Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars Revised & Updated

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Summary: Very Informative on maintaing normal blood sugars
Review: This book is comprehensive on maintaining normal blood sugars and is an advocate for lo carbs diet like adkins. It is a common sense book for diabetic seeking to achieve normal blood sugars. However this approach may be difficult for the majority of diabetics who enjoy carbohydrates. The trick is step by step reduction of high glycemic carbos to lo glycemic carbos. Example would be like eating a bowl of OLD fashion oatmeal which has a low glycmeic value.

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Summary: Must Check Thyroid
Review: I got Dr. Bernstein's book for my husband, a Type 2 diabetic. It has helped him enormously. I have used it, along with Atkins' books, to help both of us lose weight. Dr. Atkins' books stress that you MUST check your basal body temperature before and during a low-carb diet, to make sure that your thyroid levels are normal, and remain normal. Low thyroid levels will cause weight gain, high cholesterol, and higher blood sugar. Both my husband and I have thyroid problems, which CAN be exacerbated by a low-carb diet. Sometimes you will know you have a problem when you feel cold a lot. The solution can be as simple as exercising, taking thyroid supplements, slightly increasing your carb intake, or a combination of all three.

Lower carbs WILL decrease your total cholesterol, and dramatically decrease your triglycerides. As a personal example, several weeks ago, after a stressful summer, I had a total cholesterol reading of 204. I went on a lower-carb diet for 2 weeks, and then donated blood. My total cholesterol then was 154, a drop of 50 points in 2 weeks. By the way, if you donate blood every 2 months, you will get a mini-physical each time, including total cholesterol, to help keep you on the straight and narrow road while dieting.

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Summary: A mountain of information, but well worth it
Review: I am a newly-diagnosed type II diabetic. I am in the process of plowing through this book.

Dr. Bernstein is a type I diabetic who has far outlived the original predictions for lifespan for type I diabetics. He is also a pioneer in the use of glucometers (by patients) to keep their blood sugars within a tight range.

I think his diet is similar to Atkins, and I would also recommend the latest Atkins book on diabetes.

If someone wants to eat a lot of carbs even though diabetic and simultaneously either take a lot of medications or a lot of insulin, that is their prerogative. However, if someone is interested in actually cutting down on medications or insulin, or perhaps reversing diabetes, I would recommend using Dr. Bernstein's approach. If someone is a vehement vegetarian, however, they will have more trouble on this type of a diet, as animal protein foods are emphasized.

From what I have read, eating low-carb is the way to go for a diabetic. My blood sugars have gradually been coming down. Your mileage may vary.