The Glycemic Load Diabetes Solution: Six Steps to Optimal Control of Your Adult-Onset (Type 2) Diabetes

A mid-life career change from a physically active job to a sedentary job coupled with full-time work/full-time college and eating fast food on the run had resulted in me being a 321 pound diabetic. My morning glucose had been running 180 for a while (with oral medication) and I was tired all the time. I knew I had to do something, but I kept putting it off. I started researching low-glycemic online and decided to get this book. 1/2 way thru, I just made the decision to do it, rather than continuing to put it off til I had more time. After 3 days on the diet, my morning glucose had dropped to 120 and I was more energetic. 1 month later, I've lost 20 pounds. I have 100 more pounds to lose and plan on having it off by June of 2016 (today is May 30, 2015). This is similar to Atkins, but very easy to follow. Basically, avoid grains (and grain products - bread, pasta, etc.), corn, rice, & potatoes. I know - it's everything I love, too, but it's also what landed me in this morbidly obese position. My blood sugar stays between 95 & 130 now and I am looking forward to losing the rest of the weight (I've accomplished 16% of my goal). For quick meals, I use the Atkins frozen meals (especially at work) and snack on peanut butter, fruits and vegetables between meals. Once you know the basics, it's easy to eat out without compromising. I also use the site peacelovelowcarb for recipe ideas. You won't regret starting the low-carb/glycemic lifestyle, especially if you are an overweight diabetic such as myself. My A1c was 6,8 before making the lifestyle change; I will be checking it again at Compunet after July 18th having been on the diet for 90 days to see how much I have improved. It's only $29 to get it checked. If I can remember, I will update the results then.

I bought this book, along with the Glycemic Load Diet book, by the same author, as I wasn't sure if they were the same or not. They are very similar, but there is enough different info in this one vs. the other, to say that you should purchase both. It's worth the money for the sections that are not the same.This book, this diet, this concept, can and will change your life with regard to health, if you let it. So, it's worth a try. After you read this book, and see where the other fad diets have taken you, and why they failed, you'll be compelled to try this one, as it only requires YOU to be successful with it.Yes, you must eat correctly, but then you should be anyway. We all know the bad foods we eat, but, we don't know what all the GOOD foods are. This book, along with the other one (Glycemic Load Diet), shows you what they are.Both books have many recipes in them, and I've tried over half of them already. Awesome is a word that comes to mind quickly. Many I already used, but just changed ingredients to make them work those in this book.If everything else has failed for you, health and diet wise, you've nothing to lose by trying this eating concept.I'll write more reviews as time goes by, but for now, as I've followed it so far, this is the best I"ve ever seen.

Pretty informative book, easy to understand.

My A1C reached 6.5 a year ago, and my doctor told me that I have Type 2 Diabetes. My doctor sent me to a diabetic educator that helped me understand how I needed to eat if I was going to avoid or delay consequences of diabetes. I have adopted a low carb diet, with no more than 35 carbs per meal. I make sure that I eat at regular times, and I have stepped up my exercise and walking. My A1C dropped back to 5.8, so I am pretty happy.I watch my blood glucose on a regular basis, and I was surprised that even living within my 35 carb limit sometimes my blood glucose would spike, and take hours to come down. So carbs are not the whole story. The Glycemic Load explained why this was happening. I learned that my body does just fine with oranges, but bananas make my blood glucose go crazy. I enjoyed eating oatmeal for breakfast, but it found it really makes my blood glucose jump. With this information I can make better choices.I recommend this book for Type 2 Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics that is working to keep their blood glucose under control without medication.

This book contained lots of good information about what happens in your body when you're diabetic. The problem is that the GL values presented here are very off. On the GL chart he says an orange has a Glycemic Load of 71. Later when he does sample menus he only allots 20 for a whole orange. Then every online reference I can find says that the GL for an orange is 5 - 6. Everybody else says low GL foods have a value of 0 - 10, medium GL foods 11 - 19 and high GL foods over 20. While the list in the book contains some zero load foods there is literally only 1 (ONE!) food on the list that falls between 1 - 10 and that's peanuts. Most foods on his list have values anywhere from 50s to the 500s and that just doesn't match up with anything else I've read about Glycemic Load. I'll take the good advice I read in the book going forward but find my GL values elsewhere.

This has been an eye-opening read. More info than I expected and finally a clear picture of when and why medication might be best, and the low-down on slow-twitch fiber exercise being so important. I have a feeling I will be re-reading this book many times. Highly recommended.

Interesting to read. It all makes sense now!! Family have read this even though they aren't even diabetic because it's so easy and interesting to read.

great

Incredibly helpful. Has completely turned on its head my idea of a healthy diet, and its already stabilised my diabetes.

Good educational value and will keep around for reference purposes as well. Needs to be read more than once to get all the details.