Blood Sugar 101: What They Don't Tell You About Diabetes
by Jenny Ruhl
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Author: Jenny RuhlEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-14
ISBN: 0964711613
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Technion Books
Book Reviews of Blood Sugar 101: What They Don't Tell You About Diabetes
Book Review: Practical down-to-earth guide
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a different sort of book than the other diabetes books I've read. It is a practical, down-to-earth guide to managing the disease in the best possible way.
The book contains a lot of useful information about blood sugar tests, the various types of diabetes, blood sugar levels and organ damage and how to lower your blood sugar.
The author explains how the best option for diabetes sufferers is to follow a low carbohydrate, high-fat diet. In the latter respect she differs from another diabetes author I've recently reviewed, who insists that an absolutely low-fat diet is essential for diabetes 2 patients, at any rate, since he claims an excess of fat increases insulin resistance. Moreover, Ruhl fails to distinguish between harmful fats and beneficial oils, classifying them all under the same category.
She is herself a diabetic and has a wide knowledge of the whole field. She provides us with detailed information about both the various diabetes drugs and forms of insulin. I have never found information like this in any other book.
An important point Ruhl makes is that organ damage will occur when blood sugar levels repeatedly rise to 140 mg/dl or over. According to her, doctors are generally permissive of these dangerous blood levels over 140 mg/dl, but in my view it would be wise to heed her advice and ensure by means of the low carbodhydrate diet she prescribes that your own blood sugar levels do not reach this level. Incidentally, it is the diabetes author Dr. Bernstein's opinion that levels above 90 mg/dl can be harmful, in that mortality levels are greater for these individuals.
I must admit I have difficulty in understanding why one would want to use any of the diabetes drugs she mentions, since all of them seem to be dangerous. However, the author explains which are most beneficial, or the lesser evil.
She also includes a chapter about supplements, but in my opinion is overly negative about the benefits of most of them.
An appendix lists low carb treats, but unfortunately the recipes are based on the inclusion of the artificial sweetener Splenda, which research indicates may be harmful.
This book has not helped me much personally, since I would be unlikely ever to consider the use of diabetes drugs or insulin, but I'm sure it could be a considerable help to those who do use these products, and most of her advice is absolutely sensible and helpful and could be life-saving.(I understand that many diabetes sufferers feel or are obliged to use insulin, since their pancreas can no longer produce it.)
Summary of Blood Sugar 101: What They Don't Tell You About Diabetes
Based on the award winning Bloodsugar101.com web site, this book explains what peer-reviewed research published in top medical journals has to say about:+ What is a normal blood sugar?
+ How does diabetes develop?
+ What really causes diabetes?
+ What blood sugar levels cause complications?
+ Must you deteriorate?
+ What diet is right for you?
+ How can you make that diet work?
+ What medications are safe?
+ What supplements lower blood sugar?
Written in clear and understandable language, this book provides all the tools needed to understand how blood sugar works and achieve blood sugar health.
"...this book should be read by all diabetics because of the valuable material that cannot be found elsewhere." --Dr. Richard K. Bernstein
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