Diabetes Books

The authors have done an excellent job in improving on their own excellence! What does that mean? It means they have outdone themselves. For example, they have successfully added an informative chapter to this issue on the topic of children and Type 2 Diabetes. For years, we were told that type 2 was largely a middle age on-set disease. Now with the eating habits and the "Couch Potato-Computer games" mindset of the younger generation, that is no longer true. Even the required Physical Education (gym class) has been eliminated in many schools. Hence, diabetes among young people is on the rise.

The new edition contains seventeen comprehensive, very well written chapters with an excellent list of sources from diabetes organizations, support groups and magazines written for diabetics--and all within 410 pages.

Chapters contain information on related problems associated with diabetes including sexual problems (in men and women), high blood pressure, foot pain, blindness, vascular problems, nerves, kidney and urinary problems.

The chapter on food is especially fine and informative reading as it relates to health. Invariably, most diabetics are overweight which, looking at the rules of cause and effect, being overweight has led to diabetes. The authors cover the facts on diet-loss fads that usually fail because people cannot control themselves with self discipline. They point out that the U.S. Government, for the first time, through their U.S. Dept of Agriculture food pyramid, encourages physical exercise as part of a healthy eating strategy. We are making progress, folks.

There isn't time or space available to point out all of the great aspects of this book. To foresee a need for this book--one only needs to observe people as they enter the fast food or all-you-can-eat restaurants or compare little chubby children with their parents--to come to the conclusion that obesity is a nasty problem in the U.S. and, of course, diabetes is a more serious problem.

This book should be read by all type 2 diabetics in the country and more importantly, read by the millions of undetected diabetics who wish to save their limbs, their eyes and their lives.

Armchair Interviews agrees.

What information this book does have is very well-organized, clearcut, easy to understand. Not very unique information nor in depth. A decent introductory book but not good to have if you already have or plan on buying other good books on diabetes. Too many of what would have been helpful sections spend a page or two basically telling you to consult your insurance, your dietician or other sources--I'd say more than 1/3 of the book doesn't really contain information.

I had the unique opportunity to meet one-on-one, have phone conversations, and exchange emails with the author while I was reading this work. Lisa Roney is a brilliant, delightful, and well-balanced person. She is an extremely successful professional in her field.

Within five minutes of meeting, Lisa disclosed her diabetes to me, but never dwelled on it. She was very open and realistic in discussing her struggles whenever the context was appropriate, but was positive towards life and was not negative or depressing, as some have speculated.

As a non-diabetic unfamiliar with the disease, the book itself provided me great insight and empathy for what Lisa and others have dealt with each day of their lives. While the book revolves around diabetes as the central theme in Lisa's life, it is much more about the human condition of how we all must deal with our imperfections and fears, whatever they may be.

Written in a lovely style, the author is never afraid to expose her sensitivity and vulnerabilities, though it also displays that she can be tough as nails in dealing with the paradox of accepting her life's obstacles while tenaciously pursuing its promise.

"Would it not be better to mark the interval together, looking at what is really here, seeing others, telling the truth about our bodies, neither so perfect as we might hope nor so horrible as we dread?"

I also became aware that since the book was published advances in care have been brought about by the insulin pump. It has greatly improved Lisa's life with its flexibility and increased control.

"Sweet Invisible Body" is not for someone who wants life to be all sugar-coated and Pollyannish. Nonetheless, ultimately this is a story of acceptance, endurance, hope, and beauty.

Roney provides a great description of the struggle with diabetes that, as a Type I, I can relate to, but it was really mush to pore through. It seemed every sentence was about a paragraph long, with too many seemingly irrelevant details thrown in. A typical sentence: "At last, at long last, I entered the City of Love, of wine and fine cuisine, of Notre Dame and the Louvre, of Cezanne, the American expatriate writers, Foucault and Kristeva, of..." and the sentence just goes on and on. It is as if she doesn't have faith that the reader will follow the book unless she explains everything in enormous detail. It is like she never went beyond Creative Writing 101, where yes you must describe, describe, and then some. But taking a more realistic, believable front would have been more effective.

Only in the last fifth of the book does she shed some of her pretentious shell. She very eloquently describes the alienation she feels, and one senses that she is more emotionally engaged as she writes about her relationship woes, as it is free from all the flowery junk. My advice: Read chapter nine and skip the rest.

The first third of this book was great. Roney provides a great description of many of the difficulties & experiences that I encounter on regular basis as a person with Type 1 diabetes. I thought, "Finally! Here was a book that accurately describes what life with diabetes is really like!" But the middle third of the book mucked it up. The author goes into far too much detail about the her sex life and her relationship woes. It was a struggle for me to get through this part. The author went on & on & on, "woe is me, my life is miserable." Roney blames everything that's wrong in her life on her diabetes, and I found it extremely difficult to listen to her wallowing. In the last third of the book, the author moves away from her self-pitying and she seems to come halfway to terms with her diabetes. Unfortunately, this was just too little too late. It was simply not enough to redeem the book. I wanted to like this book. The beginning had such promise ...but the middle was just so pathetic that I can't give it more than 2 stars. My advice: skip this book & read "Needles" by Andie Dominick instead.

I have been a type1 diabetic for 32 years. I found the stuff Lisa went through to have a lot of parallels in my own life, and I was also an art major in college, and like horses. The isolation, people who think you're lazy when you're actually exhausted, the high and low blood sugar levels, the decrepancy between having a deadly disease and looking "normal", and feeling like you're different from everyone else seem to be things that all type 1 diabetics have in common. She has a brilliant way with words that make her book so descriptive of these things. Everyone who knows or is a type 1 diabetic should read this book!

This book seems to be the author's search to justify her existence. It's self-indulgent twaddle.

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1969 at the age of 4, and although the disease can and does bring challenges, the manner in which Lisa Roney shows her lack of self-esteem and her need to blame her disease for any and all failings in her life is pure blindness. She simultaneously claims to be dying from her disease - as would we all be, in her argument - and yet refusing to "admit" to people that she has the disease. She despairs at the lack of understanding while not being willing to tell people what she endures. She appears all too willing to air it all publicly in this self-indulgent, depressing book.

I sincerely hope that Lisa Roney has learned - at long last - to be at peace with her diabetes and not to expect others to either overlook or focus too heavily on it. In this book she doesn't seem to know which focus she wants "outsiders" to have, let alone herself.

I'd like to give this book zero stars - but Amazon made me choose 1. This book is simply outdated. It falsely clames that the child with diabetes can not have birthday cake and must eat an apple while their peers are enjoying cake! Hogwash!! In this age of home glucose meters, better faster insulin, and insulin pumps it is simply not true. All this book does is continue the false beliefs that are out there that make kids with diabetes feel bad about their condition and make them feel different than their peers.

I took a shapie to my copy and updated the offending pages and altered the text to assert that like any child, a child with diabetes should eat healty - but they can also have treats just like their friends.

But still this book is at the back of our bookshelf and is very rarely read.

This is a very nice book for smaller children. I enjoyed reading this to my 2 year old. There are a few things that have changed since it was published in 1991. Children can now have some candy, ice cream and cake on special occasions and if it's sugar free or low on carbs. But overall this book was a nice way to introduce my child to the understanding that he is not alone and that there are other children who get diabetes.

Please do not buy this book if you have a child just recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. It is very negative and does not accurately represent what children can actually have or not have in terms of food, etc. With the advances in diabetes care children are able to participate in a variety of activites and eat almost any type of food - as long as they are dosed for it. The part about the child not able to eat cake at a birthday party is absurd. Skip this one - there are far better resources available.

We've purchased this book as part of an information package that we give to children who are newly diagnosed. Some of the issues are clearly outdated (for example, the child with DM having to eat the cake without icing whereas now we know that, using carbohydrate counting, this is not necessarily the case). There are positive aspects to the book-reinforcement that there are "special things" that you have to do to stay healthy-blood glucose checks, insulin injections etc... but above all, "you're (still)a regular kid." The book also touches on parental grief/anger at the disease, sibling jealousy, a child's perspective that diabetes means you'll "die" because of the first syllable of the word, "diabetes." In the eyes of our office staff, the positive aspects of this book outweigh the negative or "outdated" material.Maybe a revised edition or sequel could have info on the insulin pump!

My daughter now age 3, absolutely loves this book. She treasures it more than any others. It's true that it does have some outdated material such as not being able to eat certain things, but for her that worked out fine for me anyway because of her multiple food allergies so shes' still limited on what she can have even if it's not because of her diabetes.

the book was great as it continues the Blackthorne/Creed Saga. i loved it , couldn't put it down.

This was a good book, the whole series by Joan Johnston was excellent. I have since gone on to read more of her books. When I got this series wasnt sure I would like it, by I did and so does my sister. Thank You

The writing is great, the story exciting, but Ms. Johnson did not do her research about Texas child support laws. If the couple have joint custady, neither can take the children away from the city where both live. This is a Texas law fact!!

If you are following the saga of the Creed/Blackthorne feud in the Bittercreek series of novels by Joan Johnston, you will find this 4th in the series to be a nice change of pace. In the first three of this saga, "The Cowboy","The Texan", and "The Loner", the focus was on the long lasting hate between the families, and the generation of young lovers that fell for each other ala Romeo and Juliet style, that overcame great odds to be together(with some mystery and danger thrown in the mix to liven things up a bit).

Now, we have come to the story of the youngest of the siblings, Luke Creed. He has been in all the other stories, and now set 12, years after the last one, he is a young hot-shot lawyer, working for an established and prestigious law firm. He is divorced with two young daughters.He is the last of the Creeds to still be seething and bitter over the events of the past that claimed the life of his father. The fact that his mother is now married to his father's worst enemy is not helping matters.

But Luke now has more important matters on his mind. First, his high school sweetheart(finally someone who is not in the enemy camp), is back in town. Luke feels the old feelings, but wants to prove to her that he is not the flake he was back then. Also, and most importantly, his oldest daughter is a diabetic, who is taking a new medicine that is a wonder at keeping her blood sugar in check, but Luke discovers there have been several deaths during the trials.The new enemy is the corporation pushing this drug. They can be lethal and also may have deep connections at his firm. His possible promotion to partner is at stake, but more importantly, so his his daughter's life... he must prove his case, and win the girl! The big question is, can Luke finally put the feud to rest?

I really enjoyed the danger, the twists and turns and the new romance in this one. Miss Johnston makes it a page turner, and sparks new interest and a fresh take in a romance that is finally not as predictable as the others. Also, this one may stand on it's own, as it is not as vital to know the background of the families as the last couple of sequels. Enough info is given to know the score.

Highly enjoyable and recommended to romance/adventure readers and those following the Creed-Blackthorne story....Laurie

I read this as an unabridged audiobook and early on became a little frustrated. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, this is book whoknowswhich# of a long running series. This means the author throws out tons of characters and refers to past events that left me shaking my tired brain in confusion.

It began good enough. Set in Texas two ex-high school lovers, now in their 30's and divorced w/ kids, reunite at Luke's family farm, sort of. Luke desperately wants to get together with Amy who was the love of his life despite the fact that she dumped him to marry a stable doctor-type. She wants none of it, however even though he's rich, handsome and very sexy. Because he's always been a bit of a rebel she turns him down. He licks his wounds and walks away.

Conveniently enough they meet up again in the next chapter over a legal case (what are the chances, you ask?). The two are lawyers and are on opposite sides of a volatile case involving greedy corporate medicine manufacturing kid killing scum. Hmmm, imagine the odds of that, eh? Anyway, Luke is simply trying to climb the legal ladder and is biding his time working in corporate law when he's handed the case.

The book then turns into a little courtroom/mystery blend that was just interesting enough to hold my attention but in the end everything gets too easily wrapped in a tidy little bow.

The only problem will this soft cover copy. Was there is no pictures of the items you are baking!!!!!! Pictures say a thousand words!!!

This diet/cookbook is terrific. I've lost 10 pounds without cravings! That may not sound like a lot, but believe me, it is. The health/nutrition updates in the first 50 pages have helped me realize what I'd been doing wrong. Can't think of any other diet book that gave such great advice, and in such a warm, helpful way. This book's a real ego booster when I'm feeling down or stressed about my weight.

And, since I love chocolate, the book's recommended unsweetened cocoa recipes (no-sugar no-fat fudge sauce!) have helped me fight off hunger. Cocoa is also the highest in antioxidants, something else I hadn't known, so I consider it and the recent studies revealed in this book as a lifesaver. The recipes are also amazingly inventive, using new, better-for-you food products.

I've done about a zillion diets, but I've only gained weight and nearly went nuts from the cravings. No more of that with The Cardiologist's Wife's book. I can't recommend it enough.

Was disappointed that there were not many chocolate desert recipees. I have a hard time dieting because of my chocolate addition and thought I had found the cookbook for me. It's a good cookbook just not enough (hardly any) chocolate.

My doctor recommened this, and said a lot of doctors are recommending it. This book is fantastic, and a shock. Who knew that "fat free evaporated milk" has as much sugar as a candy bar!? I still see "diet" recipes that say "substitute sugar with honey, chopped dates, ripened bananas" -- "ripened" just means the starch breaking down into sugar, and "natural sugar" is still sugar! The authors also help us to understand what's bogus, or just plain wrong even among well-intentioned "diet" recipes. When I got through the book's first chapter I thought WOW that's why no diet has worked for me, or was so hard, or I lost the weight & then gained it back. I'm also thrilled at the thought of fudge sauce on sliced fruit & walnuts every night. I feel so good!

THIS is a diet!? But it works, it's funny and has the most up to date health/nutrition information. Also, since it's both low carb AND low fat, it will be easy to make into a life program.

If you really want to lose weight and improve your health, this is the best diet for the new century. No wonder none of the old diets worked! I can't believe how much I've lost in the month since I started. Ten pounds without cravings! That's because of the cocoa, which helps you go longer without feeling hungry. It's also because of this diet's "makeover" approach to all recipes for all meals. It uses much healthier sugar-free, fat-free, new food products in many of its delicious recipes to create bigger, more filling portions that are still low cal.

It's also the first low carb and low fat diet I've ever heard of. Also valuable is the new health and nutrition information in Parts One & Three of the book. In the past, I've failed at so many diets, not realizing that their claims to "no sugar" & low fat were bogus. This book has a whole section on "hidden sugars in your diet recipes," and I was shocked. That's why I wasn't losing weight!

If you really seriously want to get thin, stay thin, and improve your health, this book is the best.

This book has lots of details in how to follow this type of eating pattern. Recipes and menus are provided as examples. The one thing I would have liked to see dealt with a little more in detail is the science behind the diet. In other words, why and how does it work. Other than that, it's a complete product.

I'm looking for a reasonable way of life that will support physical and emotional health, which I trust will give me a reasonable body, if not an ultra-slim one. Although this programmay be healthy, it doesn't sound like much fun. I get up at 5 a.m., eat breakfast alone and share lunch in 30 minutes (life of a teacher) with colleagues. Being able to have some great dinners with friends or dates is too much to give up, even to be thin. Besides, slim people often eat nice dinners. And the French and Spaniards don't seem to have a problem eating pretty darn late while not having a high incidence of obesity in their societies. I suspect that this might be a way for some people to "trick" themselves into eating less, but not very realistic for most, especially if your issue is eating for emotional reasons. If you are the kind of person who can try things out with curiosity and not get horribly disappointed with yourself if it doesn't work out, it might be for you, but I think there are other ways to learn to just eat reasonably no matter what time of day it is.

You basically eat a big breakfast, decent lunch, and a tiny dinner. I really didn't have to spend $25 to do this. The sunshine tea thing, is hot lemon water. I expected more out of this book, based on all the hype.

I love this program. I have used it after both of my pregnancies and have had great results. I have lost 5 lbs the first week, and I even cheated a little bit. My only compaint is eating the same food for so long. But even if you can only do it for a while it's a great jump start to help you lose weight and get motivated.

It's good not to eat heavily before going to sleep. But how many people want to eat their dinner in the morning? This diet sure isn't for me. I gave it 2 stars because the concept of not eating heavily at night is good for weight loss, since this is the time most people overeat. Other than that, I'd say don't bother. I'm sorry I bought it.

This book is informative , I have been diabetic for a year and I started drinking bitter melon juice and Im also trying bitter melon tea.I have noticed it does help lower my sugar.I recommended this book to friends.

This book is a beam of hope in a world that believes that diabetes has no cure.It is very well documented and researched and you get to better understand the terrible complications of diabetes. If you or a loved one has diabetes,it is definetely worth reading. The new paradigm that this author is bringing about is so inspiring: the shift in diet goes along with a shift of being. As the author says, it is about moving from a culture of death to a culture of life. I don't have diabetes but I found this book so inspiring to me. It brought hope and life within me. I can't wait to read his other books. I think his Tree of Life Center in Arizona is an amazing place for healing.

Great book of information that makes sense for a change. The medical profession makes more money if people do not know these priceless secrets. I am now on chapter five, my fasting blood sugar has dropped over one hundred points and I am not even into the preparation of foods.

Almost a third of the United States population is either suffering from Diabetes or are in severe danger. "There is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program" counters that grim fact with a shining light of optimism, with a three week plan that can assist with reversing type-II diabetes regardless of the history of the patient. A lifestyle change is all that's needed claims MD and author Gabriel Cousens - and "There is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program" is highly recommended for this and for anyone who fears diabetes, and for community library health collections.

I have type 2 Diabetes and I was NOT in any of the categories for getting it except age (62) and genetics (my father has it.) My numbers are usually under 100 (with medication and eating not much). I was hoping this book would broaden my gastronomic horizons. Unless one is willing to spend all day preparing and eating (I don't eat between meals) this book is no help.

How would they know if it cures diabetes? How could you possibly find at least 1,000 people who follow this? There is no scientific research to prove it works-- unless they have people living in a secure environment, for at least a three-month period. Otherwise, they really do not know what anyone is doing.

The recipes are heavy with guacamole, which is high in fat; brown rice which spikes my glucose level. After that, it is Swiss-chard a go-go. Don't waste your time or money. No one can use this in the real world.

I used info gained in this book to help me with my fibromyalgia pain. It has really worked, to my surprise. I am thankful to the author.

I know very well what inflammation is and how it adversely affects one's life. I've suffered with idiopathic inflammation for almost two years now. I've been tested for every disease, rheumatoid arthiritis, Lyme, erlichiosis, etc. The doctors cannot find the cause. I'm on Zyrtec 365 days a year to eliminate allergies. But even this does not lessen my joint inflammation at the young age of 43, thin, active and non-smoking.
I anxiously purchased this book to see what potential cures the author had to offer sufferers. None. Don't smoke, don't overeat, eliminition diets, exercise... all the usual stuff found in every health pamphlet. Nothing new here at all. I learned nothing my doctors hadn't already told me or I'd read online. It's a well-written book on an important subject. It just doesn't have answers as the title implies.

There is nothing new in this book and from an asthmatic point of view- it misses the most important aspect of reversing inflammation. There is very little mention about controlling hyperventilation or overbreathing. The first step would be to teach asthmatics the importance of nasal breathing so that the airways dont constrict in the first place. One method of which there are several excellent self books are is called the Buteyko method. Do a search on Amazon for Buteyko.

I can guarantee that this area will provide far reaching improvement to quality of life than this book. Other sites which provide a great account of are http://www.buteykointernational.com/ or http://www.buteyko.ie or http://www.asthmacare.ie/

This book, along with a few others, have allowed me to virtually eliminate any prior risks from osteoarthritis,asthma,age associated weight gain and depression. I also believe it will reduce any environmental risks of cancer...in my opinion.

Dr. Meggs touches on many imortant health problems and solutions in his book. The overall read was pleasurable.

Sorry.. but this was a sham ! barely 58 pages of info. now remember, this is a pocket guide.. Quite a rip-off ! Go on line and print off same information for ZIP ! Shame on you Amazon..

Truthfully, this book is so thin that it is a waste of $5.95...Go to the library and check out something similar for free and photocopy what you need...I will never use the book I bought -- same info is readily available online and elsewhere.

I have to say that I was a bit set back when I received this booklet,The Official Pocket Guide for Diabetics. I was expecting something a bit more helpful for someone who had just been diagnosed with Diabetes.
I suppose that it is ok, but would not recommend paying more than a couple of dollars for this product.
I wound up going to another bookstore and purchasing a much more concise and helpful book.

This book is not very helpful. The information, once it has been learned---ELSEWHERE--or, far away, long ago, on a distant planet---I can't imagine anyone needing this kind of help to do these conversions.

Everyone should have one of these. Especially those new to the diabetic lifestyle. Packed with information and helps one make sensible food choices to keep blood sugar in check.