American book, it's good for basic information but Michael Mosleys books are more easy to read and more pertainant to the UK audience.

United Kingdom on Dec 15, 2022

Westie: Good source of info plus menus are included.

United States on Feb 20, 2022

Shaunkin: Very good information

United Kingdom on Aug 23, 2021

rachelleynes: Good to get these dummies books for things that you get worried about overthinking over googling over YouTubing which only leads to anxiety and panic attacks. These books are helpful, explains in detail everything, nothing left out. No google needed. Unless you lose the book itself, you won’t lose info!

United Kingdom on Jun 17, 2019

Janet K. Schwartzkopf: I guess I was hoping for a little bit more with this book, although it's a very good starting point for people who have been diagnoses as having prediabetes and their families. In this case, it's my husband with the diagnosis, but I wanted a better understanding of what's going on in his body and how I can help. Certainly Dr. Rubin does a good job of laying out just how prediabetes impacts the body, and even holds out hope that people who take the right steps can avoid going into full-fledged diabetes or perhaps improve their physical condition to a point where they're handling glucose correctly. I also particularly liked his 90-day plan for how prediabetics can turn their lives around through a combination of diet and exercise; I've even started using some of his weightlifting routine in my own workouts.

There are a few parts of the book that bother me, though. In many chapters, he offers special recommendations for young people and seniors, even though I'm sure the vast majority of his readers are neither. He takes on sugar-free soda without really justifying his opposition to it. Dr. Rubin also seems to be a bit more casual about weight-loss surgery than I would surely...

United States on Sep 22, 2015