What State Do You Live In?

The Consequences of Obesity

by Jerrod P. Libonati, MS, RD


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Hardcover
$29.00
Softcover
$25.00
E-Book
$15.99
Hardcover
$29.00

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 4/7/2011

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 200
ISBN : 9781456741051
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 200
ISBN : 9781456740931
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 200
ISBN : 9781456740948

About the Book

What State Do You Live In explains the events that take place in your body if you lose control over your weight. Tens of millions of adult Americans suffer from weight related chronic disease states including pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal blood cholesterol, the metabolic syndrome, and type II diabetes. If you are overweight and suffer from high blood glucose, you’re suffering from insulin resistance and need to read this story.



What State Do You Live In begins with you in the normal state, when insulin is in complete control over blood glucose and blood fat levels. It progresses into the insulin resistant state which describes in detail the events that stem from weight related insulin resistance including elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol, the metabolic syndrome, and type II diabetes.



What State Do You live In is different from other books. It provides you with realistic expectations. It does not suggest pills, supplements, or any other form of synthetic nutrition as a means to reverse faulty nutrition. It does offer you more than a single solution to begin reversing the insulin resistant state, including the lower carbohydrate approach to improve high blood glucose.



What State Do You Live In provides you with five different levels of food strategies to put you back in control of your blood glucose. Don’t ignore high blood glucose, if left untreated, the consequences are life threatening.



About the Author

Jerrod Libonati is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a member of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). He received his graduate degree in Nutrition Science from Florida State University and his dietetic internship at California State University, Long Beach. Jerrod specializes in weight related chronic disease states including insulin resistance, type II diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. As the author of What State Do You Live In? the consequences of insulin resistance, he enjoys spending time educating others on cardiovascular disease prevention through food. To spread the importance of nutrition, he is a part time nutrition instructor at Moorpark College, speaks on various food and nutrition segments for KABC 7 Los Angeles, and is a consultant to the food and beverage industry. Other health and nutrition related interests include adolescent snack and meal planning, restaurant menu design, and consulting as a traveling dietitian. Jerrod can be reached at jerrod@foodstrategies.info.