Choose Your Foods: Food Lists for Diabetes

When I was diagnosed as diabetic the nutritionist gave me a folder and xerox copies of an eating plan. So I glanced through it and meh. She also had the holier than thou attitude so I couldn’t wait to get out of her office. I found this book on Amazon and it is a lifesaver. Teaches food groups. Healthy and not so healthy. Calories. Which veggies to eat and how much. Which to avoid or limit quantities. So much information and so easy to read. Also easy to refer to in a hurry. Colorful. Shiny pages. This is what the nutritionists should be giving out to the newly diagnosed diabetics. And I think only 3+ dollars. Well worth it.

Was very happy about this book. It's smaller and it gets right to the point. Very colorful and is helpful to tell you what to eat and what not to eat. I hate big thick books that explain things and you get nowhere. This book is very basic and simple.

It’s the first book I bought about pre-diabetes. The best part is the beginning of the book, where it’s explained the illness and how will affect your health in a simple way. I did not care too much about the measurements about the food. It’s a good book to approach the subject.

This is a good book of food lists from authoritative sources, The American Diabetes Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. It contains a lot of helpful information for meal planning and for managing diabetes. The book does not contain specific guidelines for determining your daily food exchanges or calories. You are advised to meet with an RDN for that. Note that this book has many identical pages to “Choose Your Foods: Food Lists for Weight Management,” so if you have one book you might not want to get the other.

Very helpful for any diabetic. Easy to see and use.

Good information if I could determine how to use it

I was told by my doc that I am prediabetic. My diet has not been the greatest during the pandemic, and hubs not meeting a veggie he likes has not helped. I purchased this book, a great price and it has been amazingly helpful. Kicked hubs food preferences to the curb and yes, have to purchase and make my food seperate from his BUT the turn around has been amazing and this little book was my biggest help. Was able to change out certain starch veggies for other things and verify what I already knew to be better for me. Great book to have on hand for anyone.

As a newly diagnosed diabetic this food list is super helpful.

Es ist quasi das U.S.-Standardwerk bezüglich Ernährung mit Prä-Diabetes (Insulinresistenz) und mit Diabetes. Ich habe es in einer Fernsehsendung für Personen mit extremem Übergewicht (100< BMI) gesehen; dort hat der Arzt es einer Patientin mitgegeben. Der Inhalt ist sehr einfach strukturiert, da es sich hauptsächlich um Lebensmitteltabellen/-listen handelt. Am Anfang jedes Themas ist etwas Theorie präsentiert, welche aber sehr (!) verständlich und nachvollziehbar ist. Ich habe es mir im Rahmen einer 1200 kcal Diät, zsm. mit einem entsprechendem Kochbuch, bezüglich der "Dr Now Diät", gekauft. Ich habe in 3 Wochen bisher 8 kg verloren. Man muss seine Essgewohnheiten jedoch radikal ändern, nämlich auf "gesund", und nicht zu oft, und nicht zu viel essen. Es erfordert Disziplin! Lohnt sich aber sichtlich bei mir.

Provides comprehensive information on numerous products so can meal plan

A basic list of foods that you would buy at a grocery store. Carbohydrate content for small amount of each item , so that if you measure your food, you could theoretically calculate the carbohydrate content of your portion. Type font used in the list is very small so that I must concentrate to be able to read the charts. Foods are described either as ‘low carbohydrate’ , eat as much as you want or limited quantity. Focus is only on carbohydrate content so it only comments on carbohydrate content. This is NOT a ‘guide to a healthy diet’. If you want a basic carbohydrate list, this book does have that list.

Good summaries

Easy to read helped me with meals