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Exceptionally Written Guide
Since I have read all of the other books by Melissa Diane Smith I decided that I should add this to my collection.Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases - Diabetes    3. Healing    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    6. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes    7. Health/Fitness    8. Naturopathy    9. Alternative Therapies    10. Diabetes    11. Diabetes Mellitus    12. Diet therapy    13. Dietary supplements    14. Diets & dieting    15. Exercise    16. Nutrition    17. Popular medicine   

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New ideas for serving meat, pasta, vegetables and fruits
Webb's Italian Diabetic Meals In 30 Minutes Or Less provides some new ideas for serving meat, pasta, vegetables and fruits in Italian dishes. From Garlicky Shrimp and Broccoli to Italian Chicken Salad With Walnuts, meals focus less on the pastas Italian foods are known for and more on less fattening, healthier main course fare more accessible to diabetics.
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Subjects:  1. Cookery, Italian    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Diabetes    5. Diabetes - Nutrition And Diet    6. Diet therapy    7. General    8. Health & Healing - Diabetic & Sugar Free    9. Italian Cookery    10. Quick and easy cookery    11. Recipes    12. Regional & Ethnic - Italian    13. Cooking / Diabetic & Sugar-Free    14. Health & wholefood cookery    15. Italy    16. National & regional cuisine   

Reviews (7)

New Diabetic Cookbook (Better Homes & Gardens)
My son is a diabetic and I wanted to have a resource book for healthy recipes for him when he and his family visit.I am not a kitchen whiz, but this cookbook is perfect. It truly represents the quality we've come to expect over the years from the Better Homes & Gardens product line.The recipes are great - easy to follow with a wonderful variety of all the food groups and categories.It is nicely illustrated also.Thanks for meeting all my expectations.

Diabetes
Cooking for a diabetic is learning to cook all over again.Many useful recipes.

A high quality & beautiful cookbook!
I already own a couple of dozen diabetic cookbooks.I bought this one based on the reputation of the Better Homes and Gardens quality products.This one continues that tradition.The book is not only beautiful, but includes all the nutrition information, such as ADA exchanges, Joslin exchanges, etc., that anyone could want.Many of the recipes I've found are enjoyed by the whole family...including the fussy eaters and those who insist on flavorful food.This book shows you how to remove fat and and calories and still retain the fabulous flavor in food. Excellent book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diabetes    4. Diet therapy    5. Health & Healing - Diabetic & Sugar Free    6. Recipes    7. Cooking / Diabetic & Sugar-Free    8. Health & wholefood cookery    9. diabetic   

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Finally!A non-fad diet examination of Hypoglycemia!
For those of us who struggle with hypoglycemia, cutting through the jargon and misconceptions about the condition can be a difficult and often fruitless endeavor.This book does a great job addressing these challenges and the result is an easy to understand guide to life with the condition. Control your hypoglycemia
Anita Flegg's Hypoglycemia, The Other Sugar Disease answers, in layman's language, how those afflicted with chronic hypoglycemia can control their symptoms through diet.The book empowers the reader to take control of his body's operation and to learn to live well with hypoglycemia.A must read for anyone who suspects they might have this problem.

Analyze your symptoms and your diet
Hypoglycemia is most often associated with diabetics and their overreaction to insulin, but the fact is that hypoglycemia can exist in the nondiabetic person as well. This concept has been too often ignored, leaving a lot of hypoglycemic people asking why they feel lousy. This book is a great starting point for finding some answers. The checklist of possible symptoms of hypoglycemia is quite thorough and also quite surprising. The self-monitoring workbook is a terrific follow-up for those who want to make dietary adjustments to see if they can benefit from the changes. None of Ms. Flegg's suggestions for altering diet are far-fetched--they are based on sensible observations and favorable results from real people who have tried them. The author cites various diet plans and describes how they fit the same principles she espouses for achieving a healthier lifestyle. Although she is not a doctor, Ms. Flegg's firsthand knowledge of the subject lends valuable insight to tackling this problem. Even if you aren't hypoglycemic, chances are that the demons in your diet could use a little taming--this book will point you in the right direction. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases    4. Diseases - Diabetes    5. Medical   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diabetes    3. Diseases    4. Diseases - Diabetes    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical    7. Outlines, syllabi, etc    8. Patient education    9. Study and teaching    10. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes    11. Health systems & services   

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Must Read for All Women
As a nutritionist and eating disorders specialist, I highly recommend this book.It is composed of group of individual healing stories by women who make up the well known experts on eating disorders revealing their ownexperiences.It is not just a "how to" book, but a deeplypersonal journey into the lives of these women and how they overcame theirown personal struggle with the weight and eating issues that haunt so manywomen today.It puts the issues of food and eating where they belonginstead of on the pedestal designed by American Culture.Reading this bookshould be a tremendously healing experience for all women, not just thosewho struggle with eating issues.We are all in this together, and the morewho understand, the more we will be able to help our fellow sisters intheir struggle to have a normal relationship with food and their bodies! Itis high time all of us stopped basing our self worth on our body size andour ability to diet.We need to start accepting our worth recognizing thatwe don't all have the same genetic potential, and we need to try to be thehealthiest that we can be, rather than trying to imitate someone else'sidea of who or what we should be.That is what this book is about. A greatfirst step on a worthwhile journey.

A great perspective on this topic...
This is a great book to read, quite different from the many other titles out there that primarily focus on methods to free one's obsessions with food, weight and the disorder in general. As the book is staged at a dinnerparty, it consists of remarks and insights from those who have battledthese issues firsthand - and is refreshing to the reader in that they haveplenty of company in their struggle. I finished the book with a refreshingfeeling of freedom, having identified with the personalities within thebook and with a fresh outlook on my daily battle. A great read for thosealready on the road to recovery. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Eating Disorders    4. Eating Disorders - General    5. General    6. Mental health    7. Patients    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - Eating Disorders    10. United States    11. Women    12. Fitness & diet    13. Women's health   

Editorial Review

The idea of stress contributing to poor health is an old one, but often patients are simply told to "relax"--and it's even rarer that researchers take the time to carefully study how relaxation can improve physical conditions. Tackling both these issues, Dr. Richard Surwit combines specific relaxation techniques with a solid research background in an effort to help control blood sugar levels. The first few chapters are rather technical but are explained in an approachable manner. He identifies several chemicals such as cortisol and growth hormone that are related to blood sugar management and discusses how depression, hostility, and anxiety can affect these chemicals. He refers to specific research, both with mice and with humans, and includessimple tests to help you analyze these problems and develop a combination of techniques to combat them.Later chapters explain these techniques in detail, particularly progressive relaxation therapy (similar to biofeedback, but without the machine) and cognitive behavior therapy. Each routine is broken down into simple daily steps, and pages can be used as workbook sheets --much of the daily effort involved is simply tracking your progress. While nowhere does Dr. Surwit suggest these as a total replacement for diet control and insulin treatments, the specific steps aren't difficult to add to your daily routine and may make just the difference you've been hoping for. Read more

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Subjects:  1. Behavior therapy    2. Diabetes    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - General    5. General    6. Healing    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Popular works    10. Psychological aspects    11. Treatment    12. Health & Fitness / General    13. Bargain   

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Thank you Dr. Maine!
This book makes sense to me.Focusing on a systems approach has brought the clairity and peace of mind I have needed. This book does not place blame on fathers but forces us to look at our parental figures as part of a bigger picture.I honestly feel this is one of the best books I have ever read.Relatives and friends of mine are eager to read read this book. Thank you Dr. Maine!

Very Freeing
There are so many self help books about the father wound.Most of them leave me intellectually stimulated but emotionally empty. Elementary
If you know nothing about eating disorders...If you're early in your teens or 20s and just waking up to the profound realization that the relationships you had with your parents might have influenced how you are in the world, you will probably get a lot out of this book as a starting place.If you're like me and you've read Geneen Roth, Susie Orbach, explored these issues in therapy, I doubt you'll be satisfied.I bought the book intrigued by the title expecting to get a deeper perspective about food and fathers.Nothing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Eating Disorders    2. Eating Disorders - General    3. Eating disorders in adolescenc    4. Eating disorders in adolescence    5. Fathers and daughters    6. Mental health    7. Paternal deprivation    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - Eating Disorders    10. Teenage girls    11. Coping with eating disorders   

Reviews (5)

Best book in the world
I used to be an overweight kid who used to eat lots of fast food all the time.
A light at the end of the tunnel
This book was recommended by my endocrinologist.It explains everything in an easy to read and understand manner.Just where I had questions was an answer that appeared to be waiting for me!!

Deliciously Simple!
This book works!The advice is sound and simple.Put it to the test and you will note be disappointed.Through daily excersize and cutting back on portion size, I have lost over 25 pounds! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diabetes    3. Diet Therapy    4. Diets - Special Conditions    5. Diseases - Diabetes    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes    9. Nutrition    10. Weight Loss    11. Dietetics & nutrition    12. Fitness & diet    13. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes    14. Popular medicine   

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If Spike and Bo can do it I can do it too!
I gave a copy of Getting a Grip to a twelve year old neighbor boy...he read the book with his mom...they said Getting a Grip gave them a sense of well-being and that it answered so many of their questions.They especially liked the chapters on sports, and academics and out door school!
Uplifting &Positive Book Written by Two Teens w/ Diabetes
If there are only two books you buy for diabetes type 1 management this is one of the two (the other being "Real Life Parenting of Kids with Diabetes)" written by Spike and Bo's mother (Virgina Nasmyth Loy). A Positive Read
We received this book as a gift when our son was diagnosed with Type I diabetes.The whole family read the book and found it positive and very helpful.The book is filled with real life experiences and dozens of helpful tips.You just feel like you can do it when you read Getting a Grip on Diabetes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diabetes in adolescence    3. Diabetes in children    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Diseases - Diabetes    6. General    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Home care    10. Juvenile literature    11. Patients    12. Pediatrics    13. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes    14. Paediatric medicine   

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A book that delivers on its promise.
Do you crave certain foods?Or maybe you find yourself eating everything in sight when things are going bad for you?Or do you fall off your diet because you are so hungry?Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., offers solutions to theseand other food-related problems in Constant Craving:What Your FoodCravings Mean And How To Overcome Them.Based on her research, whichincluded scientific studies, ancient Chinese medicine, and interviews withher clients, Dr. Virtue says that food cravings are related to ouremotions.She defines a food craving as an "obsessive desire for aspecific type of food."This is different than a preference, and itoften leads people to eat in very unhealthy ways. "Food cravings oftenstem from basic unmet needs for fun, excitement, or love," accordingto Dr. Virtue.She explains how each food craving can be traced to aspecific emotional need, often allowing people to heal themselves.Forexample, people who crave nuts haven't met their needs for fun and pleasurein their lives.She devotes a chapter to each kind of craving,explaining how the constituents of each kind of food work in the body tocreate an illusion of feeling better.For example, nuts contain pyrazine,"which triggers the pleasure center of the brain."She thenoffers suggestions as to how the emotional needs can be satisfied in waysother than eating, and finishes each chapter with affirmations. Specific cravings discussed include:chocolate, dairy products, saltysnack foods, spicy foods, liquids, breads, rice, pasta, nuts and nutbutters, cookies, cakes, pies, candy, and high-fat foods.Dr. Virtueemphasizes that meeting the underlying needs as the best way to overcomefood cravings. She says that the appetite must be healed, not killed. Several easy quizzes provide guidance as to what kind of eater you are,such as "binge eater" or "stress eater."She alsoexplains how to keep from overeating at holidays and restaurants.Shepromises that the information in Constant Cravings "will allow you toconduct your own food-craving interpretations.I'll teach you the meaningbehind each type of food, so you can analyze--and reduce--your ownappetite."Readers will find that she keeps that promise. Constant Craving : What Your Food Cravings Mean and How to O
What I especially liked about this book, is that it is not just another diet book.She states simply, eat less and excercise more and you will lose weight.What she does talk about is what type of eater are you and then analyzes what that means and then follows that up with a 5 Steps toReduce Fattening Feelings, which I think is good, and which I am going tostart using today!

not very helpful
This book was disappointing.There are better options on the same topic. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Compulsive eating    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Eating Disorders - General    4. Food preferences    5. General    6. Popular works    7. Psychopathology - Eating Disorders    8. Reducing    9. Weight loss    10. Diets & dieting   

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The story of a beautiful and talented young woman who suffers, and eventually dies from, an eating disorder
"Andrea's Voice Silenced By Bulimia: Her Story and Her Mother's Journey Through Grief Toward Understanding" is a final legacy organized and co-written by both Andrea's mother, Doris Smeltzer, and Andrea herself in the form of her journals and papers. This compelling account tells the story of a beautiful and talented young woman who suffers, and eventually dies from, an eating disorder. "Andrea's Voice" represents a great lesson woven from painful experience. Doris Smeltzer is co-founder of the eating disorder prevention nonprofit organization, Andrea's Voice Foundation. Through the finely crafted voices and carefully chosen writings in "Andrea's Voice," her mother presents both the deep isolationism of the disordered eater, her daughter, and the close bond that still enriches her life today, when her daughter's living voice is silenced. "Andrea's Voice" is both a deeply compassionate, inspirational tribute to the life of Andrea, and a search for clues and tools to stem the outcome in others with disordered eating. "Andrea's Voice" is both a clinical and a very human look at the relationship between Andrea and her mother, shared to help others afflicted with eating disorders -- or have loved ones who are faced with such potentially dangerous health issues.
An Important Book For Parents, Especially Mothers
I highly recommend this book to parents of young women with eating disorders.Andrea's Voice is a deeply personal and eloquently told account of a mother's quest to bring her daughter through an eating disorder.This book offers something more than publications written by the "experts"--the books that tell parents what the best treatment is--it describes what it's actually like to confront an eating disorder, and how it affects a family.This is the real thing.

Shows long-term effect of bulimia
Reviewed by Stephanie Rollins for Reader Views (6/06)
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Bulimia    5. Eating Disorders - General    6. Family relationships    7. General    8. Patients    9. Personal Memoirs    10. Self-Help    11. United States    12. Biography: general    13. Eating disorders & therapy    14. Self-Help / Eating Disorders   

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Diabetic meal planning made easy
This book showed us how to plan our meals without getting stuck in a rut.

Diabetic cooking
This is a great book for meals we all used to like and thought we could no longer have.

Not Just Good For Diabetics!
I bought this cookbook recently to give to someone just diagnosed with diabetes and spent a good deal of time reading the recipes, myself. It is a good cookbook for anyone who is interested in eating healthy. I copied some of the recipes for my own use. I particularly liked some of the chicken recipes as well as the recipe for black bean soup. Each page of the book is divided into thirds so that you can mix and match different foods as you plan your meals. When you get past that initial barrier of figuring out what is going on with the book, you will like this cookbook tremendously. There is a wealth of information here to make us all healthier eaters. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Diabetes    5. Diabetes Mellitus    6. Diet therapy    7. Diets - Special Conditions    8. Health & Healing - Diabetic & Sugar Free    9. Methods - Quick & Easy    10. Recipes    11. General cookery    12. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Delicious Recipes!!
I have tried several recipes from this book and was pleasantly surprised that the dishes were delicious.

Down Home Food With Less Fat/Sugar
"Authors Gaines and Weaver show the reader how much of the hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes plaguing the African-American population can be avoided by making easy changes to traditional soul food recipes without losing too much of the flavor. The basics of healthy food preparation and menu planning are incorporated with suggestions for cooking with traditional herbs and spices, along with advice for reducing fat, calories and sodium. Portion sizes are given to aid in blood sugar control and weight loss, as well as complete nutritional information and official ADA exchanges.
An Excellent Resource
I love to cook and eat.It's wonderful that I can now prepare healthy and traditional fare for my family without worry over fat and salt.Thanks ladies! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. African American cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Diabetes    5. Diet therapy    6. Diseases - Diabetes    7. Health & Healing - Diabetic & Sugar Free    8. Recipes    9. Regional & Ethnic - Soul Food    10. Cooking / General    11. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Important voice to be heard
Slim to none is the diary of an anorexia patient, Jennifer Hendricks. This is a difficult and frustrating read. Jenny is totally confused through must of the book, due, not only by her severe eating disorder, but also through all the crazy "therapies" to try to heal her. It is an important story to be told to see just how misunderstood the disease was, even by doctors. Everyone had a different idea on how to heal Jenny, and most of them exceeding is only making her worse. The worst shame of it all is that Jenny tried so hard for so long and spent most of those years that she writes about, in one hospital or another. The last years of her life are revolved around her troubled thoughts and lost hopes of a normal life. I think this book is important for all doctors and families of people struggling with eating disorders. Also, anyone who is studying about eating disorders. As far as the story part of the book goes, it is repetitious, especially in the beginning, but keep reading, it is worth it in the end.

Like reading my own diaries from the past
I am a recovering anorexic. I was hospitalized numerous times before something inside of my mine just snapped and I was ready to let go. Really ready. And I am one of the very few lucky ones.
If I could give it less than one star I would
I'm sorry, but there is nooooooooooooo way this book is better than Wasted.As a memoir junkie, I read pretty much everything that comes out, and as an ED sufferer Iof course read every ED memoir.I could barely even make it through this one; the only reason I did is that I paid for it in hardcover.It is ridiculously trite, annoying, and the dialogue is almost laughably bad. It's just absurd; I rolled my eyes so much I felt like I could twirl pasties with them.
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Subjects:  1. Anorexia nervosa    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Diaries    5. Eating Disorders - Anorexia Nervosa    6. Hendricks, Jennifer    7. Mental health    8. Patients    9. Psychology    10. Psychoneuroses    11. Psychopathology - General    12. Specific Groups - General    13. United States    14. Women    15. Biography: general    16. Eating disorders & therapy    17. Self-Help / Eating Disorders   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diabetes    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Diet therapy    6. Diseases - Diabetes    7. General    8. Health & Healing - Diabetic & Sugar Free    9. Recipes    10. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes    11. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Simplified Help fo New Patients and Parents
A great help for those new to diabetes. Not Just for Kids
I am an R.N. in an acute care hospital and this is the best book I have found for newly diagnosed diabetics.It's simple, but not childish.It gives all the pertinent information for a diabetic to get off to a good start without overloading them with a lot of medical jargon and technicalinformation.It's officially recommended for pre-teens, but I find itbeneficial for even adults.When they are ready to learn more, then theycan move up to a more advanced book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. Diseases - Diabetes    3. Endocrinology & Metabolism    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. General    6. Health & Daily Living - Diseases    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Child care & upbringing    9. Coping with illness    10. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes    11. Philosophy of education   

Subjects:  1. Diseases - Diabetes    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health/Fitness    4. Naturopathy   

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Excellent Resource
I have read quite a few books on Type I Diabetes since my now-10-year-old son was diagnosed 5 years ago. This book and the one by Ms. Loy's sons, Getting a Grip on Diabetes, are by far the best ones I have read. Helpful information in a readable form with suggestions that are easily incorporated in to anyone's life. This is the book I have shared with friends who have had children diagnosed with diabetes.

This book gave me great hope & relief.
When my 4 1/2yr old was diagnosed in 2002, I was so scared that the fun part of his life was over. I bought 10 books & decided to read this one first. I was so happy & relieved to read about this great woman's calm approach to her boys diabetes. Both of her boys were diagnosed before 7 & continued on to do great things with their lives. This is a must read, it will relieve some of your worries & give you hope that life does go on & your child WILL be just fine.

This book really helped!
When my daughter was diagnosed with diabetes last May, our dietician lent me a copy of this book--it helped me so much!I didn't know anything about diabetes at the time and was frightened out of my mind!Ms. Loy has so many fantastic coping ideas--I've put many to use--this book is a wonderful tool--especially for parents of newly diagnosed children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children with Special Needs    2. Diabetes in children    3. Diseases - Diabetes    4. Endocrinology & Metabolism    5. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    6. Health - General    7. Health/Fitness    8. Home care    9. Medical    10. Patients    11. Pediatric Endocrinology    12. Pediatrics    13. Self-Help / General   

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not for diabetics
I have been a diabetic for 10 years. I just expected this book to add something to my existing knowledge. It so introductory.. and does not give any additional information, then what diabetics already know

This was my first book and was very helpful!
I am the editor of Diabetic Mommy Online Magazine - DiabeticMommy.com
All Fluff
I started to read this book, then decided to skim, then decided to quit.It is all fluff.If you want a good book with meaty infomation, read Medical Management of Pregnancy Complicated Diabetes published by the ADA. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diabetes in pregnancy    3. Diseases - Diabetes    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Popular works    8. Pregnancy & Childbirth    9. Diabetes    10. Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth    11. Popular medicine    12. Pregnancy, birth & baby care