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2.0 out of 5 stars
Hardly User-Friendly, January 12, 2010
This review is from: The Diabetes DTOUR Diet: The Revolutionary New Food Cure (Hardcover)
I'm writing this review after reading the first half of the book and after starting the 2 week fast start, which is the first step in the book.
I bought this book after reading the only two reviews posted and after flipping through the book in a bookstore. It seemed simple and to the point which was great.
It wasn't until I got ready to start the diet that I realized what a pain it was going to be. There is no shopping list for the 2 week fast start, which would be ok if the 2 week diet wasn't so complex. They tell you that you have to follow the diet EXACTLY. I'm assuming this is because they planned out the daily menus to meet the goals of 1,400 and 1,600 calories, so if you eat a breakfast listed on a different day you might mess up the current days calorie count. It makes for a very random use of ingredients. On one day you use low-fat mayo, on another day you use regular mayo. There are about 3 different types of crackers that they have you eat on different days, but you only eat the crackers one time each, so you just spent money on 3 boxes of crackers for one servings worth. That's hardly cost efficient. So really, it seems to be more about calorie counting and not the stuff they talk about in the first few chapters (fiber, calcium, vitamin D, etc).
I also noticed that some measurements were WAY off, at least when it came to the 2 week fast start. One day tells you to have almonds as a snack. They list it like this: 2 tablespoon almonds (about 12). Then another day they tell you to have almonds again but they list it like this: 3 tablespoon almonds (about 24). Does anyone else see the problem with that. And please tell me if anyone is able to fit 24 almonds in 3 tablespoons.
I do like the portion sizes of the meals they put together. I've been following some of their meals but I eat one of the breakfasts that sound good and then pick a lunch and dinner that sound good, not necessarily from the same days. I also only bought one kind of crackers and one kind of mayo and plan on just using what I have. Once I've done that for 2 weeks I'll go to the second half of the book and see if I can follow that. The recipes I've tried have been good and the ones in the back look like they'd taste good.
Overall, my biggest problem was with the menus on the 2 week fast start.
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54 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
If you have diabetes, don't read this book!!, January 19, 2010
This review is from: The Diabetes DTOUR Diet: The Revolutionary New Food Cure (Hardcover)
My mother in law informed me she was reading this book as recommended by her doctor because she has pre-diabetes (Type 2), or metabolic syndrome.
Being the good DIL, I went to the book store to look at the book and what it had to offer. I am so glad I did, because as soon as I opened it I was disappointed.
This book is full of wrong nutrition and horrible advice for people with diabetes (Type 2). The recipes include things like artificial sweeteners, dried and powdered dairy, flour, other starches and 'franken-foods' (read: fake, processed foods). This book follows the all-too-popular line of thinking that foods with fat and cholesterol are bad, but what have you left? Carbohydrates - which are the culprit and food for things like diabetes, heart disease and cancer (when eaten a lot of in a processed form). In your body things like carbohydrates turn into sugars, and for a diabetic that spells disaster. Not only that, consumption of rancid vegetable fats (canola, corn, 'vegetable oil', safflower, etc) and things previously mentioned like dried dairy products and such lead to high (and oxidized) cholesterol in the body which leads to heart disease and atherosclerosis.
If you're really serious about 'detouring' past diabetes, wouldn't it make more sense that the diet of a people that never encountered diabetes would be of more benefit? Humans have survived on a diet of animal fats and proteins (and minimal properly prepared complex carbohydrates) for thousands upon thousands of years without modern diseases such as diabetes (Type 2). There were no insulin shots for the indigenous cultures and they managed.
I recommended to my mother in law that she read books like Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, Real Food by Nina Planck, and Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. If you're struggling with diabetes and want some serious advice that will actually help you, I suggest checking these books out and honestly reading them. They are not 'diabetes books' but, if diabetes is a symptom of poor nutrition then a nutrition book proposing the oldest, more wholesome form of diet is more help to you than anything.
Edit: I will also add that Gary Taubes has a new book (Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It) that goes into detail why insulin is so important, not just for diabetics, but for people struggling with their weight. It's a quick and informative read; I really recommend it.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
DTour Diet support, May 30, 2010
This review is from: The Diabetes DTOUR Diet: The Revolutionary New Food Cure (Hardcover)
With this simple-yet-amazing approach to eating right [ NOT a diet ],
+ I feel sated
+ My cravings are under control
+ I don't feel hungry all the time
+ My weight is coming down
+ and My critical numbers are now in the "safety zone"
This approach is something one can really USE and STAY on !
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