Diabetic-Diet Books

Being a diabetic, I am always looking for great recipes. This cook book is an answer to my prayers. It gives me a broader spectrum of selection instead of the normal recipes. I don't feel like I am tied down to every day foods. With the recipes in this book, I feel like I am not diabetic and am eating sinful foods.

I was impressed with the extent of information about diabetes and cooking that preceeded all of the recipes. What a great resource this has turned out to be for me. I have enjoyed several of the recipes very much and was especially pleased to find that they include more nutritional analysis than other cookbooks I have (including saturated fat, sugars and fibre). Lots of recipes low in fat, sugar, salt and cholesterol and lots of real, whole food instead of processed foods and chemicals. I think this book was worth every cent and recommend it.

A great book with lots of good food. Very healthy, and good for you even if your not diabetic!

My mother loves it and I love it too. I first ordered this book as a gift for my mother who has type 2 diabetes. After enjoying the recipes that she made, I went ahead and picked up a copy for myself at the local store seeing as I can use a good dose of healthy eating. Of the main dishes we tried, I found the servings to be quite filling and the recipes were easy enough to make. I also found the sections about diabetes to be very helpful and easy to understand. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid getting diabetes like my mom by following the advice of cookbooks like this. Definitely gets a thumbs up from us.

For me , it was really a very good choice to get this book, and I recommend it to averyone who has to follow a special diet for diabetic, and also anyone who want to learn to eat better.

We are trying to cut back on fat and salt and this cookbook certainly is helping. I love one dish meals and always look for cookbooks that help me with that. This book is a great addition to my collection.

This is a great cook book. How simple can it be to put every thing in to one pot? Lots of "real food" type recipies in this book as well. I believe this is a great cook book for anyone trying to cut back on fat etc...heathly meals for the entire family.

I hate to cook, consequently I'm not very good at it. This book seemed to understand that and made it seem as if I do know how to cook. The receipes are easy and quick.

Practical and easy to fix meals. Good ideas for meals using every day food items.

This is my favorite new cookbook in 20 years. Now, to be totally fair, I'm not much of a cookbook kind of gal. I have a handful of family recipes I usually rotate through without having them written down, and I never cared much for cooking or eating in the first place. I have spent the last two months, though, trying out a large sampling of the recipes in this book, and the whole family loves them. I really like one-pot-meals because I get flustered trying to time too many different pots and pans at once, with a pesky toddler getting into the clean dishes, and older kids asking for help with homework. These recipes are clear and easy and extremely delicious. I can get them done in a very reasonable amount of time. The flavors, variety, and ease of preparation can't be beat. And I love the nutritional breakdown; easy to use, even for those of us new to the nutritional needs of a type I diabetic.

I haven't had a chance to try recipes yet, but they sound good. I'm excited to try some. It gives great ideas. Nice cook book.

I was looking for a book with good tasting recipes, that contained ingredients that were readily available in my local market,and easy to prepare. I was looking for good nutrition, and ways to help get blood sugar under control. If I could also lose some weight, that was a plus. I was hoping to find all of these things, and meal plans. This book is it.
I found all the information at the beginning of the book very helpful. It helped me understand more about how my choices affect me. I try to make healthy choices in my eating, but a lot of the time, I just grab what's handy, especially if I'm in a hurry or stressed. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for good nutrition, good taste, and help with meals to improve their health.

This cookbook is loaded with delicious recipes that are not difficult to prepare. For everyone wrestling with a little sugar "addiction" this food will really help. It's loaded with great information. I highly recommend this cookbook.

I am extremely happy with this cookbook. This is I think the third book I have bought for my family and friends. I have really lost weight with this book and I have not felt hungry. I love all the spices it uses and I don't miss the sugar and butter from my old way of cooking.

What I especially love about this cookbook, is you don't have to go search for unusual ingredients (like digging up buckwheat flour, or some other substitute). It works with commonly available ingredients in your grocery store.

I recently ordered this title. Recipes are straight forware, simple to make and do not use exotic ingredients.

I purchased this cookbook to help me plan meals and get a better understanding of how diabetics and pre-diabetics should think about food. Because I like to cook, especially ethnic meals, I was very surprised to see international recipes with authentic ingredients and spices. We've tried 8 recipes so far and have enjoyed every one. Each recipe includes a breakdown of carbs, fat, etc. and additional tips on how to pre-cook portions of the meal, alternative ingredients for variety and other useful suggestions. As I become more familiar with issues for pre-diabetics, I am also able to modify recipes from other cookbooks. I would recommend this cookbook for anyone who wants a healthy lifestyle.

After stumbling upon Jackie Newgent's "real food" (even for dieters)philosophy in a Women's Day magazine, I just had to check out her only published cookbook. I have been testing recipes from it for two weeks, and I am very impressed. I love healthy food and international cuisine, and this cookbook is a perfect fit for me. My family has absolutely loved everything I have made from this cookbook (none of us is diabetic). Chicken Scampi is restaurant quality (take Newgent's "Food Flair" tip, and add the toasted pine nuts and lemon zest-subtle and sophisticated!). The book is packed with useful information and helpful tips. It is fun for an experienced cook, but detailed enough for beginners-I am going to purchase 3 more copies for my daughters!

I've never had to cook for a diabetic until my husband was diagnosed little over a month ago. I was skeptical about the recipes whether they would be great or bland. I'm a firm believer that this book will make anyone (even those who don't need to cook for a diabetic) salivate for the recipes. They were excellent!!! All were easy to prepare and I can find most of the ingredients at my local Walmart. I highly recommend this book!

I appreciate the author writing an all-natural cookbook for diabetics. It is so refreshing to see a cookbook for people with diabetes that does not use or recommend artificial sweeteners and other artificial low-fat ingredients. My husband has diabetes and it is possible to eat well with diabetes without resorting to "artificial foods". I love the tips and her wholesome approach to meal planning.

Product was advertised as used, but looked brand new. Delivery was a bit slower than other things I've ordered, but beat the deadline by a couple of days.

Recipes were not fast and simple like some other books, but some are interesting. Info was also presented in more detail than I was looking for. If you are "studying" diabetes to learn about it and not so much about the management of it, you will like this book. I was looking for fast info easy to prepare and get husbands diet into foods he likes.

I purchased this book because I was going out with a fellow who had diabetes. Funny thing was about the time the book arrived I stopped seeing him. No sense letting a good cook book go to waste! What I discovered were delicious, easy to prepare meals that are healthy. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but my waistline seems to be shrinking just a bit.

If you have a friend or family member who is diabetic they will love these wonderful meals. But even if you are not diabetic, and you just want to eat healthy meals that are economical, with minimal prep time, and taste good, try this cookbook.

Great cookbook. I found the recipes easy and delicious. They are perfect for the whole family and like that they are able to be made for a family of two.

the 30-Day Diabetes Miracle is more effective. I highly recommend it for managing your diabetes and creating a whole new healthy lifestyle. It's a better plan at controlling insulin resistance, blood sugar, etc.

The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle: Lifestyle Center of America's Complete Program to Stop Diabetes, Restore Health,and Build Natural Vitality

The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle Cookbook: Stop Diabetes with an Easy-to-Follow Plant-Based, Carb-Counting Diet

This is a great book if you are cooking for someone with diabetes (including yourself)and are interested in food that is delicious and "normal". I've tried MANY of these recipes; they are great! Not only will you eat well, but you'll learn a lot about how to cook in a way that supports good health, whether diabetic or not. Everyone in your family will love the food. This book is the practical companion to Reversing Diabetes, also by Julian Whitaker, M.D. -- an excellent educational book that gives you the WHY behind this approach to healthy food prep to support health (especially for diabetics).

This book is excellent. The recipes are balanced, nutritious and great tasting. I don't even miss the sugar that I would normally use in most of them.

Have not made all the recipes but looks easy enough until I read the recommended key ingredient was a sugar substitute that I had to order on line, (xylitol). Brown rice syrup is also hard to find that was in a lot of ingredients.

I purchased this book because I felt that my diabetes was starting to control me instead of me controlling it. The recipes are easy and delicious too. I strongly suggest this book to anyone who wants to eat healthier.

This is a good book for anyone with diabetes or just wanting to take care of themselves. I rated it 4 stars because some of the ingredients are not easy to obtain but overall it is good.

O.K. but better books out there. I was really wanting a true recipe book, instead it is a combination of diabetic learning and a few recipes.

This is an excellent cookbook to have on hand, whether you have diabetes (like my partner) or you're trying to change your diet to lose weight (like me). All of the dishes I've tried are very simple to make, call for readily available ingredients, are very tasty, and none have left me feeling like I'm "on a diet." She has all kinds of helpful hints and tips for cutting fat and calories. One of the things I especially appreciate is that so many of her recipes are designed for four servings. There are only two of us in my household, but she uses a 8" square pan to cook a lot of these in specifically so you can cut down the middle and easily measure out the four servings. She's marked the dishes that freeze well so you can set the other two servings aside and freeze them for a quick dinner in the future. I cannot say enough good things about this cookbook and would recommend it to anyone!

for anyone who has diabetes and or who it trying to watch their weight. It is a great book by a great author. It is a very informative book.

Easy recipes, with real every day food. Easy to understand if using exchanges, especially if you are just beginning.

Since I am diabetic and overweight I have tried all the classic diabetic recipes and found them all to be tasteless and time consuming to prepare. Ms. Lund's recipes use products you have on hand and the resulting meal has both taste and is quick to prepare. It is important to me that I don't have to spent hours preparing it and it satisfies my hunger for things I shouldn't have. I highly recommend the book to anyone who is diabetic and especially those who are classed as "border-line" diabetics.

Nancy Moshier has done a terrific job coming up with several recipes that work well, and saving me the time, effort and the expense of wasted food that an unpleasant "oops" might have. These recipes are generally quick, easy to make, and works for company, too.

HAVEN'T HAD A BAD TASTING DESSERT FROM THIS BOOK YET. FOLLOWED THE RECIPES AND THEY HAVE ALL BEEN GREAT. LOVED THE STRAWBERRY CHIFFON PIE WITH A CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUST. BUY THIS BOOK AND ENJOY.

As a carb addict, this book is invaluable to me! It makes a Low-Carb lifestyle EASY! I have the Eat Yourself Thin Like I Did: Quick and Easy Low Carb Cookbook, too - I highly recommend both! Many ingredients are available through the website www.low-carb-cookbooks.com, which is nice if your local grocer doesn't cater to the low carb folks!

This is an awesome cookbook. Everything in it is pretty easy. The grasshopper pie recipe was in Low Carb Energy last month and after I tried it I knew I had to get the book. True, most of the recipes use Carb Solutions Shake mix, but it sells at Wal-Mart. You can also use different shake mixes than the ones in the book. The Keto chocolate shake mix makes awesome crust for the Grasshopper pie. All of the recipes I have tried are good and easy. One jar of Carb Solutions shake mix is 8.49 at Wal-Mart. You can't get much cheaper than that.

I purchased this cookbook in hopes of finally statisfying my sweet tooth while on a low-carb diet. I followed the recipes but initially used the shake mix I had in the pantry. The results were less than what I had hoped for. However, after contacting the author, I discovered heaven! She advised me that I MUST follow the exact brand and type of ingredients, including the shake mix called for in the recipes. WHAT A DIFFERENCE - I will be eating desserts again thanks to this wonderful cookbook!!!

This cookbook is an easy tool in everyday cooking for diabetics or those who need to be sugar/carb concsious. The recipes are simple and healthy without being bland and boring. I would recomend this book for anyone who is looking for nutritional recipes that don't take a lot of effort. The nutritional facts are also clearly marked on the page of every recipe.

This is a great cookbook for really simple, convenient tasty recipes (as are all of Ms Clegg's books.) She does a great job combining fresh ingredients with a few packaged convenience foods. It's nice to know that there can be a healthy, delicious dinner on the table in 30 minutes (or so). The taco soup is one of our favorites!

I will say that this is not a "natural" diabetes cookbook. Still, I use it frequently and make changes or adaptations to fit it into our organic lifestyle.

Cookbooks can be expensive but this one is not and you get a lot of good, usable recipes for your money.

I should have gone to a store to look over the books I ordered. I ordered them on a recommendation by those that reviewd them. I'm not happy with either book. They are diabetic cook books and probably will be rarely used, if at all.

I tend to modify all recipes, but I really appreciate the dietary guide - esp. for counting carbs. I wanted some fresh ideas for everyday meals where I could present good meals that fit my daughter's needs. My daughter, who has juvenile diabetes, is a teenager who is very active and loves good, healthy food. This was a good choice for us. By the way, the whole family has enjoyed these recipes.

My daughter was diagnosed last October with Type 1 diabetes and I've had to revise a lot of my cooking. It has been a challenge, especially having to configure calorie and carb counts in everything I cook. This cookbook is very good in my opinion. Healthy recipes, all nutritional stats included, and oh, my goodness, the Chicken and Sausage Gumbo rocks!! I'm definitely pleased with it.

I think this is a great cookbook. A lot of very good recipes with a good variety of ingredients. Its hard to find diabetic recipes that dont have a lot of beans or veggies (hubby doesnt eat them) and have them still taste good. I have been impressed with everything i have made. The carb count is a little high on some recipes, but the calories and fat are usually low. I also love that you can look up in the index something you have on hand and it will give you a list of recipes that call for that item. Very helpful.

Many of the recipes in this cookbook have in excess of 50-60 carbs per serving. Many times a serving is way less then what actually we put on our plates. As a diabetic I could not recommend this book to someone new to diabetes control. A+ for the quanity and quality of the recipes but NOT for a diabetic.

I'm not diabetic, but as I looked through the appetizers section of this cookbook, I just had to try it. The recipes sounded that yummy. I bought the book and recommend it highly to anyone who wants to cook tasty food without resorting to lots of fat and sugar to do it.

I am on Weight Watchers, and the recipes are points-friendly without being tasteless, and "tasteless" is how I would describe every WW recipe and every "healthy" frozen dinner I have tried--sorry to say. By contrast, the food from this cookbook is great. I made the monkfish-cheddar chowder from the book last week and that recipe will be a longterm keeper. [By the way, it works with talapia or another firm white fish if you don't want to spend $$ on monkfish or can't find it at your local, land-locked grocery. :-)]

One of the best things about the book is that it teaches without being at all preachy. For instance, the chowder recipe called for pureeing some of the vegetables and broth before adding the fish. I first thought, "That's a pain in the neck," to this apparently unnecessary step, but I did it, and realized that the soup is much thicker and creamier--without cream--because a portion of the veggies were pureed. I learned something AND I got a great soup out of the deal.

All recipes list calories, sodium, fat, protein, carbs and the like, as well as "exchanges" for those to whom that language is useful. No fiber grams are listed, which makes the recipes a little harder to estimate WW points for than they would be otherwise. Perhaps in a future edition, the authors can list fiber grams. In the meantime, I'm very much enjoying the book and the food I can make with it.

I'M A RECENT DIABETIC. I HAVE LOOKED OVER COOKBOOK AFTER COOKBOOK. NONE ADAPTED TO MY TASTE OR LIFE STYLE. THIS ONE IS TOTALLY GREAT. I MADE THE WALDORF SALAD FOR THANKGIVING. MY FAMILY'S WAS CRAZY ABOUT IT. THE HUNGARIAN GOULASH WAS GREAT ALSO. I HAVE BOUGHT, BUT I HAVEN'T TRIED THE 1,001 DESSERTS BOOK YET. IF IT IS AS GOOD AS THE RECIPE BOOK, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING THE DESSERTS ALSO. IF YOU ARE DIEBETIC, YOU HAVE TO TRY THESE BOOKS. I CAN'T RECOMMEND THEM ENOUGH.

On the plus side, there are 1001 recipes, so you have to be able to find some you will enjoy and the directions are easy to follow. Most of the recipes keep an eye on carbs, sugars and fat, but make sure you pay attention to the sodium and cholesterol content or your meal might get out of hand. I would like to have seen them include fiber and maybe even a breakdown of the carbs and fats in the nutritional info like some other cookbooks are doing. I ran into a couple of recipes that had minor errors in them, such as a listed ingredient not being used in the steps or vice-versa. The most troubling thing I found is that some of the nutritional information doesn't seem to add up. The "Chicken-Vegetable Manicotti with Creamed Spinach Sauce" lists 435 grams of carbs for a 2 manicotti serving. I guess errors are bound to happen when you have 1000 recipes, and I expect they will be fixed for future editions, but make sure you take a good look at the nutritional info and exchanges to see if it makes sense. All in all though, it makes a decent choice for your cookbook collection.