- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Career Press (31 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1564144267
- ISBN-13: 978-1564144263
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,488,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Discusses the physiological causes of diabetes, available treatments, and the dietary implications of the disease, and offers recipes and restaurant and supermarket tips.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was recently diagnosed as a diabetic and stumbled upon this book more by chance than anything. I was immediately struck by both its readability and appeal to browse. I learnt more about diabetes in a 15 minute scan of this book than anything else I have read.
The book contains a practical account of the issues surrounding diabetes as well as suggesting some interesting recipes and web sites. Parts of the book deals with issues on a question and answer basis which makes it a good light read.
It is clearly geared to the Americam market in terms of some of the products it refers to in recipies etc. but that does not detract from an excellent "no medical jargon" text. There are also some useful website addresses included. Because of its usefulness in terms of dietary advice I will probably buy further copies to give to my parents and friends so they understand my dietary needs better when inviting me over for meals. The book is sufficiently light and concise to make me feel it will not be a burden to them to read it.
All in all a gem of book and my thanks go to Elaine Magee for a very readable and helpful text. Now only time will tell how effective the advice is!
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67 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Positive Advice
28 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
Instead of telling you what you can't eat, Elaine Magee tells you what you can eat. There is great advice on managing blood sugar levels, as well as, advice for general well being. Aside from positive advice about nutrition, Ms. Magee also explains what is happening to your body when you have type II diabetes. A well rounded guide that gives you simple, practical things which help you cope with the symptoms.
99 of 111 people found the following review helpful
"Mouth-watering recipes"?!
24 May 2002
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If your idea of "mouth-watering recipes that you can't live without" includes ingredients like 1/3 lowfat American processed cheese, lowfat or fat-free cream cheese and sour cream, lowfat frozen french fries, and powdered Ranch dip mix, then I guess this is the diabetic-diet advice book for you. As for me, eating lowfat American cheese is akin to gnawing on a PVC pipe - pure chemicals. And eating fat-free cream cheese is like eating your art gum eraser. I can live without such recipes. Essentially, this book is for people who are used to quickie recipes and fast food chains and want to still eat that way but try to control their blood glucose levels. The popularity of the Joanna Lund style of "cooking" certainly suggests that there are many who cannot give up such things as chocolate cream pie and are willing to accept the substitutes of fat-free, sugar-free chocolate pudding mix pie topped with Lite Cool Whip. For those who fall into this group, this book has a number of useful tables giving the calories, carbohydrates, fat, protein and salt values for prepackaged common brand name cereals, frozen desserts, cookies, pasta sauces, salad dressings, frozen entrees and frozen pizza. The same breakdowns are also provided for restaurant chain food, such as Denny's, Jack-in-the-Box, Wendy's, MacDonald's, Burger King, Subway, Kentucky Fried Chicken and donut shops. However, if one doesn't eat this way, has type II diabetes and wants to figure out a glucose-controlling diet, this book is worthless. I think this is important to point out because I purchased this book based on the two glowing reviews and am now out the purchase price. Indeed, the book does try to take a postive attitude in telling diabetes what they CAN eat, but the general information can be gotten in much more detail in other books. I would make a recommendation, but I am in the early stages of this research and have not yet found a diabetic diet advice book that I would whole-heartedly recommend for those who avoid processed food. So far, the best has been "The Diabetes Food and Nutrition Bible" which did offer some useful recipes, but even that book has menu plans that include frozen entrees, canned fruit cocktail, frozen waffles and margarine.
20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Is this Homer Simpson's version of diabetic advice?
20 Sep 2003
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was absolutely shocked when I read this! I threw it in the garbage!I don't know what kind of diet she has looked at for diabetics but mine doesn't include cafe mocha with chocolate syrup,or cookies with white sugar,brown sugar,and syrup, or donuts!If I followed this book I have no idea what would happen to my blood sugar!my diet does not incorporate the things she says one can eat with diabetes,like 2 big slices of pizza at a meal! Come on now -get real!Ice cream bars? cookies?pizza?donuts?If you want to lower your blood sugar and get off meds forget this book!
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