The two authors—one, a retired physician, the other, a professional chef—have developed a compilation of meals and exercises to regulate blood sugar and promote health overall. Poothullil has written extensively that the cause and exacerbation of complications from type 2 diabetes is glucose from the ingestion of too much food from grains. He maintains that type 2 may be cured by greatly reducing the intake of grains and following practices that the author has devised based on his twenty-five years of research in and observation of type 2 diabetes. Chef Cackowski has created appropriate recipes for meals and snacks. The philosophy of eating includes permitting one's body to determine what it needs nutritionally and to choose foods that contain the appropriate nutrients to answer those needs. Low-impact exercises for relaxation and circulation include deep breathing and toe-tapping.

This particular cookbook differs from others that focus on recipes geared for people with diabetes by including exercises to be performed in concert with the diet to keep the blood sugar low. The key is stability: to avoid "giving in" to cravings for carbohydrates that cause blood sugar spikes and may create unhealthy and unfortunate circumstances such as amputations, blindness, or other disabling conditions. The recipes are fulfilling, diverse, and geared to sustaining a balanced and satisfying diet to keep a person who otherwise might be at risk for unhealthy sugar levels willing and able to be healthy for life. The ability to reverse type 2 diabetes through diet and exercise is significant and potentially lifesaving, and Dr. Poothullil's work concerning the reversal of type 2 diabetes is groundbreaking.

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