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Books – Food – Diabetes
Books 1 to 20 of 58 – Diabetes
The Diabetes Revolution by Charles Clark and Maureen Clark
Western society is experiencing an epidemic of type 2 diabetes, almost entirely as a direct consequence of obesity. Until quite recently, type 2 diabetes was known as ‘mature-onset diabetes’, but recent cases have shown that children as young as ten are now suffering from the disease. Diabetes can cause blindness, restriction of mobility, pain, kidney failure and coronary thrombosis and is a truly devastating disease.This groundbreaking programme of diet and exercise is based on long-term clinical experience and, unlike many other diabetes diet books, has been proven to control, and prevent, diabetes. Succinct and easy-to-understand, The Diabetes Revolution: outlines the basis of diabetes, the medical effects of the disease and the complica
Paperback, 304 pp, $29.95. Buy
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Healthy Indian Cooking for Diabetes: In Association with Diabetes UK by Azmina Govindji and SANJEEV KAPOOR
Four out of five of the world’s largest diabetic populations are Indian. Of the 1.4 million people in the UK with diabetes, over 500,000 are Indian. Diabetes is becoming epidemic within these populations, yet there’s a dire shortage of advice on the cause and management of this condition. This book will offer much-needed health and dietary recommendations that take into account cultural backgrounds and eating habits, demonstrating how to reduce the high levels of fat traditionally used in home cooking as well as how to make lifestyle changes that will help manage the condition. It also offers advice for the whole family, to help prevent diabetes in the younger generation
Paperback, 160 pp, $39.95. Buy
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Diabetes Cookbook by Diabetes Australia
Managing your diet is the key to controlling diabetes, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy your food. Keep delicious meals on the menu by following this mouth-watering cookbook, published in association with the experts, Diabetes Australia
Paperback, 128 pp, $26.95. Buy
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The Abs Diet by DAVID ZINCZENKO
Tens of thousands have changed their bodies – and their lives – with the help of The Abs Diet, the New York Times bestseller from David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health Magazine. A key factor in the diet’s success is the meal plan, with its healthy, great-tasting, easy recipes featuring the Abs Diet 12 Powerfoods. Now, to meet the demands of today’s time-strapped society, Zinczenko and co-author Ted Spiker present The Abs Diet: 6-Minute Meals for 6-pack Abs to help readers make the right food choices – in less time than it takes to pick up a takeaway. The Abs Diet: 6-Minute Meals for 6-pack Abs features: 101 6-minute recipes: fast and easy recipes like Barbecue Chicken Pizza, Smokehouse Salad, Summer Vegetable Couscous, and more t
Hardback, 304 pp, $29.95. Buy
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Eatingwell Diabetes Cookbook by Joyce Hendley
. Eating wisely and well is one of our most powerful weapons to help prevent and manage diabetes it’s also a delicious strategy all of us can live by. Rather than pushing drastic eating prescriptions that cut out some foods altogether, The EatingWell Diabetes Cookbook gives you a simple blueprint for healthy eating: choosing healthy carbohydrates to keep blood-sugar levels stable, while using good fats and lean protein sources to provide great flavors and freedom from hunger between meals. It summarizes the best of cutting-edge research and adds real-life advice including: ? Beyond low-carb, low-fat: Upgrading to healthier carbohydrates and fats ? The glycemic index, explained ? Eating smart in restaurants and while traveling ? Healthy eati
Paperback, 336 pp, $22.95. Buy
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Prevention’s Diabetes Diet Cookbook by Prevention Magazine editors
America’s leading health magazine shows how to better control glucose levels naturally by focusing on high-fibre foods in this cookbook packed with crowd-pleasing recipes and hundreds of tips for living well with diabetes. This outstanding cookbook draws on the latest science to make losing weight and getting blood sugar under control easier than ever before. Designed to bring about steady, permanent weight loss – up to two pounds a week until one’s goal weight is reached – and filled with inspirational, real-life success stories that illustrate “Prevention’s” trusted advice in action, this is an indispensable book for anyone who has, or is at risk of developing, diabetes.
Paperback, 352 pp, $30.95. Buy
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The Best Diabetes Slow Cooker Recipes by Judith Finlayson and Barbara Selley
Delicious slow cooker recipes combined with all-important Exchange Lists for Meal Planning.
Managing diabetes is made easier by taking full advantage of the benefits of the slow cooker method of food preparation. The Best Diabetes Slow Cooker Recipes offers the superb combination of healthful eating, appetizing meals, and the convenience of slow cooker preparation.
The all-important Exchange Lists for Meal Planning(c) accompanies each recipe. All recipes have been carefully chosen and adapted from Judith Finlayson’s best-selling slow cooker cookbooks.
The following recipes provide a sampling of those that can be enjoyed by the whole family: Turkey and corn chowder with barley two-bean soup with pistou Chicken with leeks in walnut sauc
Paperback, 256 pp, $34.95. Buy
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The Sugar Solution Cookbook by Ann Fittante and Prevention Magazine editors
The latest medical discoveries make it clear: The real key to losing weight isn’t in calories, carbs, or exercise – it’s learning to control blood sugar. By focusing on the healthiest carbohydrates and fats, The Sugar Solution Cookbook enables readers to keep their blood sugar in check – so they can keep their metabolism up, overeating down, and quell their cravings for fattening foods. They’ll learn how to eat six meals a day while dropping a steady 2 pounds a week – and never regain the weight. While some other popular diets are dangerously high in fat and deficient in fibre and other important nutrients, The Sugar Solution Cookbook draws on the latest research in the science of weight loss and features: a nutritionally balanced eating pl
Hardback, 384 pp, $37.95. Buy
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Mr. Food Diabetic Dinners in a Dash by Art Ginsburg and Nicole Johnson Baker
Contains over 150 recipes. Every recipe contains nutritional information, portion sizes, and easy-to-follow directions that help you put delicious meals on your table every night
Paperback, 195 pp, $23.95. Buy
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Delicious Living by Peter Howard
An inspiring and practical guide for anyone with diabetes and anyone who wants to avoid it. Contains healthy recipes for all occassions, including snacks, main meals and desserts
Paperback, 120 pp, $19.95. Buy
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Biggest Book of Diabetic Recipes: More Than 350 Great-Tasting Recipes for Living Well with Diabetes by Better Homes and Gardens and Tricia Laning
A stupendous value: more than 350 delectable (and really healthy) recipes perfectly tailored for individuals with diabetes, yet tempting for everyone.
Tasty, easy-to-prepare fare from the Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchens, the most trusted name in American cookbooks for 75 years.
Comprehensive content features must-have main dishes, easy appetizers, simple soup
, 416 pp, $27.95. Buy
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The Diabetic Cookbook by Azmina Govindji
Using this book, anyone living with diabetes can always find something delicious to eat
Hardback, 144 pp, $39.95. Buy
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Terrific Diabetic Meals by Lucy Beale
For millions of people around the world who suffer from diabetes, preparing meals that are both tasty and medically responsible can be very difficult. Throw in the culinary preferences of other family members and finding meals that everyone can enjoy can seem impossible. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals offers readers 300 recipes the whole family can get excited about. From appetisers to desserts and everything in between, this book focuses on the everyday kinds of recipes that families have grown to love and can put together with the ingredients they tend to keep around the house.
Paperback, 432 pp, $26.95. Buy
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Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook: Slow-Cooker Favorites to Include Everyone! Gift Edition by Phyllis Pellman Good
Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook is packed with delicious recipes for everyone including those who have to keep track of food exchanges, carbohydrates, sugars, calories, and fats
, 284 pp, $34.95. Buy
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Atkins Diabetes Revolution: Control Your Carbs to Prevent and Manage Type 2 Diabetes by Mary C. Vernon
The conventional ‘healthy’ Western diet – based on large amounts of carbohydrates and a small amount of protein and fat – results, for many people, in a state of hyperinsulinism, a key factor in developing diabetes. The Atkins nutritional plan, based on eating the foods that balance your hormones to regulate blood sugar levels, controls the production of insulin and is therefore a great tool in treating and preventing diabetes.The Atkins plan also promotes healthy weight loss and freedom from other conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease. The book contains all the nutritional information diabetes sufferers need to plan their new, healthy diet, as well as recipes so the plan can be put into practice.
Paperback, 320 pp, $36.99. Buy
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Food for Every Body: Cooking for Diabetes the Low-GI Way by Jane Barnes and Sydney Pemberton
Almost one in three adults have some level of impaired glucose metabolism. If this impairment is not managed at the pre-stage it is likely to deteriorate into ‘fully blown’ diabetes. This book provides a modern approach to diabetic management nutrition and includes shopping lists, menus for special occasions and over 80 appealing recipes that all the family can enjoy. Chapters include: Starters, soups and sandwiches; Potatoes with meat, seafood, chicken or for vegetarians; Rice and couscous with meat, seafood, chicken or for vegetarians; Pasta with meat, seafood, chicken or for vegetarians; Legumes with meat, seafood, chicken or for vegetarians; Salads; Desserts and baked goods; Dips, sauces and dressings; Eating tips and quick fixes
Paperback, 160 pp, $29.99. Buy
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Stevia Sweet Recipes by Jeffrey Goettemoeller
Stevia is an herbal sweetener which, in its extracted form, is over 200 times sweeter than sugar, as well as being non-glycemic, safe, and virtually calorie-free. This book offers health-conscious readers over 165 creative recipes that use Stevia as the sweetener.
, 196 pp, $19.95. Buy
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Fast and Simple Diabetes Menus by Betty Wedman-St. Louis
Going beyond offering dietary advice for diabetics, this book addresses the complicated needs of diabetic patients with complications, such as kidney disease. It suggests menu plans that balance the sometimes conflicting requirements of such patients.
Paperback, 224 pp, $23.95. Buy
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This can’t happen to me! by Tim Bowden
‘This can’t happen to me!’ was Tim’s incredulous reaction when his doctor diagnosed him with Type 2 diabetes during an ordinary medical check up. Weaving practical advice with humorous and inspiring personal stories, Tim Bowden explains everything you need to know about Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is out of control – it’s the world’s fastest growing chronic disease. In Australia alone, more than 1,500 people are diagnosed every week. The majority of Australians with diabetes – 90 per cent – have Type 2 diabetes. But eating healthy foods which are low in saturated fats, having more fruit and vegetables, being physically more active and cutting down on alcohol, can help to delay or prevent the onset of debilitating complications.
Paperback, 224 pp, $29.99. Buy
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The Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook by The Diabetic Gourmet
An all-new collection of recipes for people with diabetes from the premiere online magazine dedicated to diabetes-related dining and cooking.