The Low-Starch Diabetes Solution: Six Steps to Optimal Control of Your Adult-Onset (Type 2) Diabetes
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071621504 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cover design: Rebecca Silvers Cover photograph: David Murray and Jules Selmes/Getty. Dr. He is the author of The New Low-Carb Way of Life, The Glycemic-Load Diet, and The Glycemic-Load Diet Cookbook. CONTROL YOUR DIABETES BY TARGETING THE TRUE CULPRIT: STARCHThe author of the popular The Glycemic-Load Diet reveals his revolutionary method for keeping blood sugar stable for life. Dr. Rob Thompson, a preventive cardiologist and champion of glycemic-load science, brings you an easy-to-follow, low-starch diet-and-exercise program that promises to stabilize blood sugar in just seven days. Thompson offers hope for the millions of diabetes sufferers who follow their doctors' orders to the letter yet see thei
He is on staff at Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle and is the author of The New Low-Carb Way of Life as well as The Glycemic-Load Diet.. Rob Thompson, M.D. (Seattle, WA) is a board-certified cardiologist in private practice who has counseled patients with high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease for more than 25 years
"best book ever overall for this subject" according to Amazon Customer. First of all, I am a retired doctor who has had diabetes for about 15 yrs. This is the best, clearest, and most realistic book on this subject that I have read. I would say that this doctor's experience mirrors mine except I took longer to get the message. It is good that he doesn't dismiss medication and insulin because some diabetics, like myself, need these things even if we eat zero carbs. Believe me I have tried it and my sugar remains higher than I would like. This idea of burned out beta cells is relatively recent and it is very important to address it which he does in . I would give ZERO stars if I could. I was EXTREMELY disappointed in this book. And I was very excited to get it too. I discovered on my own that I needed to follow a very low starch diet to control my blood sugar. So I was hoping this book would support my dietary changes that keep me in perfect control.Not the case. This doctor offers a low starch diet, but also is a BIG advocate of diabetes drugs and insulin. He throws in a chapter about exercise and then the sample diets are HORRIBLE for a diabetic. In one sample dinner he has you eating a cup of grapes. If I eat more than 5 grapes I get a BS spike. He has yo. A real eye opener and a big help Sam Lex For years I've been concentrating on a low or NO sugar diet but that didn't stop me from eating bread, rolls,pasta and potatoes. Dr. Thompson's book has shed light on the importance of concentrating on a NO STARCH or low starch diet to control or prevent diabetes. I thought that would be impossible for me. But I found, that as the days went by on my diet, my cravings for starchy foods abated. NOW, after a few weeks, I don't miss bread at all. I lost 16 pounds. Of course I also follow a strict exercise plan. I do pushups and walk 40 minutes a day. Dr. Thompson's book offers goo
He is on staff at Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle and is the author of The New Low-Carb Way of Life as well as The Glycemic-Load Diet.. About the AuthorRob Thompson, M.D. (Seattle, WA) is a board-certified cardiologist in private practice who has counseled patients with high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease for more than 25 years