Book recommendations

The Essential Guide to Type 2 Diabetes by Michèle Favarger (April 2025) is a practical, evidence-based handbook for people with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes who feel overwhelmed after diagnosis.

The book focuses on clear, step-by-step lifestyle changes to improve blood sugar control and insulin resistance, potentially helping prevent long-term complications. It explains medical concepts in simple language and provides:

• Structured daily management plans

• Science-backed dietary guidance

• Exercise and physical activity advice

The Easiest Type 2 Diabetes Cookbook by Emma Lane (June 2025) is a beginner-friendly guide designed to help people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes feel less overwhelmed about food.

It offers:

• A clear explanation of what “low-carb” really means in practical terms

• A structured 30-day meal plan with matching grocery lists

• Over 100 quick recipes (most ready in 20 minutes or less) with carb counts and full nutrition details

Prediabetes is often a wake‑up call, but knowing what to do next can feel overwhelming. One of the most comprehensive, user‑friendly guides I’ve come across is Prediabetes: A Complete Guide, Second Edition by Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDCES.

This updated edition walks you through:

✔️ Understanding your personal risk and what prediabetes really means

✔️ Practical, science‑based lifestyle strategies to improve insulin sensitivity

✔️ Meal planning, simple recipes, and real‑world behavior change tools

✔️ Ways to set meaningful goals and track progress over time

A captivating take on Canadian diabetes history by Krista Lamb. Since Sir Frederick Banting’s discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921, Canadian scientists have remained on the frontlines of the development of new treatments for diabetes, and the quest for a cure.

Around the globe, people with diabetes are benefiting from breakthroughs with a Canadian connection. Islet transplants, GLP-1 agonist medications, and a better understanding of the development of type 2 diabetes in children from remote Indigenous communities, all of this and more has come from Canada.

Beyond Banting takes you behind the scenes with remarkable scientists from across the country who are building on Banting’s legacy and ensuring Canada remains at the forefront of this fascinating and important field.

Foreword by Dr. Jan Hux, former CEO, Diabetes Canada