http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Books about diabetes, care, diabetic diet, cookbooks, recipe software for menu planning and controlling glycemia - blood sugar, Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT Web Easy by Avanquest Software Diabetes, A-Z has been written by experts selected by the American Diabetes Association, the ADA is one of the most respected institutions in world when it comes to providing patients with trustworthy, reliable and accurate information on the subject of diabetes care. The publications of the ADA are always backed by sound clinical and scientific data derived from the very best epidemiological meta-studies. It answers to questions most commonly asked by those with diabetes. Includes such topics as new medications, treatment guidelines. Comprehensive and easy to read, this book covers everything from alcohol to vitamins. Alphabetized for super-speedy reference, it allows readers to flip right to the desired section-- there are more than 51 vital categories. Diabetes A-Z includes information on: Nutrients, Alcohol exchanges, Causes, treatments, definitions, prevention tips and much more. Updates to the fifth edition include expanded information on diabetes and exercise, the newest medications, and the latest research on diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This book is ideal for people looking to acquire basic and even more than basic knowledge regarding diabetes. It is clearly written and easy to understand. It covers all major aspects relevant to the nature of diabetes, the signs or symptoms and the appropriate care or treatment. It explains medications and meal or diet planning. It also covers the complications associated with diabetes and the consequences of neglecting to care for it properly. The subjects are alphabetically referenced. This 215 pages soft cover book has 51 very informative sections. For a patient who was newly diagnosed with diabetes and wishes and to start in the information gathering process, hM strongly recommends this book as a primer ...it is more than a primer: heartMonitron recommends keeping this book as a reference book. The information coverage of the book is very wide and you may want to reach for it once in a while, especially if you are planning to design a custom diabetic nutrition plan or diet for yourself, this ADA information book will be of great help in getting it right. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#1 The American Diabetes Association Cookbook was written by experts chosen by the ADA. This cookbook is definitely a hybrid diet book: it offers "how-to" guidance as to diabetes care and illustrates with recipes. It goes beyond just displaying recipes. It becomes a recipe book that goes into explaining what type-1 and type-2 diabetes are all about. There is also a presentation on diet and meal or menu planning. The purpose is to explain "how to" control glycaemia (blood sugar levels) and achieve stability. This approach is very helpful to patients. The 60 recipes come with all the nutritional analysis information relevant to a diabetic condition and consequent diet. heartmonitron would recommend that, while you read the recipes, you try to read between the lines and try to see why the people at the ADA have conceived the recipes in this cookbook in such a way. You will find this exercise most rewarding.Comprehensive and practical, the Diabetes Cookbook helps people with diabetes take control of their condition and live life to the full. Delicious food for people with diabetes. Because diabetes affects an estimated 16 million people in the US, half of whom are undiagnosed, there has never been a greater need for authoritative information on the condition. Comprehensive and practical, the Diabetes Cookbook helps people with diabetes take control of their condition and live life to the full. Understanding Diabetes: The American Diabetes Association -- the nation's leading health organization supporting diabetes research -- joins Dorling Kindersley in publishing the Diabetes Cookbook. Describing the two main types of diabetes and explaining the treatment and management of the condition, the book shows how to plan menus to achieve a well--balanced diet and stable blood--glucose levels, and gives advice on interpreting nutritional guidelines and adapting standard recipes. Stylish Food: From Thai Shrimp and Vegetable Curry to Coriander--crusted Lamb Steaks to Fruit and Amoretti Trifle, over 100 beautifully illustrated recipes demonstrate that a diet for those with diabetes need be anything but dull. Each carefully devised recipe is accompanied by a full nutritional analysis. There are also tips on individual foods, alternative ingredients, and serving ideas. Menus To Suit Everyone: The Diabetes Cookbook shows how easy it is to plan menus that are appropriate to people with diabetes and that also appeal to family and friends. There are recipes for all occasions, including buffet lunches, children's snacks, vegetarian suppers, and three--course dinner parties. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#2 The Complete Quick and Hearty Diabetic Cookbook was written by a team. The staff at the "American Diabetes Association" has come up with a cookbook that addresses at same time diabetes and heart disease. This 268-page cookbook presents 250 healthy diabetic recipes. heartMonitron would highly recommend this book to a patient or person who is already knowledgeable about diabetes and already uses a good cooking software program with diet or meal-planning and nutritional analysis features, as you may want to customize them to suit exactly your health profile requirements. The recipes can be described as home style recipes and can please most palates. As proposed previously, it is worthwhile trying to read between the lines when going through a recipe. The idea is to uncover the diabetic diet and nutrition principles that are behind the recipe. You will be amazed by the pay-off in terms of understanding diabetes-diet. The most appreciated aspect of the American Diabetes Association is the publishing of cookbooks specifically designed for the needs of diabetics and pre-diabetics who must transition from unhealthy diets to healthy ones. Homestyle favorites brought back in healthful and tasty versions for you to enjoy Every meal of the day is covered, including recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, side dishes, main courses, and desserts. You can choose from more than 250 examples of fast and simple-tomake, low-fat recipes with old-fashioned good taste. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#3 The Betty Crocker Diabetes Cookbook: Everyday Meals, by Betty Crocker, Editors. The people at BC have enlisted the help of Dr. Richard Bergental MD, endocrinologist and diabetes specialist, and the help of the people at the Interbational Diabetes Center to produce this one. It turns out to be more than a recipe book. All the 140 recipes included in the book feature the new "carbohydrate choices" and the classic "exchanges". It also comes with plenty of expert medical and dietary nutritional advice. The book is very informative and even has a practical glossary of terminology, so you don't have to reach for another book for explanations. packed with expert medical and nutrition tips from Dr. Richard Bergenstal, an endocrinologist and diabetes doctor At last! This special cookbook puts flavor and choice back on the menu for people with diabetes and their families Betty Crocker, America's most trusted friend in the kitchen, has teamed up with the International Diabetes Center (IDC)--one of the leading medical centers--to create an indispensable source of easy-to make sample recipes and up-to-the-minute food and nutrition information for the growing numbers of people who have diabetes, more than 15 million of them. Here is the first cookbook to include recipes featuring Carbohydrate Choices--the new, simplified approach to meal planning recommended by the American Diabetes Association. For people who find diet exchanges too hard, too limiting or too much work, this new method is a real breakthrough. Each of the book's 140 recipes shows the number of Carbohydrate Choices per serving, so that planning the rest of the meal is easy. From Old-Time Beef and Vegetable Stew to Creamy Vanilla-Caramel Cheesecake, the recipes are made with everyday ingredients, including sugar. No food groups or ingredients are left out, so there's no need for anyone to feel deprived or restricted to a special diet. Food exchanges are also included, making it easy for those who still count calories. Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook is also packed with expert medical and nutrition tips from Dr. Richard Bergenstal, an endocrinologist and diabetes doctor, and two registered nurses--invaluable for the newly diagnosed as well as for those who have been coping with diabetes for years. Throughout the book, real-life advice from people who have diabetes offers inspiration and great ideas on dealing with this chronic disease. When it comes to eating and living with diabetes, people need guidance and advice they can trust. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#4 Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy, American Diabetes Association. This is definitely a capital book for diabetic patients. This book or one like it is an absolute MUST. Diet, meal and menu planning, are with medication, your most important tools to control your glycemia - your "blood sugar levels". Doing it right requires a certain amount of knowledge and skills. This book is a guide that covers all the basic aspects of diet and nutrition necessary to successfully manage diabetes. There are few recipes in this 236-page book; instead there is a lot of information as to how to use the food pyramid to produce balanced meals and menus. Modifying your diet to turn it into a healthy one should be a lot easier after you read this guide. You will also have peace of mind, knowing that the people who wrote it are the most reliable source of diabetes information in America. hM strongly recommends reading a book of this type to people who intend to use a good cooking or recipe software program to improve their meal plans. The bestselling Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy is a comprehensive but easy-to-understand guide to all aspects of meal planning for you. Meal planning is one of the most crucial—and sometimes most difficult—aspects of managing diabetes, but this book makes meal planning simple. This newest edition incorporates the most recent nutritional recommendations of the American Diabetes Association and explains the latest changes to the USDA Food Pyramid and what they mean for you. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#5 For Parents with diabetic kids - A mom wrote this book! She brought up two kids who are afflicted with type 1 diabetes. This is a "what you should expect" book and a sort of practical guide, from a mother who has been through it. View this book as being very different from the hM's usually austere and seriously institutional-type academic recommendations, this is not a scientific or medical book, but it rather relates the ordeal of a real mom trying to raise two children with diabetes. Virginia Loy has been the chief engineer behind the successful management of her two sons' diabetes for more than 12 years. Her sons, Spike and Bo Loy, have written a book to help kids growing up with diabetes, Getting a Grip on Diabetes, and now Virginia makes her own contribution to parents of children with diabetes. Virginia reveals her organized, experienced, and practical advice for helping children cope with and manage their diabetes from elementary school through college. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#6 Cook'n for Diabetes. CD-ROM, By The American Diabetes Association and DVO, (main software program must be installed on your computer before you can use this complement). Contains 1,000 ADA examples of diabetic diet recipes.The editorial opinion of the heartMonitron Journals: One of the very best, if not the best, consumer or patient-oriented recipe software programs on the market, worldwide. We simply raise our hats to both the American Diabetes Association and DVO for that one. The immediate cost ($100 to $150 with main software and books) of resorting to computer assisted meal planning and nutritional analysis may seem staggering. However, if it were to provide a diabetic patient with an extra ten years of healthy living, it becomes a rather very dismal expense. This Cook'n software complement is an excellent tool to manage any diabetes diet or meal plan. On the subject of good diabetic nutrition, diet and meal planning, heartMonitron is an ardent advocate of the following procedure: a) Acquire the most and the best of information regarding diabetic care and blood glucose control, b) Use good relevant recipe books or cookbooks from reliable authors on diabetic nutrition as examples, c) Go through the recipes again and again to read between the lines and understand why the"experts" are doing it this way, d) Do use computer assisted meal planning and nutritional analysis, i.e. a good recipe or cooking software program to perfect your diebetic diet plan. You have a computer; use it to the utmost for the purpose of improving your own health and well-being.. Cook'n for diabetes contains 1,000 relevant, diabetes-dedicated sample recipes from the American Diabetes Association. Enough to inspire any serious diabetic nutrition chef bent on the conception of healthy diabetic-friendly recipes. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#7 American Diabetes Association Diabetes Cookbook, 100 Sample Diabetic Recipes By The American Diabetes Association http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#8 Type 2 Diabetes for Beginners, By Phyllis Barrier MS, RD. - Diabetes Information Book http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#9 The title of the book describes the purpose of this "How-To" book perfectly. The authors do propose a plan to prevent diabetes. They start by briefly presenting basic facts on type 1 diabetes, type 2, prediabetes and weight loss or maintenance. They also explain the reasons behind the present diabetes and excess weight epidemic. Then they propose a relevant diabetes prevention program. They provide proof of principles behind the program , coming from studies and clinical trials. The program is based on lifestyle changes. Our present lifestyle, where energy from food exceeds our output, is viewed as one of the causes of the problem. The importance of activity or exercise is underlined. Later they discuss how to apply the prevention program depending on whether one suffers from type 1 diabetes, type 2 or prediabetes. Factors such as hypertension and high cholesterol are also covered. The program is EXCELLENT, but is meant for those patients who understand and accept that changing requires a minimum amount of effort on their part. The book explains how to set goals and monitor compliance and performance. It suggests ways to change one's eating behavior. At the end, the authors also suggest some low-carb and low-fat cookbooks; they also provide samples of meal plans and a few recipes. In the appendix, they provide facts on the latest scientific studies regarding weight loss and nutrition. "You can control or even prevent diabetes! "Dr. David Nathan is a lead researcher on the landmark National Institutes of Health study that proved that diabetes can be beaten without drugs. His Harvard Medical School colleague Linda Delahanty is a leading international expert on nutrition and diabetes control. Together they bring you the first complete, medically proven program for preventing or controlling diabetes. http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#10 For Diabetic Patients: As a supplement to the articles in the hM Heart and Diabetes Gazette or the hM Nutrition Journal, here are a few examples from a selection of information BOOKS about diabetes and COOKBOOKS filled with sample recipes designed for diabetic patients. The selection also includes recipe or cooking software complements to assist in the care, prevention or treatment of Diabetes. http://astore.amazon.com/heartmonitr02-20/105-4232280-8900424?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=12 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://astore.amazon.com/heartmonitr02-20/105-4232280-8900424?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=12#11 The heartMonitron Journals - Published for Educational Purposes, only your Doctor can provide advice. The JOURNALS contain articles, news and recipes relative to Health Care and Improvement, Nutrition, Management of Coronary Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, High Cholesterol, weight loss and the Maintenance of a Healthy Weight. - hM strongly recommends using the information in the articles and healthy recipes provided on this website under the professional supervision of your doctor or registered dietitian . Whether you are seeking to improve your health, reverse heart disease, control diabetes or your weight, assume that getting professional advice from your MD or RD is best. NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:50 GMT heartMonitron NGBeditor http://www.heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_042.htm#12