Atkins Diabetes Revolution The Groundbreaking Approach to Preventing
November 4, 2009 by admin
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The twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes are a 21st-century time bomb. The Atkins organisation is renowned for their work on diabetes and this book sets out a controlled carb diet and nutrition regime to help people lose weight and prevent, treat and even reverse diabetes. The conventional ‘healthy’ Western diet, based upon large amounts of carbohydrates and a small amount of protein and fat, results for many people in a state of hyperinsulinism, a key factor in developing diabetes. Insulin is a hormone that helps to regulate blood sugar levels in the body. The Atkins nutritional plan, based on eating the foods that balance your hormones to regulate blood sugar levels, controls the production of insulin and is therefore a great tool in treating and preventing diabetes. The Atkins plan also promotes healthy weight loss and freedom from other conditions, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. The book contains all the nutritional information diabetes sufferers need to plan their new, healthy diet, as well as recipes so the plan can be put into practice. more info
Good information for Diabetics
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This book was specifically designed for readers who want to lose weight despite some of the difficulties of being diabetic. It is easy to read, easy to follow and helps predict pitfalls and potential problems then it gives solutions for those pitfalls and problems. I find it to be very useful. The Atkins diet was recommended by one of my physicians. This adaptation for Type II Diabetics is particularly helpful for me.
Co-author Dr. Vernon needs a new approach…
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
…to dieting and to writing. As a previous reviewer alluded to, this book would have been much better had Dr. Atkins been able to finish himself. However, what we are left with is a co-author MD who’s personality is as cold as ice; not to mention condescending and disrespectful. This shines through in the tone of the writing. Furthermore, how can we take diet advice from someone who is obese herself? There are plenty of other well-written low-carb diet books. Try another.
Must read for diabetics…
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Limiting your carb intake is the absolute key to controlling your diabetes. Dr. Atkins and Dr. Bernstein are both right on the mark with this theory. It’s very simple…you follow the diet…you control your diabetes. The book is full of encouragement. It reinforced a lot of things I knew and reminded me that I have a choice about what I eat. If you already have one if the other Atkins books, it’s no revelation…the diet is the same. If you have diabetes and need a place to start…this is one of the best. Of course, the book is only as good as the use you put it to.
Atkins Diet info
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This diet is not for everyone; check with your doctor before starting.
Atkins Diabetic Diet Does Work
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My friend and I have been on this diet for about five weeks, and in that time I have lost 13 pounds and she has lost nine pounds. Be prepared to spend at least $400.00 the first month, then after the first month, it does not cost as much, as some things will be deleted from the menu, items that you may not care that much for and you can still stay in range of the amount of carb intake. The only problem we found is that the portion size for the meat is not mentioned, but we just used four ounces when meat was involved. We are on the 20 carb a day diet and at first you think that that is not enough, but after a few days, we found that we do not get hungry when we were not on this diet, and mostly the craving for food has disappeared. I would highly recommend this diet, and I am planning to follow it until I lose at least 40 pounds, then just eat sensibly from then on. I have already stopped taking Glucotrol, which one of the side effects is weight gain, and every week my sugars are dropping, and within the next four months I plan on not even being a diabetic any more, that is my goal.
For the diabetic, pre-diabetic or just plain obese – this is the book!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This book has become my bible.
Low carbohydrate eating has received a bad rap over the years, but I am an enthusiastic convert. Since I received an A1C of 129 and looked in the mirror and saw a grossly obese woman looking back at me, I had been desperately trying to lose weight with no success until I came back to Atkins. I had used it years ago – no health concerns other than obesity – and it worked like a charm.
When I found this book here at Amazon I though – OK – give it a shot. It was well worth the try. In fact, I can honestly say it has changed my life. No more guilt. No more panic. No more “munchie” attacks. Because of this book I have FINALLY taken control of my eating. It’s been a Godsend to me.
This book is chock full of valuable information on how to promote this sensible, delicious, healthful way of eating as a weapon again diabetes.
As soon as I established exactly what the rules were and how to go about mapping out my meals for each day it became sinfully easy. I’m never hungry, the pounds are dropping off and I feel better all the time. It’s a goldmine of information. My sugar is down, my cholesterol is down, my mind is clear and I’m never disappointed with my meals.
A typical day for me would be a breakfast omelet of two medium or small eggs beaten with 2 Tbs of heavy cream and filled with 1/4 C of shredded Monterrey jack and cheddar with freshly ground pepper, with a (fresh) sausage patty, and a cup of piping hot black vanilla tea. For lunch I might have a grilled chicken breast (or a generous portion of stewed beef with broth, or medallions of braised pork loin or …) and a half cup of chunks of cucumber with skin on and a half cup of red bell pepper cut in large chunks with 2 Tbs of ranch (regular) dressing. For dinner I’d have a cup of steaming chicken broth dressed with a Tbs of grated Parmesan to start, 2 center cut pork chops seasoned with garlic and fresh black pepper, and 2 cups of assorted salad greens (including a few grape or cherry tomatoes) dressed with flavored vinegar (no balsamic)and olive oil, or a cup of chunks of celery and peppers with dressing and a cup of steamed broccoli with a pat (or two) of butter. For dessert sugar free gelatin (I make my own – those little cup packs are convenient, but TOO expensive) with whipped heavy cream sweetened with Splenda. For a snack during the day, a 1 ounce stick of smoked string cheese.
I swear to you, I no longer experience that hollow, gnawing sense of hunger that drives you to the refrigerator or the cupboard looking for something to fill the hole. I know this sounds too good to be true, but sometimes I have to remember to eat. What a concept, huh?
I’m avoiding caffeine. That was the nugget from this book that truly tipped the scales for me. The book’s explanation made me realize that I needed to make that change. There were headachey days while I was weaning myself off the caffeine load my body was used to, but after I dropped down to 1 large cup of half/caff Hazelnut coffee at my desk in the morning the weight loss revved up considerably. I’ve turned to black cherry, strawberry, peach, apricot or green grape flavored sugar free seltzer water instead of colas, or just plain water for most of the rest of the day. I now choose flavored decaffeinated teas and the flavor difference from caffeinated is minuscule.
I’m doing a combination of carb and calorie counting, and it works like a charm. This one I learned early on – there’s a good reason why the book tells you not to use processed meats – like bacon, many types of sausage, deli or luncheon meats, even wieners. They all contain SUGAR! After using the daily nutrition counter on Sparkpeople it came through to me with a bang that bacon is just not in the cards in large quantities. It is incredibly calorie dense. Better to have fresh salsiccia sausage than honey cured bacon. The calorie difference is stunning!
I’m in perpetual Induction – keeping my carbs below 20 per day and my calories below 1800, and I’m losing weight every day. I’m not perfect, so I do go over now and then, but it’s easy to get back on the program. One thing that is essential to this program is – you MUST eat. Don’t skip meals. Follow the program and you’ll be full and thinner before you know it.
Remember this – don’t eat white food – white bread, white rice, ice cream – perhaps the only truly white food that is allowed is cauliflower which makes a GREAT substitute for mashed potatoes or grated coarsely for rice. I’ve used it as a substitute for rice in stuffed pepper recipes and it worked beautifully. Eat fruit sparingly, but eat it! Once in OWL (ongoing weight loss) be sure to eat only those with the lowest GI (glycemic index). No fear – there are plenty that fit.
Most diets are about deprivation. This is perhaps the most significant thing about Atkins – you’ll never feel deprived. You literally pamper yourself with delicious foods, and still you lose weight.
The book is for real people. It educates you. It includes recipes, meal plans, discussion on the finest details of what causes diabetes and what is necessary to stop it. It outlines what sugar substitutes to use – which are the most healthful oils – how to break through a plateau – how caffeine affects your blood sugar.
This is the quintessential sourcebook. I carry it in my car so I can refer to it when I need to – whether at home, at work, or out in the world just living my life. Teamed up with The Essential Atkins for Life Kit, this book is a real winner.
For anyone out there who is diabetic, pre-diabetic, or just plain overweight, this book is sensible, readable, easy to navigate and beautifully effective.
Check with your doctor before committing, but once committed, give it a good solid try. I believe you will find it can work for you. It sure worked for me!
Completely worthless!
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
As with Atkins’ other books, this book is not only worthless, but could be downright dangerous for anyone treating diabetes. Mary Vernon, who fashioned herself as Atkins’ protegee, has absolutely no knowledge of real nutrition, but is herself OBESE. Who is she? The President (or former president) of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians!
Tells you something about that organization.
Atkins’ and Vernon’s? advocacy of using ketosis to treat even children with diabetes is truly “malpractice!” If this book were free and postage paid, it still be worth ZERO!
Sugar under control
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Six weeks ago I was in the hospital. I never knew I was a diabetic and was juicing to lose weight and lower my blood pressure. Over a period of time my sugar had climbed to over 850, I had a DKA seizure and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. I was told that I am very lucky to be alive. They put me on 30 units of insulin a day and told me I would need this the rest of my life.
Following the guidance in this book my sugar is now consistently 100, my blood pressure is coming down dramatically and I feel better and have more energy than I have in years. Have also lost 15 pounds.
When you look at the progression of diabetes in our society today and its exponential growth this book should be required reading in our high schools.
By the way, I no longer need insulin and able to maintain my sugar level at 100 using the principles in this book. It can save your life.
Healthy Diabetic Eating made Easy
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I found this book in a reduced price bin at a dept store and bought it. It has been the best $5 investment ever made and is worth its weight in gold.
The diabetic information is easily understood and make sense to the lay person. I love the mealplans that are laid out and the recipes for the most part are excellent. Had to make a couple of adjustments on seasonings for personal taste, but have throughly enjoyed them. I make the full recipes that are for 4, measure the servings out, and freeze the other portions. That way I don’t have to make the recipes every month. The meal plan allows you to choose between a 20, 40 or 60 carb day all at a glance. They have provided food lists so you can make your own plans when you want.
Thank you for this book, it has made my life as a diabetic soooo much better and easier.
Type II Diabetic for 15 months
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I was diagnosed in fall of 2007 and have mostly wasted my time since then dithering around about gettting started on some serious lifestyle changes while slowly getting worse. I got Dr. Bernstein’s books, but found his approach overly technical and daunting (though his books are actually very good; the problem was me).
Anyway finally decided to send off for the Atkins book on diabetes control and have found it very easy to understand and follow. Lost my cravings (and they were severe and driving me crazy!) pretty fast in the Induction phase of the diet. Have been on it only a few days, but blood sugar is coming down, and I feel generally better with more energy.
Several specific fast results have amazed me: I had been increasingly waking up with stiff and sore fingers that I took to be the results of aging and ‘normal’ arthritis since I am 58. Well it was quite unpleasant and made getting dressed difficult and painful. My fingers were beginning to get stiff even after a nap. I have taken glucosamine and chondroiten for some time with little or no noticable result.
Now, I am not mistaken about this; my fingers are NORMAL after sleeping, now. I noticed this after my FIRST successful low-carb day. I have no idea why this is but it is wonderful! Makes me feel so much younger.
The second thing is that I wake up feeling good rather than groggy and generally rotten. All along I thought I was just not a morning person and had to drag myself out of bed to get ready for work. Needed coffee to get going. Again from the morning following the first successful low-carb day, I have opened my eyes and actually felt good rather than headachy and slightly queasy. I honestly think I have been carb-hungover in the mornings all these years. Wow.
Oh I should mention one more thing. My toes were giving me the standard diabetic problems with tingling, numbness, and random, sharp pains. Low-carb eating really improves how they feel; far fewer of the negative symptoms. My feet feel really quite normal almost all the time, now.
Before I started Induction, I was good all day long, and then lost it totally every night with cravings and really bad eating. The bad eating at night was tough on my stomach once I got to bed. I was slowly gaining weight when I needed desperately to LOSE to improve my blood sugar.
Well if you can get through a couple of days of Atkins Induction, your cravings really should disappear, and I mean disappear.
I know I feel so much better physically in the ways I have described above, that it is a big motivator to stay on the diet. Hey, learn to love your protein and salads, Type II Diabetics; you have nothing to lose but your nasty symptoms and your lousy blood-sugar readings! Try this, honestly. It’s simple, and the results are good. I am now an Atkins-Believer!
The ’standard’ diabetic diet is way too high-carb to be good for diabetics. I was initally given a low-fat, high-carb diet at my doctor’s office, but I even from the beginning, I just knew it was the wrong way to go.
But, please pay attention to this: if you are Type I, or a Type II on heavy meds, you must start a program like this very, very carefully and only under the supervision of a doc who is friendly to the approach (unfortunately not too many are). The doc will help you taper off your meds. slowly as the low-carb approach lowers your blood sugar. Type Is will always need some level of meds since their bodies don’t produce any insulin at all. Type IIs will either be able to reduce their meds or even possibly be able to discontinue them if they go low-carb and stay that way.
Solid Info, Easy to understand
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
You’ve just been diagnosed with type II diabetes. You’re scared, confused, etc. This is the book to buy to help you through it. It goes through all the technical, medical jargon and makes it understandable to you, then gives you clear cut ways to improve your situation. Is changing your lifestyle easy? Nope, but then again, nothing worth having/doing is easy. I can tell you, though, that if you follow the directions in this book, not only will you not be hungry, but you will feel healthier than you ever have in your life. At least I do…and so do many of my co-workers, friends, etc, who follow Atkins. You really have nothing to lose.
Highly recommended
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
“Atkins Diabetes Revolution”, the book, is an absolute must read for anyone who has been diagnosed as type 2 diabetic, prediabetic or who has sudden high blood pressure, high blood sugar, poor blood lipid figures or who is just overweight. The Atkins approach is almost miraculous, I lost 17 lbs in about 8 weeks, threw away my blood pressure pills and saw my blood sugar come down to the high normal level in about 12 weeks. A couple of friends with similar problems are now seeing the same results.
Diabetes needs a Revolution such as this
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have found that the Atkins low carb diet is able to control my blood sugars and has allowed me to decrease my medications. I Think Dr. Atkins ideas are perfect for anyone with pre-diabetes or diabetes type 1 or type 2. Along with this, I also recommend Dr. Bernsteins books, The Diabetes Diet, and The Diabetes Solution. All are geared to us learning to monitor our sugars and eat accordingly. I have felt healthier, and my blood sugars are within a normal range since following the recommendations in the book. I highly recommend it, and wish the medical community would open their eyes to the results of following a low carb diet! After putting up with an awful cycle of being told to eat complex carbs, and watching my blood sugar increase from even oatmeal, and having my medications increased so I could eat the carbs the medical profession was telling me I needed, I finally found these books and learned. My blood sugars are almost normal now and my energy is great! Again, I cannot recommend these books enough to anyone who has pre-diabetes or diabetes.
A Miracle!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My husband has had type two diabetes for 15 years. He also had irritable bowel syndrome and was tired all the time . After starting this diet he has cut his insulin in half, lost 25 pounds and the IBS disappeared!! I used to think Atkins was crazy but now I’m a believer!!
Helpful
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I gave this to a friend who has diabetes and she said that it is very helpful.