Neal Barnard

Anyone with diabetes or prediabetes would benefit from reading this book. Dr. Barnard recommends a vegan low-fat diet to help your body heal itself and supports his recommendations with scientific studies. Yes, the book is a bit repetitive if you read it from start to finish--he's going to hit on his steps several times throughout the book--but for some people, the repetition does help to ingrain the ideas in their minds.

It was interesting to read about animal fat clogging up cells so that glucose isn't cleared and insulin resistance develops.

I do not think the "diet" (which is more of a lifestyle change than a diet since within the foods he recommends, there really isn't a limiting of how often you can eat) would be that hard to follow. In fact, even he says, decide to do it 100% for 3 weeks and reassess how you feel and if it has changed your numbers and then decide if you want to make it your lifestyle.

Other authors you might consult are Dean Ornish and the Esseltynes.… (mere)

The book was quite repetitive as the author promoted the good reasons for a vegan diet. His reasons were primarily for good health and the basis of that seemed to be low-fat and high fiber. I have been an ovo-lacto vegetarian for about 10 years. I can see his point about how eating eggs and dairy is still eating too much fat, especially since I tend to eat a lot of dairy. I'm interested in reading his more recent book _21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart_.

There actually was a lot of good information in this book, like about B-12 and the tendency to eat too much protein. I felt the book was balanced. It did not have the anger and animosity against those who choose not to eat a vegan diet which I have seen in a couple of other books. It went into detail on a few studies. I did not actually read every bit skimming over sections that do not pertain to me and thumbing through the recipes and menus which was a good portion of the book. I suppose it is for readers like me that the author repeats the main points many times throughout the book.… (mere)