Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 288 pages
- Published by: Rodale Books
- Edition: 1st Edition December 26, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1594865280
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1594865282
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Product Description
Offering new hope to millions, this new nutritional approach to diabetes will dramatically alter the way we think about treating the disease
Until now, most health professionals have considered diabetes a one-way street. Once you developed it, you were stuck with it—and you could anticipate one complication after another, from worsening eyesight and nerve symptoms to heart and kidney problems.
Enter Dr. Neal Barnard, who through a series of groundbreaking studies, the latest funded by the National Institutes for Health, has shown it doesn’t have to be that way. By following the diet outlined in this book, readers can control blood sugar three times more effectively than with the
American Diabetes Association’s diet and, beyond that, improve their bodies’ ability to respond to insulin—in effect reversing the defining symptom of the disease. And there’s more. Study participants lost weight, were able to cut back on and sometimes even discontinue medications, and left behind tedious exchange plans in favor of delicious foods in generous portions.
It’s a new way to treat diabetes. It’s about time.
About The Author
NEAL D. BARNARD, MD, is a physician, clinical researcher, and adjunct associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine. His books include
Breaking the Food Seduction, Foods That Fight Pain, and
Eat Right, Live Longer. He lives in Washington, DC.
Reader ReviewsOK, so the diet is very much like the Dean Ornish program for reversing heart disease. A decade ago, I couldn't follow the diet, but it's funny what diabetes-related eye surgery, plus the wider availability of soy foods, can accomplish. The basic message is simple: No animal fat or protein, eat all the low glycemic-index carbs you want, and reduce all fats as much as possible. The fat reduction has been the hard part for me, though my fat intake has been greatly reduced. Results? In one month: Blood glucose average is now what my fasting glucose used to be. I have cut one of my meds in half. My medicated blood pressure is now within a very acceptable range. I have lost more than ten pounds. I am happier, feel healthier, and I am not hungry all the time! To make this program work, you need to commit to it. But, I have found this much easier than my Weight Watchers experience five years ago and don't really feel the urge to cheat on this diet.
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