http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diabetes-Re...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238362185&sr=8-1
The 3 reviews on there are interesting. The first was clearly written by someone with very fixed ideas and a closed mind. The other 2 were written by people willing to think about it and give it a try. Of course they have tried it and it works for them - or they have taken elements from it which help (more common).
The first reviewer seems to have got the impression that starches are essential. This is incorrect. There is nothing in rice, potatoes, bread, pasta that you cannot get from another source - one that does not shoot your BG through the roof.
Now I am not sure whether they were exaggerating, but it seems that from their point of view, this book advocates
very low carb. IF that is the case, then I would not be a fan. I don't believe that the majority of T2s have to go to that extreme.
Frankly though you can save your money and spend it on test strips instead since that will teach you more - so long as you are testing properly and not just doing it for the hell of it.
As for T1 vs T2, they both have their problems. In fact I tend to think that T2s on insulin have it slightly worse, but thats generally because they are constantly prescribed more and more <insert your choice of swearword here> premix, without any decent dietary advice or knowledge on the effects that foods have.
But to see things from a non-injecting T2's point of view for a moment.....go look at a restaurant menu. Now discount everything that comes with potatoes, rice, pasta or bread.
That's how it feels to be T2 sometimes. Yup, you are having the salad (hold the dressing)
OK so its not quite as bad as that but you get the idea. We don't have to avoid all of those all the time, but its about managing what you do have and when you have it, given the variations in IR.
However, there are always alternatives and the majority of the time you are not eating out, so its easily controllable. In fact it becomes second nature and for a large proportion of the time its automatic. Even eating out is managable although a bit more thought is required.
No I don't want chips with it. No that doesn't mean I want a jacket potato on it. No, I don't want bread instead. If you really feel you have to pad out the plate with something else, shove some more side salad on it or something, I really don't care....
As for the chances of DUK announcing that the high carb diet they have been pushing for years is just flat out wrong.....are around zero. They would be terrified of being sued. They are more likely to follow the ADA's lead and gradually accept that a slightly lower carb count MIGHT be ok, if you really really have to. What's the ADA's current fudge? Around 170 carbs a day instead of 250?
Well I suppose its a step in the right direction, but I don't see them accepting what is basically common sense for some years yet.