Mystrom, Rick: - Rick is the Acknowledged Diabetes and Weight-Loss Authority, who is passionate about defeating diabetes worldwide, and has a simple, sensible, solution. Rick is a paragon of good health and has had Type 1 diabetes for 53 years. A recent stress test categorized him as equivalent to an "active 42-year-old." He credits his good health to good eating habits, an active lifestyle, and an understanding of foods. For over 35 years, he has tested his blood 5 to 10 times a day and has a unique understanding of which foods contribute to good health and which detract from good health. For the past three years, Rick has meticulously measured, organized and graphed-in a way never before done-the impact that different foods and combination of foods have on blood sugar and weight gain or loss. That information in What Should I Eat means lower blood sugar and weight loss for Type 2 diabetics and better blood sugar control for Type 1 diabetics. And for the two thirds of all American adults who are anywhere between slightly overweight and obese, What Should I Eat is your answer to a longer, healthier, more enjoyable life. Rick Mystrom, former mayor of Anchorage, Alaska; has thrived with Type 1 diabetes for 50 years-with no diabetic complications! In What Should I Eat he clarifies and graphs the answer to 'Type 2 diabetic's' most frequently asked health questions: how to solve diabetes, lose weight, and live healthy.