Kristine M. Napier

This useful book on Type 2 diabetes begins with several introductory chapters on the disease, aimed at readers who know very little, but with enough detailed information to be worth reading for more knowledgeable readers as well.

Following these are chapters on carbohydrates, protein, fats, and exercise, with others devoted to nutrient tables and advice about supplements.

Chapter 8 offers twenty-eight days of menus at both 1,500 and 1,800 calories and about 100 pages of recipes.

Like other books on Type 2 diabetes, this one assumes that users need to lose weight -- which is not always the case. And this author, like others, fails to consider sufficiently that older people who suffer from, or are seeking to avoid developing, Type 2 diabetes are often also lactose intolerant.

Overall, though, this is an informative book.… (more)