One of the things you learn with Dr. Richard Bernstein's book is that excessive eating (even when you don't overeat carbs, but other food types) leads to high sugars, due to the so-called "Chinese Restaurant Effect." Well, if you were to devour this hefty book (like you will, once you get your hands on it) you will not see your blood sugar rise. If you are a diabetic like me (type I or II), you will find in Dr. Bernstein's book a wealth of information that will answer the questions you've always had, and even those that you didn't know you had, about diabetes and how to keep your blood sugars in control.
His approach is very unconventional (coming from a diabetic childhood, being an engineer first and a doctor later in life). But you will be fascinated with the amount of "Eureka!" moments throughout the book. I was unable to put it down from the moment I picked it up, and I am grateful to him for having taken the time to share so much wisdom from his years as a practitioner and from his many years as a diabetic and experimenter. His lessons are not easy to follow, but they are the way for those who want to live a long and healthy life with diabetes.
I leave you with a thought. If you knew what you need to do to prolong your life and live it in a healthy manner, in spite of what you've been told about typical lifespans in diabetics and all the ailments we seem to be bound to suffer later in life, wouldn't you do it? I would. And I hope you do too. So I recommend you take the time to read what Dr. Bernstein has to say to you.
Article comments
1 - Itsme
The Dr. B book is amazing. I encourage every diabetic to read it, and embrace it.
2 - bliffle
Bernsteins books are excellent, including his cookbooks.
I'm not diabetic, myself, but since I'm old and American I'm predisposed to diabetes, so I am careful. Especially after the warning from BC's own Jet Gardner a couple years ago about the travails of diabetes.
Bernstein takes a rational and measured approach to diet that really works. Reading Bernstein you will discover, for example, that yellow and orange bell peppers are much higher in sugar than green or red bell peppers.