Product Details

• Actors: Neal Barnard MD, Chef Toni Fiore, Susan Levin RD, Caroline Trapp MSN CDE
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Image Studio Productions
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 2008
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0966408160
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,020 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This DVD provides a guide to moving beyond simply managing diabetes. It will help you turn the disease around. It delivers medical results: weight loss, blood glucose control, and reduced heart disease risk, and may even reduce or prevent the need for some medications.

There are three sections.
Getting Started with nutrition expert Neal Barnard, MD.
Based on his groundbreaking research, nutrition researcher Neal Barnard, MD, provides eight essential lessons for turning back the clock on diabetes through a low-fat vegan diet.
1. A New Dietary Approach to Diabetes and Stories of Success
2. New Leads on Type 2 Diabetes
3. Designing a Diet for Maximum Weight Control
4. Using the Glycemic Index
5. Keeping a Healthy heart
6. Healthy Eating During Work, Travel, and Holidays
7. Diabetes Care from Head to Toe
8. How to Recognize and Treat Low Blood Sugar

In the Kitchen with Chef Toni Fiore
Chef Toni Fiore, host of Delicious TV's program Totally Vegetarian, demonstrates how to prepare fast and satisfying recipes that eliminate the need for calorie counting and restricted portions. They include great ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Touring the Grocery Store
Diabetes experts Susan Levin, RD, and Caroline Trapp, MSN, CDE, share their valuable tips about finding and preparing healthful treasures you never knew were in your neighborhood grocery store.

This empowering program offers new hope and scientifically supported guidance from a caring team committed to your success.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't just manage type 2 diabetes-reverse it!, February 18, 2009

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E. Adams (WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A New Approach to Nutrition for Diabetes (DVD)

A New Approach to Nutrition for Diabetes by Dr. Neal Barnard provides groundbreaking information and new hope for anyone who wants to reverse type 2 diabetes or prevent its onset. The finding that a buildup of tiny bits of fat within muscle cells can interfere with insulin's ability to allow glucose to enter each cells membrane has critical implications.

Dr. Barnard's program has produced amazing results using a powerful dietary approach to take advantage of this finding to repair insulin function. Rather than just managing diabetes this program can actually help turn the disease around. The program essentially has three guidelines: do not eat animal products, keep vegetable oils to a minimum, and favor foods with a low glycemic index. Through a series of lectures Dr. Barnard clearly explains how the program works and he makes the implementation of the guidelines easy to accomplish.

In addition, Chef Toni Fiore demonstrates how to prepare quick and easy recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner without counting calories or restricting portions. Each recipe is on the DVD with nutrition information, as well as directions to printable recipe cards at the PCRM.org website.

A grocery store tour by two diabetes experts provides help shopping for the variety of foods necessary to succeed with this program. The tips given are useful and simple to follow.

Inspirational success stories by four individuals who have used the program to reverse or greatly improve their diabetes show what is possible. Additional success stories as well as other diabetes resources are available at PCRM.org.

Since type 2 diabetes is common in my family, I intend to share this DVD with other members. I am hopeful that they will adopt the program and do what is required to prevent or reverse diabetes in their lives. So far, I have been successful using this program to prevent the onset of diabetes.

In addition to the DVD, I strongly recommend purchasing the book entitled Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes. The book is able to provide a greater depth of information than is possible with a DVD, plus it includes additional menus and recipes by Bryanna Clark Grogan. These materials are excellent and can be life saving for anyone willing to make the changes necessary to prevent or reverse type 2 diabetes. This program can also be exceptionally effective for preventing complications for those with type 1 diabetes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to learn about and understand diabetes, November 13, 2009

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Veggie Lori (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A New Approach to Nutrition for Diabetes (DVD)

Another terrific book by Dr Barnard. His way of explaining complicated info about diet/nutrition/medical issues makes it easy to understand how it all works. He is a dedicated person to the health and welfare of both humans and our furry and feathered non-humans. I do not have diabetes but love to share the virtues of a vegan diet to those that do and often recommend this book. I also highly recommend the DVD on the same subject. The recipes in the book are simple and great as well as the cooking demo's on the DVD. Keep up the great work, Dr Barnard!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, February 18, 2010

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Jacquelin Deatcher (Alexander NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A New Approach to Nutrition for Diabetes (DVD)

As an Adult Nurse Practitioner and Certified Diabetes Educator working exclusively with people who have diabetes, I was quite interested in this DVD offering. After having investigated some of the research on plant based diets, including studies done by Dr. Barnard's organization (Physicians Committe for Responsible Medicine) presented at an American Diabetes Associaion annual Scientific Sessions a few years ago, I decided I needed to try it myself. I did that about 2 1/2 yrs ago, and I haven't looked back. Despite this higher carb diet (which is lower in glycemic index since it consists of whole grains, fruits, vegetables and beans), I personally have seen lower blood sugar levels (which I watch, preventatively, due to a family history of diabetes), an easier time maintaining weight and a wealth of other pleasant side effects. This DVD gives a lot of useful information, and I have shared it with a number of my patients. For those who have adopted it fully, I tend to see a significant change in weight, decreased need for insulin or other diabetes meds, and the recurring statement "I'm more satisfied with food than I've ever been!" I concur!

I found the grocery store tours very helpful, and have shared a portion of it with a weight loss group I run. I heartily recommend this DVD as a way to explore lots of new information a little at a time, with very helpful cooking and shopping tips. Spread the word!