Richard in , DC, US (United States)

Achieving normal blood sugars for diabetics with the aid of a low carbohydrate diet and exercise is the focus of Dr. Bernstein's Revised and Updated 2007 Diabetes Solution, and the New Diabetes Diet, Dr. Bernstein's Low-Carbohydrate Solution, books by Richard K. Bernstein, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.N. 

In light of the above, you might guess that I advocate a nocarbohydrate diet. In fact, in the next chapter you’ll discover that I include small amounts of carbohydrate in my meal plan. 

I decided on a low-carbohydrate regimen. In the past I'd lost weight on low fat/low calorie diets, but I always packed it back on, and more with each cycle. Moreover, I prefer meat, fish, cheese, and eggs to brown rice and collard greens. 

The Diet Dictocrats have succeeded in convincing Americans that butter is dangerous, when in fact it is a valued component of many traditional diets and a source of the following nutrients: 

The treatment plan for Meyer included a number of important elements. First, we had to deal with the disabling diarrhea that worried him more than any of his other problems. This was easy. I gave him a low dose clonidine skin patch, the standard treatment for diabetic diarrhea.