Review of
Instaread Summary of The End of Diabetes The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse
Diabetes by Joel Fuhrman
Four out of five stars
As someone that
has lived with type II diabetes for several years, remains very physically active
and follows a cautious diet, other than a new word, there was nothing in this
summary that was new to me. The main point made is that type II diabetes can be
controlled by following a “nutritarian” diet that is “low in sugar and animal
proteins and high in whole fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and seeds.” This is
hardly a new idea.
Additional old
ideas proclaimed new are found in the summary. For example, key takeaway 8 is:
“The most important change to make in attempting to
beat diabetes is to commit to a full lifestyle overhaul— not just a diet.”
The nurse specializing in diabetes told me shortly
after my initial diagnosis: “The key to managing diabetes is to properly follow
a regimen of small portions of the ‘bad foods,’ large portions of the ‘good
foods’ and regular exercise.” Different words, same point.
While I do not
dispute the initial data about the epidemic of type II diabetes, books that proclaim
to be new but are not add little to the solution. From this summary, it is
clear that this book contains nothing new, except of course for the new word.
This book was made available for free for review
purposes.
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