According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), if current trends continue, one in three U.S. adults will have diabetes by 2050 (currently it is one in 10). The options are clear: we either learn the facts about sugar and diabetes today, or live with their consequences tomorrow.Come up to speed fast in this crash-course on insulin resistance, preventing diabetes, and the different types of sugar in food. Learn tricks to reading nutrition labels that reveal the daunting amount of sugar in common food. You’ll also get clear, non-biased explanations of alternative sweeteners like xylitol, stevia, agave, HFCS, aspartame and more.Until now, much of this information was not readily available and was obscured by medical/technical lingo. With over 200 illustrations, this condensed, quick read will bring you up to speed on the basics: What is sugar? The surprising amount of sugar we eat daily. How sugar raises cholesterol and triglyceride levels. What the body does with sugar. The pathway to Type 2 Diabetes. How to deal with sugar addiction. Sweetener choices. Plus, over 50 pages of recipes and strategies to add more healthy food to your diet.
Free on 24th - 25th Jul 13
Reviews:
"I tried to skim this book to get the review done, but I kept slowing down because it was too interesting."
Reviewer: Reader for Bookangel.
Sweet Fire is more than simply a book for diabetics. It's likely to be of interest to anyone concerned about diet or looking for an introduction to nutrition.
The Kindle book opens in the preface, which is a surprising way into the book, after the table of contents, acknowledgements, front matter and notes about diabetes.
The cover is fairly standard for non fiction - coloured text in front of a pale picture of a woman and a greyed out background. The formatting is excellent - a rarity with a book which had diagrams. The writing style is clear and easy to understand, and concepts such as the amount of sugar in food are laid out in a way that anyone can understand. When the author makes assumptions, she states them sepcifically in highlighted boxes to make sure readers are aware. The descriptions of body processes are both understandable and intriguing.
Not only does it detail diabetes throughly, the explanation of meals and suggestions of ways to cope are the type of information that is likely to be useful to a wider audience. Anyone who wants to examine their diet would probably find this book a good starting point.
Regular quizzes, with answers on a website, are a nice touch.
I tried to skim this book to get the review done, but I kept slowing down because it was too interesting. This is the best type of health book - detailed, funny in parts, and above all understandable. I think the only complaint I have about it is that reading it has put me off sugar!
