Diabetes Essentials: Tips and Recipes to Manage Type 2 Diabetes

by Karen Graham RD CDE, Dr. Mansur Shomali MD CM

Quick and easy top-ten lists on important type 2 diabetes topics for the newly diagnosed. This new guide from Karen Graham is a shorter companion book to Complete Diabetes Guide and Diabetes Meals for Good Health Cookbook . Diabetes Essentials includes easy diabetes tips covering 72 subjects, including medications, nutrition, gut bacteria, exercise, recipes and more. For each of the 72 subjects, Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator Karen Graham along with MD and Endocrinologist Mansur Shomali offer the top-ten tips for that subject (with 720 total tips across all subjects), including "Answers to Your First Diabetes Questions," "Prediabetes," "Diabetes First Ten Days," "Diabetes Medical Terms," "Lab Tests," "Testing Your Sugar Level at Home," "Low Blood Sugar Episodes," and "Steps to Reduce a High Morning Blood Sugar." Meant as a diabetes primer for the newly diagnosed, this book contains essential advice meant to supplement the other two highly-respected books in the series. It will arm those who might be confused about their diagnosis with a path forward, with information about their condition and about managing it using nutrition, exercise, medication and other strategies. Karen Graham's diabetes books are market-leading and have sold over a quarter million copies across all titles and editions. She has an easy-to-understand approach and has devoted her career to helping those with diabetes improve their lives. Her collaboration with Dr. Shomali on this new Health and Wellness Series brings his leading-edge expertise as a physician and endocrinologist, professor of medicine and researcher.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

192 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2019

Reviews

[Paul Sutter]

One can only hope you never personally need this book. But if you know others with Type 2 Diabetes, then it is a goldmine of information and recipes to help you cope with your medical condition.
It looks at every aspect of diabetes, from the earliest stages, leading up to a diagnosis of Type 2. It is not always immediately diagnosed, but blood tests can show symptom of pre-diabetes, which may necessitate a host of methods to deal with it.
Medications you may need, are discussed, as well as gaining and losing weight, reducing a high morning blood sugar, improving blood sugar, and dealing with days in which you may not feel well. An important part of the book looks at eating to control this, such as portion control, eating more fruits, and vegetables, eating less processed foods, cutting back on sugary drinks, and monitoring the types of cereals you consume.
The recipes are most helpful. They include crustless lemon meringue pie, shake and bake chicken, blueberry oatmeal muffins, ice cream sundae, and chicken cobb salad. There is also an important section at the back of the book, concerning caring for yourself if you do have diabetes.
Knowledge is power, this book providing information for everyone.

[Colleen Metzger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative

[Vivian Wiltshire · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had some informative facts and interesting information in it. Fire good reference book and I gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars!

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the way the book is laid out. Ten items per topic. Recipes look good as well.