Recipes for Diabetics: A Cookbook: Revised and Updated

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553584723 ISBN 13: 9780553584721

Publisher: Bantam, 2001

The essential cookbook for people with diabetes

Over 350,000 copies sold

Delicious, easy-to-make, and healthful recipes for people who have to watch what they eat

If you or someone in your family has diabetes, here’s the end of monotonous mealtimes and being ruled by what not to eat. This classic cookbook, fully revised and updated, helps you plan meals the whole family will enjoy.

From easy favorites to extravagant treats, Recipes for Diabetics offers low-calorie, low-fat dishes, so you don’t have to worry about going off your diet.

This indispensable resource includes:

· The newest exchange lists from the American Diabetes Association and the American Dietetic Association

· Daily menus

· More than 300 recipes for soups, salads, appetizers, entrées, breads, desserts, and drinks

· Recommended Daily Allowance chart for essential nutrients

· Exchange-group breakdowns and calorie counts for measuring individual servings

· Guides for using nutrition labeling to compute exchanges

· Dining-out tips, and much more

You don’t have to choose between good food and good health. You can have both.

From the Publisher:

At last there can be an end to monotonous mealtimes and being ruled by what not to eat. With th newly revised and updated Recipes For Diabetics, you can enjoy practical, elegant and mouth-watering dishes without worrying about going off your diet. Now one cookbook can meet all your cooking and dining needs -- from easy family favorites like Chile con Carne to such extravagent treats as Chocolate Chiffon Cake with Rum.

Recipes For Diabetics will help you plan meals that are low in fat, calories and cholesterol - makig it ideal also for non-diabetics who want to lose weight, for those who have a heart problem or any other disorder for which a "sensible" diet is recommended ...for anyone who is looking for delicious healthful cuisine.

About the Author:

Billie Little wrote Recipes for Diabetics: The Essential Cookbook for People with Diabetes because so many diabetics expressed their desire for a cookbook with recipes and helpful suggestions specifically related to their dietary needs.

Selvyn B. Bleifer, MD, is a cardiologist in Beverly Hills. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, and has practiced medicine for more than 60 years.