Diabetic Smoothies: 35 Delicious Smoothie Recipes to Lower Blood Sugar and Reverse Diabetes (Diabetic Living)

I usually only write a review for products I really like, but this purchase merits a 1 star review because I really DIDN'T like it. As a retired ICU nurse who has type II diabetes and has at least 1 smoothie daily, I was hoping this little book would contain some ideas for smoothies I had not considered.It was a profound disappointment. I have no idea what kind of education or training the author has, but she does not have a good understandingof the pathophysiology of diabetes, or of glycemic index or load. For example, she has one recipe for a smoothie which includes whole apples and pears-and she advises peeling the fruit? Why in the world would you peel and destroy the fiber and nutritional value which is in the peel of these fruits? Yes, I know that apple peel can contain some pesticides-if you don't eat organic, it is easy to scrub them before you eat them.In another, she describes juicing 3 oranges to add to the smoothie-and in another, using 1 cup orange juice. You might as well just add a cup of sugar to your recipe, Amanda! It is not news to any of us who are paying attention that the juice from citrus is highly glycemic, but eating the fruit itself provides some protection by slowing down the absorption of the sugar. She describes using almond milk or greek yoghurt, but I don't see any mention of using a protein powder to increase protein, which is good for diabetics.So in summary-this book is not only useless for diabetics, but could be harmful to the newly diagnosed or less informed consumer, trying to find their way to better health. I do not recommend it.

How is this book considered for diabetics? All of recipes contain fruit or sugar of some sort. I actually threw the book in the trash.

I just finished this book, it is really easy to read. I have only one complaint and that is that it doesn't give any dietary information, such as carbohydrates, sugars, etc. I use an insulin pump and need to account for everything I eat.

This book says it is important for diabetics to limit their carb intake - a fact that my husband's endocrinologist strongly supports. However, the recipes don't give the number of carbs (or any other nutritional information). I am not going to bother with figuring this out myself (I have yet to find an app that works on my Kindle). Guess that means another DELETE.

Disappointing. I am giving it one star (*). Only has 35 recipes, in large font size. The book is too thin to be $9. The book is laid out such that recipes are split between pages—I don’t know if this is the publisher’s doing or the author’s—each recipe should have been more compact. The layout is unappealing. I am returning the book. I got “Smoothies for Diabetics” by Don Orwell instead.

Interesting and tasty recipes. However, no nutritional information is included in the printing. Smoothies can be very counter-productive in managing blood sugars. Carbs really do matter. I have been writing this information in for future uses once I have tried them. But this is not my go to book at this point.

This book lacks any dietary guidelines for calories and carbohydrates, sugar and sodium levels for the recipes. These are essential for a valid recipe for diabetics. I asked for a refund immediately!

I was excited to get this book expecting to see nutritional values like carbs and sugars. Lacking that detail this book is useless. I’ll have to find a book that contains this detail

It has variety to use own initiative on.To the retired nurse I think she would find how to cure diabetes 1& 2 in 72hrs by Diabetic expert Doctor Bisaroop Choudry very interesting especially regarding citrus .. but anyone investigating this needs to read the book/s well . (Cheap as e book) Watch the videos maybe contact him & get a good understanding before putting it into practice ..He describes lifestyle choices as well as good dietary suggestions & encourages good monitoring of blood sugar

I brought this for my mum, she was very happy with it.

It has good ideas

Although there's a decent variety of recipes, there is no corresponding glycemic index. This makes it hard to manage for me.