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Beating the Blood Sugar Blues

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I would NOT recommend this book to anyone for any reason. It is not worth the paper it's printed on. Let me explain: I bought this book along with several others to try to get as much information as I can about the illness of hypoglycemia - Severe Reactive Hypoglycemia to be exact. While the book is specifically written for those with diabetes, it should be of great benefit to those without diabetes, but having hypoglycemia. However, the authors believe (according to pages 8-9 and many others) that if a person is suffering from the symptoms of hypoglycemia and they do not have diabetes, they are delussional, psychotic and need couseling!! Couseling is NOT what will help the person with hypoglycemia - with Diabetes or not. The tone and manner of the book is very sarcastic, the authors seem to be talking down to the readers and are patronizing in the way they explain things. The content of the book is otherwise shallow. Besides being continually insulted by the authors, I found their constant insistence that they are experts on this subject just because they are older and have had diabetes for a while, to be insignificant and repulsive.

Instead of this book, I would highly recommend The Dos and Don'ts of Hypoglycemia by Roberta Ruggiero, or Hypoglycemia,The Classic Healthcare Handbook by Jeraldine Saunders and Dr Harvey M. Ross or even Living Low-Carb by Fran McCullough and finally Lick the Sugar Habit by Nancy Appleton. These books are full of helpful information and do not tend to make the reader feel like a failure and a mental case. The authors of these books believe and prove that there is a treatment that will work for hypoglycemics...and they show you exactly what to do. I have read and followed their advice and have seen a tremendous improvement in my blood sugar problems. Please try these booksi nstead of the featured book.