American Diabetes Association Diabetes Cookbook [Paperback]

DK Publishing (Author), American Diabetes Association (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

Delicious food for people with diabetes. Because diabetes affects an estimated 16 million people in the US, half of whom are undiagnosed, there has never been a greater need for authoritative information on the condition. Comprehensive and practical, the Diabetes Cookbook helps people with diabetes take control of their condition and live life to the full. Understanding Diabetes: The American Diabetes Association -- the nation's leading health organization supporting diabetes research -- joins Dorling Kindersley in publishing the Diabetes Cookbook. Describing the two main types of diabetes and explaining the treatment and management of the condition, the book shows how to plan menus to achieve a well--balanced diet and stable blood--glucose levels, and gives advice on interpreting nutritional guidelines and adapting standard recipes. Stylish Food: From Thai Shrimp and Vegetable Curry to Coriander--crusted Lamb Steaks to Fruit and Amoretti Trifle, over 100 beautifully illustrated recipes demonstrate that a diet for those with diabetes need be anything but dull. Each carefully devised recipe is accompanied by a full nutritional analysis. There are also tips on individual foods, alternative ingredients, and serving ideas. Menus To Suit Everyone: The Diabetes Cookbook shows how easy it is to plan menus that are appropriate to people with diabetes and that also appeal to family and friends. There are recipes for all occasions, including buffet lunches, children's snacks, vegetarian suppers, and three--course dinner parties.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Written by the health experts at AMA, the Diabetes Cookbook provides valuable, up-to-date information for anyone wanting to lead a healthy life. It features life-enriching, delicious meals that are easily created and work with a diabetic diet. Highlights include:

-Dishes created by AMA diabetes experts to help with weight loss, hit daily nutritional targets and minimize disease risk

-Shows carbohydrate count

-Shows diabetic exchange information for each recipe

-Easy-to-follow format so you know instantly how the dish can fit into your overall diet

-Up-to-date information on managing and preventing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

-Provides an extensive list of foods that help fight diabetes and heart disease

-60 recipes

These low-fat and low-cal recipes put the pleasure back into eating for good health.

About the Author

The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research, information, and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the Association supports an office in every state and provides services in more than 800 communities across the county. Its mission is to prevent diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by the disease.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT; 1 edition (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789451751
• ISBN-13: 978-0789451750
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No Exchange information in this book, October 27, 2002

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This review is from: American Diabetes Association Diabetes Cookbook (Paperback)

I bought this book thinking that this was the updated cookbook classic published by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), in conjunction with the American Dietetic Association. It is not. This cookbook does not contain ANY Exchange information about the recipes. As a newly diagnosed diabetic, I was very disappointed in this book. It does have 92 pages of recipes with beautiful photographs of food. In the beginning of the book, there are tips for reducing fat and sugar in general food preparation. However, these tips would not help me to overcome the problem with many of the recipes in this book. That is, many of the receipes in this book contain way too much fat. Given the information in this book, I could not modify the recipes to fit into my ADA exchange diet.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful with adjustments....., October 5, 2002

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Dianne Foster "Di" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Diabetes Association Diabetes Cookbook (Paperback)

The American Diabetes Association DIABETES COOKBOOK is a thin volume with a few tasty recipes and many more that don't particularly appeal to me as I seldom eat pasta, rice, or polenta. Unlike some other "recipe" books I've encountered recently, every page of the ADA cookbook is printed in bright colors and on glossy paper. You can salivate to your heart's content over the photographs of the prepared dishes on every other page. Whether you can duplicate the look of these prepared dishes depends on your cooking skills. Whether you will like them depends on your taste. The recipes include an assortment of ways to combine spices and vegetables, so if your vegetable menu is growing stale you might find a goodie or two here.

I found a few good recipes including one for "Spicy Lentil Soup' that includes grated fresh ginger and canned coconut milk. However, a serving contains 6 grams of protein and 22 grams of carbohydrates, and 3 grams of fat, so I use powdered milk to reduce the carbohydrate count and up the protein count. Of course it tastes a bit different, but since I never put milk of any sort in my lentils before I still found an interesting way to make a change. I love eggplant and the recipe for "Eggplant Parmigiana" using eggplant, tomatoes and fresh herbs is quite good--and a good Italian dish without pasta and thus low in carbohydrates.

Why scale back the carbohydrates? Well, I am using THE INSULIN-RESISTANCE DIET by Hart and Grossman, and these authors recommend consuming fewer carbohydrates (not eliminating them, just reducing them). Since I am feeling better and actually beginning to drop a few pounds, it seems the lower carbohydrate approach works for me. Books on diabetes and insulin resistance differ, so in the end you will probably have to experiment to see what works for you.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful but useless, January 18, 2005

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Margaret E. Pietrantonio "lambda sister" (Woodstown, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Diabetes Association Diabetes Cookbook (Paperback)

I was disappointed to find that many of the recipes use an ingredient I cannot access ( low fat creme fraiche). There are no substitutions suggested. Also, the calorie content is too high for most of the entrees. When you are on a low calorie diet, 500 calories is 1/2 your daily allowance. The hints and guidelines are slightly helpful but can be misleading. I would not buy this book had I reviewed it first. Lovely pictures though!