Diabetic-Diet Books

I am an author and a poet and during a leisure trip to Las Vegas, Nevada with my family, we were able to obtain a front row seat at the Gladys Knight Show. It was awesome. What a display of great talent! Reading her book is fascinating. The historical perspective of her story is amazing. She states how she believes diabetes eventually crept upon her, and why. However, she has it under control. The ways in which she blends her songs into her treatment plan is humbling. For example, she uses the heading in one section of the book, "Neither One Of Us Wants to Say Goodbye to the Cheeseburger," where she discusses fatty foods and how to avoid fast foods. The pictures of her family are wonderful. Her philosophy of dealing with positive people, exercising daily, and burning calories is a formula for success. The final section of the book deals with a variety of mouth-watering dishes and recipes. They are all healthy with her special blend of spices, herbs, and juices, with a low fat touch. This is an easy and relaxing book to read. It's a great treat to and for lowering one's blood sugar and staying healthy. I highly recommend it!!!

At Home With Gladys Knight is a wonderful, inspiring book. I bought this book for my parents who both have diabetes. After years of trying to get them to follow doctor recommended diets it is a relief to have a book that inspires my parents to not only care about their diet, but their physical fitness as well.
Mrs. Knight has created a quick and easy read that is full of motivation. This book gets 5 stars in the Murphy household.

Beyond Rice and Beans focuses on the Caribbean Latino population, composed of individuals from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and countries in Central and South America.
The book is written in both English and Spanish and begins with a simple overview of meal planning, discussing the differences between the types of carbohydrates and suggested serving sizes. Most helpful is a deeper explanation of the different cuisines of the Caribbean. Each section includes frequently asked questions, the most prominent foods included in each cuisine, and tips to reduce the fat and calories in many of the dishes highlighted.
The book also includes practice exercises to further understand the information discussed. The chapter titled "Putting Together Your Meal Plan" includes examples of how to individualize a meal plan by allowing the reader to participate in choosing what he or she already eats and incorporating it into a new meal plan.
The book is filled with helpful lists and tables of common foods eaten in the regions, utensils used in a Latin kitchen, and a practical list of what to do during holidays and special occasions. There are several chapters that described the fruits and vegetables of the Caribbean. The author describes the foods in great detail, giving pronunciation where applicable, providing some historical background about the food, and listing health tips as well as stories of when she lived in Cartagena, Columbia. The book includes a very personal touch, which makes it very easy to read, and the information is well researched and includes very practical information regarding the use of the foods and where to find them.
This is a wonderful book that provides excellent information regarding the many cuisines of the Caribbean Latino population for those who are already part of it or for those who want to learn more about it.

BEYOND RICE AND BEANS; THE CARIBBEAN LATINO GUIDE TO EATING HEALTHY WITH DIABETES comes in a unique English/Spanish format and assures its value will reach into the Spanish community as well. Here are food lists, exchange lists and sample meal plans geared to Latino culture and foods, offering shopping lists, health insights, and the basics. From how to read a nutrition label to balancing a meal, this isn't your usual recipe book - plenty of those elsewhere - but a fine diabetes management guide especially valuable to non-English speakers with different ethnic foods on board.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This is a fantastic book if you wish to control your diabetes through diet and want to lessen or eliminate your dependency on drugs. Over 500 recipes that are easy to follow, and it is surprising how many traditional recipes can be converted to be diabetic-friendly! Even desserts!Really a new way to look at diabetes, and it's about time!

I realize I may be a bit prejudiced, being the niece of the author, but I found his book very easy to follow. It made a lot of sense for anyone who needs to cut down on their sugar and eat healthy. The recipes are very tasty and one can see how he changed the standard recipes into ones that a diabetic can safely eat. This can help anyone work with their own favorite recipes to transform them into diabetic friendly dishes. But most importantly he gives you a guide to how to control your blood sugar to enable you to not have to use as much, if any insulin. Many of my friends have this book and have raved about how great the recipes and guides are. Some were not diabetic but just wanted to eat healthy and lose weight. It makes a perfect gift for anyone who needs to watch their sugar.

This book is a really good all around reference source for diabetics. Because the author also has diabetes, he knows what the patient is going through. I have recomended this book to people I know and am happy to see this reprint available.

Dr. Lodewick puts it all in perspective. He gives you hope that you can control your diabetes and therefore significantly reduce the damage that the disease does. I followed up with an appointment with Dr. Lodewick. He is competent, straight forward and impathetic. Recommended reading for all diabetics.

I FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE EXCELLENT FOR THE JUST INFORMED DIABETIC WOMAN. SO MANY DOCTORS JUST TELL YOU THE NEWS, HAND YOU A PRESCRIPTION AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. I HAVE RECOMMENDED THIS BOOK TO MY PHARMACY AND HEALTH FOOD STORE, BOTH WHO SAY NEWLY INFORMED DIABETICS COME IN AND SAY THEY HAVEN'T A CLUE OF WHAT TO DO NOW.

June Biermann and Barbara Toohey team up with Dr. Lois Jovanovic-Peterson to create the best question and answer book for the diabetic female. The book is divided into three stages of life. Each stage is categorized into developments common with the age group. There is even a special chapter about diabetes and pregnancy in the second life stage. Complications are discussed, but not emphasized. Living life to the fullest is the goal. Type 2 diabetes is also discussed briefly. The tone of the book is lighthearted and often funny. There are several antecdotes about life with diabetes and how to answer some of the questions a person is asked by well meaning friends or family. This book is a must for both the diabetic patient and her loved ones.

The recipes comprising the Easy Diabetic Meals provide easy-to-follow directions and ingredient amounts for both 2 and 4 servings, feature easily-located and common ingredients, and lack the complexity of some diabetic cookbooks which require long preparation times. The result is a set of complete 2-week menus for three different calorie levels and meals which embrace the concept of appeal for the entire family, diabetic or not.

Fabulous book! The menus are easy, quick, and tasty. Being a single person, I am too tired to cook when I get home. This book has help me change my bad habits. Like anything, once it becomes your routine, life is simple. The only thing I would change is the title. I would call it Easy Healthy Meals For 2 or 4 Servings. I'm not even a diabetic. My eating habits have improved and I am losing weight without dieting. Don't hesitate to purchase it.

Interesting story of an obese/diabetic woman and how she took control...to get her health back.

thanks so much for this funny book. it arrived safely and in the time allotted!

This cookbook is awesome! The recipe Crunchy Chicken Bake was so easy to make! It was wonderful eating too! My friends enjoyed the meal as well! My friends didn't even know that the recipe was for a diabetic! All the ingredients are easily found in the grocery store! I can't wait to try even more recipes! Thank you so much!

The right foods, in the right amounts, with the right kind of preparation is a key element in the treatment and control of diabetes. In Light & Easy Diabetes Cuisine, culinary expert Betty Marks (herself an insulin dependent diabetic for 26 years) has compiled a superb collection of easy-to-make, diabetic diet appropriate, thoroughly delicious dishes that are especially appropriate for people with little or no time available for meal preparation. From Cucumber Buttermilk Soup (cooking time: 0, preparation time: 10 minutes); Crabmeat Salad (cooking time: 0, preparation time: 15 minutes); and Fusili with Sun-Dried Tomatoes (cooking time: 15 minutes, preparation time: 15 minutes); to Almond Rice (cooking time: 15 minutes, preparation time: 5 minutes); Sesame Bread (cooking time: 20 minutes, preparation time: 10 minutes); and Coffee Cream Pudding (cooking time: 0 minutes, preparation time: 25 minutes), Light & Easy Diabetes Cuisine is a welcome and ardently recommended addition to any diabetes sensitive cookbook collection.

This cookbook is printed in black and white, there are no pictures and the pages are a matte finish. So if you're cooking and you splatter something on them...it's there to stay. Perhaps that's how you know which recipes to make again, LOL.

I really liked that each recipe had all the nutrition information. There are calorie counts, food exchanges, fat, carb and protein grams, etc. This cookbook is just not for diabetics. It's for anyone who wants good recipes and tasty dishes. I really liked the Italian Peasant Salad. I do not have diabetes, nobody in the family does...I just like good cookbooks and making new dishes. This is one for the record book.

The Toasted Almond Chicken Salad I am making using the left-over turkey from Thanksgiving instead. The cookbook also has a month of meals, it includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. With all the recipes included and which pages they can be found. What an awesome idea, I wonder why more cookbooks don't incorporate these little extras?

The chapters are divided into breakfast, lunch, dinners and speed meals. There are no dessert recipes for the obvious reason. And I won't make broccoli now without using oil infused with saffron. That was just delicious. All the food ingredients call for fresh, bottled sauces, bottled salad dressings, dried or fresh herbs. Basically items that can be purchased at a regular grocery store. Gotta appreciate that.

You won't be disappointed in this cookbook especially if you're not a diabetic. You definitely will not find flavorless food in this cookbook. Buy!

Being diagnosed with diabetes does not mean being condemned to a lifetime of bland foods and tasteless menus. Now in an expanded and updated second edition, "Mix 'n' Match Meals In Minutes For People With Diabetes" by Linda Gassenheimer (a syndicated journalist, food expert, and the author of twelve cookbooks) has compiled a selection of quick and easy dishes appropriate for breakfast, lunch or dinner and which can be switched around in a 'mix and match' strategy for menu planning and fine dining. Each recipes is provided with a 'Shopping List' of ingredients required, cooking instructions, and 'Helpful Hints'. This new edition features a section of 'speed meals' that can be prepared quickly, easily, and still produce healthy, hearty, tasty dishes that will please any palate, satisfy any appetite, and conform to the dietary requirement of diabetics. The sample menus provided offer dishes that range from Grilled Turkey Sausage with Mustard and Sweet Pickle Relish; Spicy Grilled Cheese and Tomato Sandwich with Oatmeal; and Chinese Chicken with Cashew Nuts; to Italian Roast Pork; Sauteed Scallops with Saffron Vegetable Pilaf and Mocha Froth; and a Ham, Mushroom, and Onion Pizza with Spinach Salad. Thoroughly kitchen cook friendly, "Mix 'n' Match Meals In Minutes For People With Diabetes" is an absolute must for the kitchen cookbook collection of anyone having to prepare meals with respect to diabetic diners that will appeal to all the other members sitting down to eat as well.

I always give this book to any friend who has had bad news like a diabetes diagnosis. The book is so funny and encouraging, and gives you such a feeling of buoyant hope -- a determination to use your diagnosis make your life even better and richer than it might have been. June, one of the authors, has been a healthy (!) active person --travelling, skiing, running a successful business, writing marvelous books -- all in the several decades since she first started squirting insulin. She makes you see how you can, too.

I always give this book to any friend who has had bad news like a diabetes diagnosis. The book is so funny and encouraging, and gives you such a feeling of buoyant hope -- a determination to use your diagnosis make your life even better and richer than it might have been. June, one of the authors, has been a healthy (!) active person --travelling, skiing, running a successful business, writing marvelous books -- all in the several decades since she first started squirting insulin. She makes you see how you can, too.