July 21, 2010
The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes: The Definitive Guide to Managing Diabetes and Prediabetes Using the Glycemic Index
Category: Diabetes
- ISBN13: 9781569243077
- Condition: New
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Product Description
The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes is the first comprehensive guide to using the glycemic index to control type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and more. The book features the latest, most accurate information with new findings by the authors. It includes GI-based recipes and menus for type 1, type 2, prediabetes, gestational diabetes, and juvenile diabetes, as well as related conditions like obesity and celiac disease, plus practical dietary guidance on sugar, sweeteners, alcohol, snacking, and eating out.
5 Responses to “The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes: The Definitive Guide to Managing Diabetes and Prediabetes Using the Glycemic Index”
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July 21st, 2010 at 2:07 pm
The book deals with dieting viewed from the “Glycemic Index” point of view which in my opinion is a long overdue consideration in the management of diabetes. The book has sections for Type I Diabetics, Type II Diabetics, “Understanding Diabetes”, “Managing Diabetes”, “Managing Prediabetes”, “Pregnancey, Birth, Breast Feeding and Diabetes”, and Dietary Tables.
An example of the change of view, is the allowability of fructose in the diabetic diet. In my 1910 Encyclopedia Brittanica the article on diabetes says that fructose is a preferable sweetener to glucose or sucrose. For the last 50 years, the dietetic attitude has been to minimize any sugar in the diet, including fructose. “The New Glucose Revolution” on the other hand says, “It (fructose) stands out from the crowd (of sweeteners), being sweeter than sugar providing the same number of calories, but having only one third the GI(Glycemic Index). So you can use less fructose to achieve the same level of sweetness, and as a result, consume fewer calories and experience a much smaller rise in your blood glucose levels.” This quotation demonstrates the viewpoint of this book in its balanced discussions of glycemic index, and the reduction in calories for weight control. Oddly, it vindicates some of the medicine of our Victorian ancestors as well.
Roger K. Lee
Rating: 4 / 5
July 21st, 2010 at 4:40 pm
I’m newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I bought this and another book after checking the web for diet guidlines and mostly finding “eat healthy” or “buy my pills.” The most helpful parts of this book for me are
Diet – Remember serving size. A high glycemic index isn’t bad if the serving size is small. This is the difference between glycemic load (what a serving will do to your blood glucose) and glycemic index (what a ‘standard ammount’ would do). And a little sugar is o.k. (I eat 1-2 Dove dark chocolate pieces after dinner.)
Exercise – Maximum improvement using insulin to process blood glucose with minimum perceived effort comes from walking 40 minutes every other day.
It’s been 6 weeks since I started taking meds and about a month since I started following the exercise and diet suggestions. All my blood glucose readings for the last two weeks have been under 125.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 21st, 2010 at 5:20 pm
“This is an excellent and easy to read comprehensive Guide that will help people suffering with any type of diabetes to take responsibility for and properly manage all aspects of their disease under the guidance of their health care team, by adapting a healthy diet and lifestyle with the right behavioral attitude, thereby attaining the best quality of life they can within the constraints of this potentially debilitating disease. Indeed, I believe that anyone who is diagnosed as even being at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes should conscientiously study this Book.”
Rating: 5 / 5
July 21st, 2010 at 5:25 pm
There are too many sources on diabetes that accept the American diet as a given, and just try to get you to tweak it at the edges. Too many organizations like the ADA, that want members dues, sell their products to make money, and take funds from the food industry that is busy destroying Americans’ health. Too many “experts” who won’t go the extra mile to change our eating habits.
These Aussies who wrote this book are for real. Sure, they accept that diabetics, like all of use, eat some stuff that is not great. But they go the extra mile, and make sure that vegetarian and vegan eating are part of the discussion. It’s not just about portions; it’s about the right stuff, in proportion. And they make the science of their wisdom very accessible.
It is a must-read for diabetics, and a must-read for all Americans slowly being poisoned by a diet of mammoth hamburgers, greasy fries, and globs of ice cream.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 21st, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Using the glycemic index for making choices about what to eat has been a tremendous help. This way of eating is not difficult and made a huge difference in my health. I recommend it to everyone!
Rating: 5 / 5