Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs Paperback – April 1, 2008

5 year update: 127 lb weight loss (now stable here). All other numbers still in the same zones as the 2 year update. BMI is now 19 down from almost 38 at the start of this journey.You won't get any of this info supplied by Barnard & Fuhrman from your doctors who are still doing pretty much nothing other prescribing medications and telling your to exercise more and lose weight. It's more than that to reverse this lifestyle condition.A recent study found that more than 90% of the 500 million T2 diabetics in the world weren't receiving the information that they needed to make the profound lifestyle changes that could save their health (from ScienceDaily, May 21, 2021, "Vast under-treatment of diabetes seen in global study.", Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan). What's worse is that big pharma never wants you to have the information supplied by Barnard & Fuhrman.Recently read an interesting SCIENCE review of how making all the changes advocated by Drs. Barnard & Fuhrman within the first 5 years of a T2 diabetes diagnosis, especially losing the weight, adding regular exercise and changing your diet, will give you a greater than 70% chance of reversing your T2 diabetes. No pharmaceuticals needed, no loss of body parts, no blindness, only great health for the rest of your long natural life. Own it and live it.2 year update: 91 lb weight loss (effortless still), A1C is 4.7, blood glucose at recent check-up was 85. Cholesterol at 118, HDL's at 82 and LDL's 59. BMI is 20.Oh and my age? It's prehistoric at 60+. Based on my blood work, the medical team classified me as a 20 something. Wow. I was so ignorant until I started this journey and my entire body changed as a result of following this regimen.Here's a radical thought. If my bloodwork says that I'm healthy, shouldn't insurance rate classes be based on data and not age discrimination? You know, a fair and equitable health insurance system based solely on, golly, health? Just sayin'.My doctor officially removed the type 2 diabetes diagnosis from my medical record. Do I miss anything? Yah, the prospect of blindness, kidney failure and limb loss if I didn't own my diagnosis and get serious. This is real medicine instead of profiteering to feed some big pharma fat cat who'd rather watch us die young as free lab rats than actually get well. No thank you & FTS.6 month update as a vegan: Weight loss = 63 lbs (effortless, btw), median blood glucose was 243 now 105, A1C was 10.3 and now it's 5.5. It's science, period. Reversed my diagnosis. Even the medical team can't believe it; they've read and recommend these books to their patients.Even if you're young and healthy, BUY THIS BOOK. As you age, it will save your life, literally.This book is based on SCIENCE, not pseudoscience. Want to live long & prosper? BUY THIS BOOK.Want to prevent or reverse type 2 diabetes, heart disease and virtually all (if not all) of the lifestyle diseases? BUY THIS BOOK.Want to lose weight, stay thin and feel the best that you've ever felt in your life? BUY THIS BOOK.Want to have a healthy body and a sharp mind without pharmaceuticals or a medical intervention, e.g.. Lipitor or a gastric bypass? BUY THIS BOOK.I see that the self-proclaimed, smarty pants 'experts' bash this diet as incomplete or containing too much soy. Seriously, you have access to the web or you wouldn't be on Amazon. Buy Dr. Barnard's nutrition guide for clinicians (used to be part of med school training) if you think that this vegan diet is somehow lacking and figure it out.Read this book more carefully. There are soy substitutes like TVP, white beans and other vegetable milks like rice or almond milks. Don't eat so much soy if you don't like it. Dr. Barnard provides a ton of protein alternatives in the form of other beans and grains. BTW, I never knew about soy yogurt. It's delicious and tastes just like milk-based yogurts.Lastly, this book doesn't pretend to be a vegan cookbook. It's only a start and lays out the plant based food pyramid, which is critical to understand how to eat plant-based and be nutritionally sound.Want more vegan variety? Search Amazon for some amazing vegan cookbooks. With all of the vegan possibilities (we love eastern Indian food), you're not going to miss a single animal protein in your diet. OK, we miss the incredible edible egg, but we prefer our health more.Then there are the negative reviews because this lifestyle change is, in many reviewers' estimations as 'too hard'. Hmmm... We're guessing that these people want someone to do it for them so that they don't have to do the work to save themselves.Bad news: only you can save yourself. You have a choice; spend the rest of your life with diseases that will make your world smaller and smaller as your health declines or transform your life with the wake-up call of your diagnosis.Time to say good-bye to all of the over-indulgence, every last molecule of it. You're right, no more cheese, meat, fish - every source of animal proteins and fats, processed foods, refined sugars and lack of exercise; it's killing you. There's no going back and no cheating if you want a disease free or more manageable life. Quick survey - who actually likes to live in pain? Show of hands...no one? Thought so.Dr. Barnard lays it out from the data of his clinical studies and others; you can either get well as a vegan or fail by following the current AHA and ADA guidelines that allow for animal proteins and fats. Your diseases mean that there is no longer any middle ground. It's cut & dried; the data reveal all.Wake up, stop whining, buck up & own it. But hey, it's your life...These easy to follow, tried & true, tasty meal and exercise plans reversed my type 2 diabetes and saved my life. There are so many great vegan cookbooks out there that we don't miss the non-vegan world. I also discovered that I had to educate the institutionalized medical diabetic 'industry' along the way because, as Dr. Barnard shows again and again in his clinical studies, it's either a vegan way of life with exercise or nothing if you want to improve your health permanently.Bottom line is that you are what you eat. My numbers do all the talking. Period.Thank you, Dr. Barnard!

This doctor does not hand out pills and go home. This man actually explains everything so you get a sense of what you are up against with trying to care for your body.He calls it functional medicine which he says is growing in popularity in the world of modern medicine which avoids handing out pills and looks at what is causing your biological situation, whether it is diabetes or high blood condition or other ailments we all are exposed to.He blames our crazy food industry and fast food joints that cause us harm over the decades of eating bad or junk foods that sets us up with inflammation which causes disease of liver or other parts of our body, like the brain getting inflamed and getting poor outcomes of the brain later in life !This medicine man blames mostly high intake of carbohydrates and it's cousin, sugar, which is vastly used in most of our foods and drinks we eat or consume daily !!! Which he says causes pre-diabetes and more serious conditions !There are now more doctors who follow this mans pioneering ideas in new modern medicine !Most people eat lots of carbs each day ! Because the food industry knows many people can't afford much else. This is why many people end up over weight and diabetic.Proper nutrition is very crucial to staying healthy. In fact, most diabetes doctors don't explain this fact to their patients and they just hand out drugs to keep blood glucose down to normal levels.But if the carbs are dramatically reduced, then diabetes is an easy metabolic disease to control or even Reverse !It depends on many many cases how a patient adopts the understanding that cutting bagels and pasta and pizza and bread and potatoes can greatly help in controlling diabetes and often Reversing diabetes ! Yes reversing ! A claim that is achievable if a patient really understands and uses this idea each day of his or her life !Also the nasty insulin resistance also is avoided if carbs are dramatically avoided each day !This powerful information is often not mentioned in doctors offices because it is not high tech but it is what is needed to avoid serious complications among type 2 diabetics, whose numbers are growing daily because medical personnel do not discuss low tech solutions !!!Low tech solutions don't promote big office charges!Good luck.Gerard

I was shocked when I first discovered I had prediabetes. A thin, healthy guy like myself! But after the initial shock, I knew I needed to educate myself and fast. Since I was a vegetarian already as well as a healthcare professional, I was a little ahead knowledge wise. But I needed some specific guidance. I did some quick checking and ordered Dr. Barnard's book right away. The amazing thing was just how quickly my own experience confirmed what he says in the book. Within just a few days, by eliminating sugar, balancing my grains and beans, and eating smaller portions, I was able to get my sugars under good control and have maintained them now for several weeks. I have to subtract a star, however, for his failing to address the whole issue of ADA guidelines, Dr. Bernstein's approach, and the politics of dietary recommendations in sufficient detail. I don't know for sure but I suspect the Barnard approach is preferable for some diabetics while the Bernstein approach is best for others. In any event, I know that Barnard's approach works well for me. I believe that anyone who is serious about controlling their diabetes should have this on their shelf!

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This program got me started on a change in lifestyle. A complete turnaround. I initially purchased this book in 2009 because my mom was diabetic and I bought it in hopes she'd give it a try and I would too. I could not get her to read the book and sadly, she passed away from disease related to diabetes in 2011.In 2012 I was diagnosed diabetic and I realized that I needed immediate change. I was very heavy in weight and decided I'd give it my all. I did just that. In addition to following the guidelines of this book, I logged all of my daily food and exercise so that I could keep track of my daily calories and my progress. I refused to do the medication and asked my doc to give me a chance without the meds. I did the hard work. I lost the pounds (close to 150) and kept with the program. In the past, I had lost weight with some programs but I hated the program and then got off and regained. This program I can stick with and I enjoy it. I truly enjoy eating this way and feel so lucky.There are some people that I have seen comment that they try to eat this way for a day or two, a week, and say that their glucose rose by eating a potato. My first question is that I wonder if they still ate some animal products, but I also wonder if they gave it enough time. Compliance and continued compliance is the key I think. If you go in and only go "half in" then don't expect to get the results you want. If you are looking to disprove, you'll always find a way to do that.

I am truly grateful for discovering this approach. An alternative approach for diabetes exists thankfully. I am a family physician and like most I believed that once you have diabetes you will land up on medicines and these will keep spiralling upwards. My dad developed diabetes a few years back and was resistant to the idea of medI cations. He did try lifestyle changes but could not sustain and finally we started medicines. Even on metformin the sugars appeared resistant. For almost 6 -8 months they remaibed stuck. As a physician I knew this meant a change in dose or drug. But as he wanted to avoid medicines we tried once again with no medications and following this book wholeheartedly. The guidance is simple to follow and you can fairly easily customise to suit the cuisine you follow. We are vegetariàns so it's slightly easier. I had to prepare weekly meal plans following these principles but using our homecooked Indian food. So you would need to get used to that some or take help from someone who knows better. The recipes in the book are more Western.Coming to the results. His blood sugars dropped over 20 points in 8 weeks with no medications. This had not happened in a few years now even with medications. He lost 5 kg of weight over the same period. He is much more conscious of what he eats now and about walking as exercise. And he just said how he feel much more energetic at age 64 and willing to take on more work.Thank you, thank you, thank you for returning his health and vitality. Giving us hope. Showing us an alternative healthier approach.I am more keen than ever to take this forward with more patients through my practice. To give diabetics hope and alternative healthier approach. And to also use diet to prevent lifestyle diseases.I am also guiding a few acquaintances on weight loss based on Dr. Barnard's program. I like that these are scientifically proven principles, there is absolutely no guilt or judgement attached. It is simple to follow, and the best part, you are never required to go hungry!Thank you for sharing this with the world. God bless!

Para quem tem diabetes, e para os que querem prevení-la, este livro é leitura mais que recomendada. Discute, por uma visão científica, a necessidade da mudança dos padrões alimentares, enfatizando a adoção de uma dieta vegana e natural. São colocados, de forma elucidativa, os 3 pilares do programa: excluir produtos de origem animal, sem gorduras ou óleos e de baixo índice glicêmico. Com receitas e dicas para a transição alimentar, considero uma fonte de informação indispensável para pacientes e profissionais de saúde. Embora seja em inglê, a compreensão é fácil e agradável.

ダイアベティス（糖尿病）患者に朗報！まさに、新しい事実の発見に基づく、食事療法の革命です。これは米国政府肝いりのプロジェクトで証明済みの療法です。日本食を食べなれた人には、簡単に実行でき、短期間で、人工透析をするような重症患者でも、完全回復の可能性が高い方法です。守るべき鉄則は、基本的には以下の三つだけです。（出版社の方々には、一日でも早く日本語訳を出されるようにお願いいたします）１．禁煙する！（血液の健全性の確保）なお、エクササイズをする、しない、およびその量については、その人の自由です。２．ビーガン食のみを食べる！でも、なんと、量は無制限！（肉、卵、牛乳及び、これらの動物由来の食物を避けるることで、脂肪を削減する）ただし、ありがたいことに、普通の量であれば、お酒に制限はない！日本酒、ワイン、ウイスキー、ブランデー、ビール、焼酎、ウオッカ等なんでも大丈夫！３．植物油は最小限にする！　原理は簡単です。最新の研究で、病気の原因が、血糖値が高いことにあるのではなく、筋肉細胞内（脂肪細胞ではなく）の脂肪の増加にあることがわかったのです。脂肪が多くなると、細胞膜のインスリンゲートに鍵をかけてしまいます。これがインスリン抵抗性の原因なのです。血糖値が高いことは、その結果にすぎません。これまでの食事療法は、原因（細胞内の脂肪の増加）を放置して、それによる結果（血糖値の上昇）のみに対策しているにすぎません。これではまるで、蛇口が壊れて、ふろ場が水浸しになっているときに、蛇口を修理せず、たまった水をただ単にくみ出しているようなものです。　したがって、従来のように、血糖値を下げる食事をしても、脂肪を制限しない限り効果は限定的か、ほとんど効果はありません。むしろ、徐々に悪化する場合が多いのです。　細胞内の脂肪が多くなると、細胞膜のインスリンゲートに鍵がかかるメカニズムは、以下のように考えられます。人間の体のハードは、いまだに、狩猟採集生活の時代に最適化されています。脂肪の供給源である動物の捕獲は、せいぜい週に一回ぐらいで、保存も難しいので、その場で摂取した脂肪を筋肉細胞内にため込むのですが、インスリンが来て、持っていかれては大変とばかりにゲートに鍵をかけるわけです。これを避けるためには、ぜひとも、脂肪（コレステロールを含む）の最大供給源である動物由来の食物を避けることなのです。植物油には、コレステロールは含まれませんが、やはり脂肪なので、最小限にする必要があります。　なお、参考までに申し上げると、巷間の食事療法の本に時々引用されている「摂取するコレステロールと体内のコレステロールは無関係」という説には根拠がないことが明らかとなっています。