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How to Prevent and Treat Diabetes with Natural Medicine

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In general, I avoid the "diet and supplement" solutions to all health problems. Not that I don't believe that diet and dietary supplements don't work - rather, that I don't have the tools to tell the crackpots from the serious researchers. This book caught my attention for several reasons:
(1) its diet is not based on the USDA recommendations but rather on the food pyramid from Harvard, Asia and the Mediterranean diets. To this it adds the 5 color fruit and vegetable recommendations and the glycemic load data.
(2)it uses scientific not ancedotal bases for its recommendations. For example, it notes that chromium has been shown to have a positive effect but only in those with a chromium deficiency.
(3)it adjusts it recommendations to fit the diabetes of an individual - type of diabetes, degree of current control of blood sugar levels and status regarding a variety of complications of the disease.
(4)it assumes that primary care is in the hands of a "conventional doctor" and may include medications, exercise and mental elements. In this context, it recommends more comprehensive monitoring of body chemicals than is the protocol for many doctors.

The overall result is a book that is well worth pursuing for what may be helpful to you as an individual as you make the life style changes necessary to live with the disease.

Diabetes impacts the heart, stroke, blood pressure, classic
diabetic nerve damage and autoimmune disease. Risk factors are
aggravated by the high consumption of white sugar by Americans.
Risks can be mitigated with cod liver oil and Omega 3 fish oils.
Type I diabetes may be prevented with proper nutrition, decreased nitrates and avoidance of food allergies. Early breast-feeding is known to protect the child by promoting a healthy gut. Diabetes
may be controlled naturally with multivitamins, flavonoids and probiotics (introduction of good bacteria into the system).
Food allergies are aggravated by diarrhea, constipation, gas,
muscle and joint pain. Foods with a low glycemic index are
apples, asparagus, broccoli, celery, cucumber, grapefruit, tomato, lettuce, spinach , strawberries nuts and seeds.
Oatmeal, peas, pita bread, beans and yams have intermediate levels on the glycemic index.

This book is excellent for anyone desiring more detailed information on the various types of diabetes and sugar control.
It is a worthy purchase for any personal library.

This book has changed my life. I am now acutely aware of what and how I am eating and how I am conducting my life to stay healthy and avoid escalating my pre-diabetic condition to type II diabetes. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to make a change to a healthy lifestyle regardless of whether diabetes is a problem or not.

Excellent book. It tells about the causes of biabetes, not just the symptoms. All medications only treat the symptoms, this book treats the cause so that you are not on meds for life.

My husband and I have learned much from reading this book. We highly recommend it for anyone who has Diabetes

I first found this book in my local library, after my Dr sent me to a specialist, and HE just started giving me more drugs for my diabetes. He also said he didn't know of any literature on the subject of diabetes, other than the grade-school-simple brochures that pharma puts out.

This book is a roadmap of how to strengthen your body and reduce the influence of diabetes, ALL WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. It is based on medical studies, biochemistry, not wishful thinking. I have not felt this good in years.

This is not the same book that was advertised, little if anything is mentioned about using natural medicines.
the titles are of the books are similar, the copy I received is "How to Prevent, treat and self-manage Diabetes and related complications (2nd edition), by M. K. Ansari.

I don't know if they are one and the same book, if so I am very disappointed, would not recomend this book for those looking for natural options.

I bought this book for my dad and he is satisfied with the content of the book.He told me the text is easy to understand and Scientific at the same time.

Excellent source of information and very through information. I highly recommended this book.

It is very strange that I have been asked to review a book that has not arrived. Can someone please find out where my book went?