Diabetes Books

Who has time in today's world for meals that take 2 and three hours to prepare - this book has recipes that are easy and quick to prepare, not to mention delicious. With my families lifestyle always in hurry-up mode this book is exactly what we needed. The book is full of recipes that take the guesswork out of preparing meals for diabetics and I love the many informative tips located throughout the pages. A great book for anyone caring for diabetics - highly recommended!

Let Zonya Foco be your guide as you learn how to save time, eat smart, and lose weight. With over 175 recipes, Lickety-Split Diabetic Meals features meals that can be prepared in minutes, and each recipe includes a healthy tip to help you save time, exercise better, and eat right. Lickety-Split Diabetic Meals is a one-of-a-kind resource - part cookbook, part meal planner, and part self-management guide. Learn how to change the life you have into the life you want

First, let me say that I have really enjoyed my orginal "Lickety Split Meals" cookbook. So when I saw that there was an updated version I decided to order one for my mom's birthday back in February. I also decided to get an updated version for myself and Amazon happened to be offering a special "buy both" price for "Lickety Split Meals" and "Lickety Split Diabetic Meals" which had to be pre-ordered for it's August release. Since my dad had just been diagnosed with diabetes, and his birthday is in August, I jumped on the offer thinking how great it would be for him to have a cookbook geared especially to diabetics. Well, after waiting six months I just got the cookbook and I am SO sad and disappointed because it has the EXACT SAME recipes and tips as the regular "Lickety Split Meals" cookbook!! The only difference is the cover and the addition of about 5 tips. It would be senseless for me to give this book to my dad since it is really no different than the one my mom already has. Why Amazon decided to offer these books together, I will never know. My advice: If you already own "Lickety Split Meals" don't waste your money on this.

I have never planned meals before; I've always just cooked whatever I had on hand. But this cookbook has helped me learn to meal plan and shop for only items I need for the week. I have been using this cookbook exclusively for 12 weeks now, and we love the meals. My whole picky family is eating each night and looking forward to what is being cooked. We discuss which of that weeks meals they would like to see again and I make notes on that recipes page. The spices and veggies in the dishes really give everything great taste and help fill you up without the extra carbs or fats. With the "15 minute meals" and "30 minute meals" sections, even on busy nights I can have something ready to eat quickly. My diabetes is doing much better with these meals and the exercise Zonya (author) encourages you to do. She has even included exercise ideas for you to get out and do while the dish is baking.

The writer of the first review is correct; the recipes for these two books are nearly the same except that the American Diabetes Association has evaluated Lickety-Split Diabetic Meals and posted nutritional and exchange /choice information along side each recipe --- to ensure it meets ADA guidelines for people with diabetes.

People with diabetes depend on this additional information to manage their glucose levels and to plan & prepare their meals. If you have diabetes or have a family member who does -- you'll want to purchase Lickety-Split Diabetic Meals. Foco is a registered dietitian and a certified health and fitness instructor

As the parent of two children with type 1 diabetes, I looked for reading materials to explain to them what they will go through. I was disappointed in this book because it dwells on the negative aspects. I could understand addressing the negatives (multiple daily blood sugar checks, insulin injections), but it stresses the lack of candy and being unable to eat pasta as much as before. Pasta and candy can be part of a diabetic meal plan, as long as the carbohydrates are counted.

Instead of concentrating on what the author is being deprived, I would have rather seen a broader discussion of nutrition, since nutrition knowledge is essential to managing diabetes.

If this child truly feels negative and deprived, those are honest feelings. My children won't be reading this book, however, since they already have positive feelings of what they can do, instead of what they can't.

While the content of this book was excellent, I was even more drawn to the illustrations. Ms. Jones demonstrates poignancy, wisdom, wit, and whimsy in portraying the book's message, always remembering that kids have great sensibilities and that, while words may teach us, viual appeal "sits us down" to be taught.

A delight to the eye.

What a treasure! Adair manages, as only children seem to do easily, to convey truthfully and honestly what it feels like inside to be diagnosed with diabetes (or any other major condition, I imagine). The "little girl" in me finally felt someone understood! There is much good medical information, in plain old English. But what is remarkable is how Adair verbalizes what it feels like, not only physically but emotionally, to have diabetes. Thank you, Adair!

My 9 year old son was just diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. He has never been interested in reading . He received this book as a gift and started reading. He finished it in 4 days and has never finished a chapter book in his life. We need more books about kids with diabetes for him to read. Excellent book.

I read Sugar Was My Best Food to learn more about what it must have been like for my husband when he became a diabetic at age 13. I was so impressed by the honest feelings expressed by the young author, and by the tremendous support he got from his family. Anybody who loves or works with a child with juvenile diabetes should read this terrific book. And diabetic kids should read it to learn how heroic they are and that things will get better with time.

Third Opinion, the fourth edition, dated 2005 is the most up-to-date and contains information like email and website contacts not included in previous edition like the 1997 and earlier. Any reviews that critique earlier versions as out of date are not relevant with this newer edition now available.

This is a must read for anyone who is seeking alternative information about cancer and other degenerative diseases. Learn the details of treatments being used at major clinics world-wide.The only book of its' kind.

This book is extremely helpful, very informative, and a must-buy for anyone seeking information about alternative healing practices for cancer and a range of other degenerative diseases. The author is obviously a very intelligent and handsome man. His knowledge of the subject is extensive, and the book is very well-researched. John Fink should be given an award for his work on this book.

This book is a "must have" for those who need to know where to go for alternative cancer (and other degenerative disease) therapies, as the author already did the homework for you. He lists all the names, addresses, and phone numbers of various clinics around the world, as well as the diseases they treat (along with their therapies), and also the length of treatment and cost. It is an extremely well researched book and probably one of the most important reference books one can own, as this information can be vital to one's life.

As the author of 3 mass market books on cancer and health, I can say that Fink's 1997 book was very useful up until about 3 years ago. However, the information contained in it is now very outdated, due in part, to the rapidly changing landscape of alternative cancer treatments and practitioners in the US and abroad. Also, a number of so called 'alternative health-practitioners' do operate at less-than scrupulous levels, and tend to pack up and leave town for greener pastures from time to time. [By the way, anyone considering an alternative therapy should always ask the therapist for records and clinical data in support of their therapy; the one's who don't provide such should be suspect, and often, it's these folks who don't seem to be in business for very long durations.] Overall, Fink's book is a fairly decent introduction to alternative therapies---however overly optimistic the tone is from time to time. However, don't blindly accept the information for its accuracy.

I bought this book almost immediately when I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. It (along with general info from with web) got me acquainted with how I should eat with my diabetes, and made me feel more comfortable with my ability to cope with my condition.

This book contains a wealth of information on what kinds of things you can eat, as well as various tables and lists of things you can eat along with relevant data on each item in many cases.

Overall, this was an excellent book for me, and I am sure it would help others in my same situation.

Family memeber with diabetes currently came to reside within our household and not being sure of the disease we found this book a fair informative guideline to helping the family member with the control of their sugar and keep the other memebers lifes unchanged but helped us all eat healthier.

The information in the book was okay, but the exchange lists and diet information we formatted poorly and were a little simplistic. That was the main reason I bought the book so I was a little disappointed. On the other hand, it did contain some good basic info.

This book stands out from others because goes beyond just telling you WHAT to do to manage your diabetes, it also tells you the WHY. By helping you understand the reasoning behind dietary and exercise guidelines, the author gives you the knowledge you need to make intelligent decisions when presented with situations not covered by guidelines alone. She seems to understand that everything isn't always black and white in life, and you have to make choices based on many factors.

I'm newly diagnosed. Since I'm not on any medications (and hope to keep it that way for as long as possible), the two tools I have to manage my diabetes are exercise and diet. This book addresses the diet aspect very well, while touching on the importance of exercise. It's not a scientific text, so it doesn't go into excruciating detail. It's an easy read. She helps you understand how the body works without diabetes, and then explains what happens differently when you have diabetes. You'll come to understand how different foods affect your blood glucose level - and WHY. Which allows you to understand and develop your own meal plan if you don't have access to a nutritionist. If you do, you'll better understand why your nutritionist makes the recommendations she does, and you will have the knowledge to discuss various options with her.

This may not be the first thing you want to read if you've just discovered you need to live in a way that manages your blood glucose levels. There are higher level overview books; educational websites run by the Joslin Center or American Diabetes Association; or better yet, diabetes management programs taught by diabetes educators and nutritionists at most local hospital that will give you a solid foundation. Ask your doctor about local programs if he hasn't recommended it to you already.

With that knowledge under your belt, this is an excellent book to take you down to the next level of detail.

One of the most appreciated aspects of the American Diabetes Association is the publishing of cookbooks specifically designed for the needs of diabetics and pre-diabetics who must transition from unhealthy diets to healthy ones. Now in a newly updated and expanded second edition, "The Complete Quick & Hearty Diabetic Cookbook" continues their outstanding series of culinary compendiums by showcasing more than two hundred delicious, low-fat recipes that are thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' in their preparation (especially when under time constraints for today's busy schedules) while highlighting 'old-fashioned good taste'. Ranging from English Beef Stew; Linguine with Garlic Broccoli Sauce; and Oven-Baked Chicken Tenders; to Grilled Salmon with Dill Sauce; Artichokes Parmesan; and Griddle Corn Cakes, "The Complete Quick & Hearty Diabetic Cookbook" is an enthusiastically recommended compendium of palate pleasing, appetite satisfying, diabetes compatible dishes. Another also very highly recommended additions to diabetic friendly cookbook collections from the American Diabetes Association is their new edition of "One Pot Meals For People With Diabetes (9781580402637, $14.95) presenting more than 125 quick and easy recipes for soups, stews, casseroles, and more. Also not to be overlooked in a newly expanded second addition is the American Diabetes Association's "Quick & Easy Diabetic Recipes For One" (9781580402644, $14.95) which in addition to a culinary wealth of delicious dishes, includes helpful tips on meal planning, shopping, food preparation, and food storage for diabetics living on their own.

I received this book for Christmas and it a major disappointment. I am a diabetic and very concerned about carbohydrates and associated glucose. This book strives to make every recipe as low-fat as possible, which is good as far as trying to reduce calories and aid weight loss; however, if you are diabetic and concerned with carbohydrates and glucose, it can do more harm than good. The majority of the recipes are laden with high carbohydrates such as bread crumbs, rice, potatoes, high-sugar fruits, and other items. Of the over 250 recipes, there are only 51 that I would even consider for my own use. The others are so outrageously high in carbohydrates that they could possible harm someone. The sad part is that since this book is by the American Diabetes Association, some people will think they can use any recipe in this book and be OK. In this day and age it is unconscionable not to take the total carbohydrate grams of a serving into account when compiling such a book. In my opinion, only one-fifth of the book is of value in that respect, and the other recipes could result in hyperglycemic conditions and should not be used.

I am pre-diabetic. That means my blood sugar lab result is close to full-blown diabetes. I'm trying to avoid the full-blown. So, I bought this book. I'm so glad I found it! I love the familiar, homestyle recipes. I haven't yet tried fructose, an ingredient used. But Splenda has a 50/50 product, half sugar-half Splenda that I'm using. There is a wonderful lowfat, low sugar recipe for scones. Helpful black and white photographs are included. The print is large. Each recipe only takes up one page. There are no extraneous health tips which I don't need in a cookbook. The recipes are mouth watering. I highly recommend this book! I just hope it never goes out of print.

My husband was told he's prediabetic and needed to get his house in order so to speak. I checked this book out from the library along with several others and this is the one I'm buying. All the recipes are tasty and low in fat. They seem to balance the carbs and the protein so I don't have to worry about that aspect of cooking. I'm amazed at the things I can cook that I would normally think are verboten to someone watching calories. The mac and cheese was as good as full fat versious I've had. We've also tried the Spicy Gumbo and thought it was very tasty and all the recipes are quick with not too much preparation. I noted that one review said there were too many carbs, my husband is supposed to eat between 25 and 40 per meal so for us this was perfect.

This book contains everything you need to know about how to support your friends and family members who have diabetes. My mom was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few months ago and I have 3 co-workers with diabetes. Two of them are on insulin, and one wears an insulin pump. I feel so much more comfortable after reading this book...it's amazing! I now know exactly what to do if one of them is having an episode of low blood sugar. This book told me just what to expect when a person has a low blood sugar reaction, and how to treat a reaction. I really love the section on how to handle special situations such as weddings, birthdays, and holidays. Since I invite my mom over for dinner frequently, it's important for me to know what kinds of meals to prepare. This book has it all. Great meal plans, practical tips, up-to-date sound advice and more. The question and answer format is easy-to-read and covers so much information about diabetes. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who has a family member or a friend who has diabetes. It's even helpful for the person who has diabetes.

This book goes to show what happens when dieticians instead of doctors write books containing medical information. While the Q & A format is easy to read many of the answers are based on science taught 100 years ago. An example: to the author calories are king a belief disputed by many discoveries of the twentieth century. Gehling when asked about low carbohydrate diets and their ability to control glucose levels responds that they could only work for a short time and the resulant weight loss can be attributed to water loss. Water loss? A friend who went on this diet reduced serum cholestrol by 34 points and dropped SIXTY pounds. Yet the author would have you believe that water loss caused the weight drop. It's this kind of closed mindedness that diabetics and their families don't need to be exposed to. Michael and Mary Eades authors of the best selling "Protein Power" have over twenty years of experience running a weight loss clinic proving the efficacy of the high protein, low carbohydrate diet. Perhaps the author should try and convince them that water is all that's being lost. There are many better and more informative texts. Check out the "American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes" for helpful information. Avoid this book.

The Family & Friends Guide to Diabetes is a wonderful compilation of helpful information for people with diabetes as well as those who love them. It is filled to the brim with up-to-date informtion and helpful tips, explaining medical facts and offering helpful suggestions on how to be supportive of your loved one with diabetes. The 282 page book answers questions about everything from what to serve for holiday meals to emotional challenges faced by people whith diabetes. If you cook or entertain people with diabetes, you will enjoy the many practical cooking and meal planning suggestions offered.

There is a section in the book about high protein diets which doesn't encourage their use, though people have tried these diets and a few individuals may have been successful initially. The American Diabetes Association does not endorse the high protein, low carbohydrate diet at this point as a means for treating diabetes due to the possible harmful side effects they may cause. Thus far these diets have not been shown to be successful for individuals in scientific studies. The American Diabetes Association and Geihling cannot endorse their use for this reason anymore than using a medication or other medical treatment which may be medically harmful and has not been proven to be successful in scientific studies.

As friends, family members or coworkers of people who have diabetes, we often feel helpless and unable to do anything other than stand by and watch the individual grapple with challenges of the disease. This book offers us a positive resource to learn how we can take an active role, helping friends or family members take good care of themselves and their diabetes.

Based in science but translated for the everage person, this question and answer format resource provides just what friends and families need to know to learn to deal with someone's diabetes. The book does an excellent job dispelling common myths about the disease and it't treatment, especially important myths like eating sugar causes diabetes, or once you have diabetes you will lose your limbs. Interactive opportunities are sprinkled throughout, so readers have the chance to explore their own feelings, methods of interacting with others, how they support the person with diabetes in the way food is made available and prepared. Definitely a book to read and keep as a reference for those times when the diabetes seems overwhelming and confusing. Included is a thorough list of resources to read, explore and contact. This book makes the reader able to take a deep breath and feel like things are going to be ok.

Nicely organized cookbook. Not hard for the newly-diagnosed diabetic to follow. Has good info in it for the diabetic, and what recipes we've tried so far have been tasty. Wish it had pictures of the prepared food, though.

Fix-it and Enjoy-it! Diabetic Cookbook: Stove-Top and Oven Recipes-for Everyone! (Fix-It and Enjoy-It!) We ave purchased the book, but we have not prepared any of the foods in it. When we return home, my wife is very excited about preparing some of the recipes she has seen in the book. Ingrid & Bob Forcier

A very good cookbook for a Diabetic! Easy, good, and quick recipes for all kinds of meals!

I have purchased several diabetic cookbooks in the last year and this one is a major disappointment. Every baked goods recipe that I have tried has been way too dry and the meat recipes have been humdrum. Save your money and buy the Marlene Koch Splenda recipe books instead. They have all been fantastic.

In the six separate patient studies comprising Why Do We Fall Ill?: The Story Hiding In The Body, Dr. Luis Chiozza explores the question of how helpful an articulate patient is to the determination of why and how a somatic disorder develops, and the choice and impact of therapeutic options. Why Do We Fall Ill? will prove of tremendous interest and value to medical students, practicing physicians, health care providers, and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the psychological treatment of "somatic" disorders to improve the outcome of therapy.

Dr. Chiozza and collegues in an attempt to explore/articulate the connection between body and mind seems to have fixated on a rather bizarre theory. If you believe that Freud, Freudian theory has ANY serious merit, validity in todays world, this tome will work just fine for you.

If not, put it BACK on the shelf with other Freudian work(s), and avoid it like the plague...

Following Freud's findings, CHIOZZA pursues the concept of a language of the body, that provides a clue for the understanding of the different diseases. Once the body language is deciphered, the disease can be understood as a means of communication, as well as the expression of the drama that is suffered by the patient. This book consists of six investigations developed by the Department of Research of the Weizsaecker Medical Consultation Center, headed by Dr. LUIS CHIOZZA. The book explains the method for the psychoanalytic understanding of the patient, and of the role that the disease plays in each particular case. Thus, each patient is seen as a story in which the disease is both the symbol and the shelter of a drama that unfolds in the malfunctioning of the body.

This book is excellent. It is a starting point, which is a turning point in the conception of somatic ilnesses. This book gives us the elements to think of the specific meaning of each somatic disorder. Dr. Chiozza and colleagues comnicate findings from their many years of research (at the Luis Chiozza Foundation in Argentina) of the hidden affects in somatic disorders. The authors, following Freud, in an idea that has not beeb worked through by psychoanalysts, think that each affect has an "innervation key" - an unconscious affective structure - that determines his specific quality. As Freud said, "supress the development of a conflictive affect is the true aim of repression". Dr. Chiozza explain that the impossibility of the conscious discharge affect motivated by repression promotes the discharge of the cathexis across one element of the innervation key of each affect. In "somatic ilnesses" some elements of an affect's innervation key are more intensely invested than others. When its innervation key is thus deformed, an affect may be hidden in that it is perceived as a somatic process. It is in this sense that physical disorders are thought of as hidden affects. The author's way in exposing the research of somatic disorders such as headache, cerebrovascular disease,diabetes, respiratory disorders and asthma, and bone disorders, among others, it's very interesting and appealing. All of them hold to a similar research framework. In each disorder, Dr. Chiozza and colleagues detect a specific unconscious fantasy, which enlarges our knowledge of what happens in an ill person. I highly recommended this book to psychoanalysts and clinicians, ans perhaps we can reconsider and expand our concepts of the role of psychoanalytical inquiry in the study and inverstigation of somatic disorders.

My son is five and he really enjoys this book. This is the book he choose for me to read to his class last spring to explain his diabetes to them. We regularly talk about insulin keys and unlocking the carbs now. I really think this book helped him "get it". He doesn't like having diabetes but it helps all of us that he understands why he has to have the shots. It reminds me quite a lot of The Magic School Bus books.

This book explains and explores diabetes in general terminology which will be helpful to recently diagnosed children and their parents. My 4-year old son has diabetes and I wish I would have purchased it when he was first diagnosed.

This book has helped me to answer many questions that my four-year-old daughter has had since being diagnosed with diabetes. It has excellent illustrations and cleverly explains what diabetes is and why our bodies need insulin.

This book is written in painfully poor verse. My boy, who was 5 or so when we got the book, liked it, though, so it's not all bad. But if you can't bear uneven meter and forced, stretched, and mauled rhymes, you may want to pass on this and find something crafted with more skill.

This book has really helped me find a way to live comfortably with the limitations put on my diet by this disease. It even includes information on the use of stevia--a new, natural (non-chemical) sugar substitute readily available in health food stores. I would recommend "What to Eat" to anyone with diabetes, whether Type I or Type II.

I was very excited to receive this book, but was disappointed upon reading it. I am a librarian who specializes in biological information, and I found this book to be full of both scientific and editorial errors.

The authors can't decide if there are 9 or 11 essential amino acids (most authorities say 8 or 9), and they sometimes mix up amino acids with fatty acids. These and most of the other biological errors are so basic that a high-school biology student should know better. As for the writing, I found non-sensical sentences and entire paragraphs misplaced (such as two paragraphs on legumes under the heading of fruit, instead of the previous heading of legumes where it clearly belonged). It appears that the text was not actually reviewed by a professional editor before it was published.

These scientific and editorial errors are extensive and can make the information presented somewhat confusing. Even worse, it indicates a lack of quality that makes all the information presented highly questionable. This is particularly bad because the authors often push very controversial points of view, which really need to be backed up by a high quality review of good science.

If you do read this book, I highly recommend that you also read books by other authors to get a more balanced view of how to live with diabetes.

"What to Eat If You Have Diabetes" is a great resource for anyone with diabetes, their family members and friends. This book covers everything from the physiology of our bodies to dietary plans. It gives detailed explanations of how diabetes effects the body and what role diet and medications take in the battle against this disease.

There are chapters on exercise and how to eat smart while traveling.

The authors have also included a "suggested reading materials" list.

This book has two main sections. Section one explains the phisiology of diabetes and of certain foods. If you ever wanted to know exactly how certain food groups effects your body's responses, read this section. It is fascinating. The authors themselves tell you to skip this section if you have no interest in it.

Section two describes exactly what foods & supplements are beneficial to eat if you are diabetic and why. It also lists foods in the category (ie: high fiber foods). That is the beauty of this book. many books tell you to eat complex carbohydrates, more fiber, etc but they hardly indentify the foods. The authors also talk about the Glyclemic index which rates foods according to how fast they convert into glucose in your body.