If trends continue, one in ten adults will suffer from diabetes by the end of the decade.įor June, from Crowthorne, Berkshire, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2018, the results were extraordinary – at least at first. The blood sugar condition, which dramatically increases the risk of heart attacks, kidney failure, stroke, amputations and blindness, affects more than five million people and costs the NHS £10 billion a year.Īnti-diabetes drugs alone cost £746 million in 2021/22, up from £423 million in 2015/16.

The groundbreaking slimming plan, developed by a team at Newcastle University, involves consuming just 800 calories a day for up to four months in order to lose between 22lb and 33lb (10kg to 15kg) – enough, experts say, for most people to reverse the condition.Īlso known as the 'soups and shakes' diet – because meals are replaced with low-calorie liquid variants – it is being offered on the NHS after trials found it could help curb the nation's escalating type 2 diabetes crisis. Her first book Passion’s Bride was published in 1984 and won first place for best pirate romance from Romantic Times.June Davidson was deservedly proud of her achievement after following an extreme diet that put her type 2 diabetes into remission. Goodman has written over 30 historical romances along with short stories and novellas. Goodman loves history and likes to fit her characters and plot together, so that historical facts, attitudes, etc.

“One grounds me in reality and the other offers me a break from it,” she says on her Historical Romance Writers page.Īs executive director of Family Connections in West Virginia’s northern panhandle, Goodman says she is “inspired by the resiliency and courage of the children she meets and feels privileged to be trusted with their stories, the ones they alone have the right to tell.” She began writing early in her counseling career because the only life scripts she could control were the ones she wrote. Goodman feels her jobs as writer and social worker complement each other. Since most people call her Jo, and her last name, Dobrzanski, roughly translates to “good man,” she selected this moniker for publication.

Jo Goodman, the historical romance author, is really Joanna Dobrzanski, the executive director of a mental health facility in West Virginia’s northern panhandle.

Everything I Ever Wanted by Jo Goodman