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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Desserts | Home » » » » Change One for Diabetes | | | | | | | Description: | | If you have diabetes, you're not alone. In the past decade, the number of Americans with diabetes has increased by at least 40 percent, and alarmingly appears in younger and younger adults. This disturbing trend goes hand in hand with a doubling of obesity over the last 20 years. The good news is that if you lose weight, you can stabilize your blood sugar without the need for drugs and insulin. Based on a study of 52 overweight adults with type 2 diabetes and drawing on the same balanced principles that made ChangeOne one of the most talked about new diet programs of 2003 and 2004, this book provides readers with a three-part sensible, realistic program for making positive, and deliciously healthful, changes--one change at a time. | | | Features: | |
• The Natural Solution Program for Lowering Your Blood Sugar, Losing Weight, and Living a Healthier Life
• A three-part health and diet program designed especially for people with diabetes.
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| Editors of Reader's Digest | | Hardcover:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| Readers Digest | | Publication Date:
| December 29, 2004 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0762105909 | | Package Length:
| 10.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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Change One for DiabetesJul 12, 2010
Very helpful and interesting and with more use I think I will probably really benefit from this book.
 A basically crappy and (for me) provocative bookJun 06, 2010
I have a lot to say about this, for me, provocative book:
The book targets overweight people with type 2 diabetes. Nowhere in the title or on the book's cover can it be seen that it is only intended for this group of diabetes patients.
The absolute emphasis is on weight loss. You would think that there were no persons of normal weight that get diabetes, but perhaps this is true for those with type 2.
It is a Reader's Digest book and written in the simple style common to this publication and Jehova's Witness literature. It seems to target grossly overweight people who take no exercise whatsever and who eat the crappiest of diets. This is okay, I suppose, since many such people exist,. There is probably an absolute need for this book with all its faults, it is just not my cup of tea.
For me the basic problem with the book is that its aim is apparently not to help you cure yourself of your diabetes, even though I understand type 2 in particular is absolutely curable, but only to assist you to reduce high blood sugar levels and generally control the diabetes so as to minimize the risk of serious complications.
It is stressed that first and foremost you must focus on taking your insulin or other medication, whereas I would want to focus on being able to reduce and eventually let go of all medication, it being ultimately harmful.
The authors do not hold the view that sugar is inherently bad for you, but find its consumption only inadvisable because of the empty calories. It is positively recommended to take a "sugary snack" in certain situations. (Of course I realize that persons using insulin may in life-threatening situations need an immediate sugar fix.)
Also fruit and fruit juice (??) make up an integral part of the recommended diet, whereas in the opinon of some experts all sugar and fruit should be temporarily avoided in full until such time as the diabetes has been eradicated. Also sugar substitutes such as ASPARTAME (the worst of the worst) are acceptable according to the Plan and even recommended.
In short, deleterious substances such as diet drinks, sugar substitutes, coffee, dairy foods, SWEETS (??), margarine are included in the Plan, as is use of a microwave oven. In fact, absolutely ANYTHING GOES, as long as you cut calories.
If this plan is followed you will probably lose much weight, but will remain inherently unhealthy, the diet suggestions being catastrophic as regards ultimate health.
There is no mention at all of the importance of going over to the consumption of organic foods. (You would think the book had been published fifty years ago, but in fact it is from 2004.)
The only reason I have given the book a star at all is is due both to the chapter on "natural approaches", which incidentally should have been placed at the beginning of the book, and to the advice on the essential factor of exercise. The natural approaches chapter includes important information about the value of chromium and vanadium supplements, among other things.
To sum up, this book could prove valuable to those overweight type 2 diabetics who wish to improve their present quality of life, but have no ambition to release their dependence on insulin or other diabetes medication. For those more ambitious, read for example, Cass Ingram's book "Natural cures for diabetes".
 Life changingSep 20, 2009
I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, but my doctor didn't have any recommendations for information. I went to the library and checked out all of the books I could find on diabetes. When I started reading this book, I knew this was the one I would use, so I purchased it from Amazon. I lost 35 pounds and for 2 years now all of my lab work comes back with flying colors. Diabetes is so scary, but it can be controlled. Good luck to all with this diagnosis. Please read this book! It will be life changing!
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Helped Me Through My PregnancySep 29, 2008
This book along with the regular change one book helped me to keep my gestational diabetes at bay. I still use the books to help others . I would definitely recommend this book to a friend.
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Great diet plan that is easy to followJul 19, 2007
Not just for diabetics! My husband is hypoglycemic and we have had wonderful results following this diet plan. He had several very frightening incidences where he crashed severely and they were very clearly a direct response to food. I turned to this book for help and since we started this diet he has not crashed once. Although I have neither health condition I decided to follow the plan too since it seems so smart and simple. The concept of dividing your meal into 1/2 vegetables, 1/4 starches or carbs, and 1/4 protein is a brilliant idea and when it comes to actually making meals this is very easy to follow. You can still eat all the food you love but sometimes the cooking method needs tweaking and you will have to change the portion sizes but you'll catch on very quickly. The transitions are easier than you think. And you'll feel better after only a few days. My husband immediately noticed a change for the better, he woke up with more energy, felt more rested, and was able to get more work done. He just feels good. Plus, we've both lost weight while still enjoying our favorite meals that needed only slight modifications. The best part, we don't feel like we're on a diet! This book will change the way you look at food, cooking methods, and portions and you'll be glad it did. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to feel better and loose weight, whether you are a diabetic or not.
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