The Diabetes Diet: Dr. Bernstein’s Low-carbohydrate solution. Richard K Bernstein, MD. Liitle Brown and Co. 2005
This is another book by Dr. Bernstein (author of The Diabetes Solution that I talked about in my last entry), and I recommend it highly. In my Friday entry, I’ll talk about all the places on the web where you can see Bernstein’s presence.
Description
If you have diabetes, diet is more than a lifestyle choice - t’s the key to controlling the course of your disease.
Many diabeticsstruggle their entire lives to maintain a healthy weight and normal blood sugars, but the guidelines given by the American Diabetic Association have proven unhelpful in managing either of these. In The Diabetes Diet, Dr. Richard K. Bernstein serves up the groundbreaking low-carbohydrate approach to diabetes care that has enabled his patients to take command of their health.
Dr. Bernstein himself is living proof of the success of his method. Diagnosed with diabetes at age 12, he was a successful business executive and engineer when he happened to discover a way to normalize his blood sugars, which in turn reversed many of the complications he had suffered from for years.
At the age of 45, he entered medical school in order to publish his findings and eventually treat other diabetics. His detailed plan for managing diabetes, Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution, became a national best-seller and a bible for diabetics seeking control of their disease.
Now, in The Diabetes Diet, Dr. Bernstein distills that wisdom to show how simple it can be to interrupt the cycle of obesity and insulin resistance and maintain a healthy weight - without giving up tasty meals.
Plunging into the current debate on low-fat vs low carb diets, he shows that, especially for diabetics, low-carb is what will change their lives.
Table of contents
Introduction: How I discovered the low-carbohydrate diet and saved my own life
Part One: About the Diabetes Diet
1. Why a low-carb diet is the only answer for diabetics and a very good answer for everyone else.
2. Some basic science underlying the diabetes diet
3. Essential guidelines for the diabetes diet
4. So what’s low carb?
5. Customizing the diet
6. Weight loss - if you’re overweight
Part Two: Low-carbohydrate recipes
7. 112 recipes for low-carb meals
Breakfasts, lunches, Salads, soups, poultry, beef, veal and lamb, pork, seafood, vegetables, sauces dips and dressings, desserts
