60 Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar: Simple Steps to Reduce the Carbs, Shed the Weight, and Feel Great Now!

This book was recommended to me by a friend who is pre-diabetic. On her advice I started checking my own blood sugar levels before and after a meal and found that I do t have any issues at all. But in reading this book and learning about the detrimental effects of eating too much sugar and carbohydrates, I decided to change my diet to keep my carb intake under 80grams per day. Dennis Pollock certainly knows what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to diabetes and he gives simple, yet precise ways to change your habits and embrace a low carb lifestyle. He writes simply, honestly and powerfully. Good information for anyone who wants to learn about carb reduction whether you’re a diabetic or not.

I have had diabetics for a year now. Doctors seem to want to medicate. I struggle through information on ways I can help myself to lower my numbers. I thought I was doing the best I could. Little did I know the self helps I’m finding in this easy to read, learn and understand things provided to me in this book. It’s been 1 week since I bought the book and now I feel like I’m getting some control with my daily blood sugars. All thanks to this book.

"60 Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar" is a good introduction to eating skills for diabetics or prediabetics. First off, understand that Dennis Pollock is a diabetic survivor and has learned most of this on his own. As always if you are diabetic or think you might be, see your doctor first and find good medical guidance. I am not diabetic and have normal blood sugar; however for years I was overweight and had family history of concern. I started exercising and really watching what I eat; now my blood sugar levels have been reduced (they were previously in the high normal range) and I am feeling great. I try to learn new things about nutrition and healthy eating, and picked this book up as it was well-reviewed and seemed to have a lot of insight.The book is not perfect, but Pollock does have some great ideas about dealing with carbs and blood sugar management. Some people may decry his endorsement of modest amounts of artificial sweeteners (in diet soda, etc.) but he does advise using them in moderation, and he makes a very good argument that if you are diabetic or trending in that direction and the alternative is sugar, that the solution may be worse than the cure he proposes. I have generally weaned myself off of sweeteners and when I do use them tend to use monk fruit, but read Pollock's book and decide for yourself. One of my critiques of the book is the forced "60 ways" organizational structure of the book. This results in a large number of very short chapters, many of which are highly repetitive seemingly only to get the number of ways to reduce your blood sugar up to 60. It was a contrivance for the sake of the title that the book didn't really need.Many of the tips are highly specific (recommending Calorie Countdown milk, Nature's Own Double Fiber Wheat Bread, using heavy whipping cream in coffee, recommending beans for their soluble fiber, etc.) but most of the guidelines are very general and easily remembered. I was extremely partial to his chapter on flaxseed (pp. 92-94) and his recipe for "Flaxseed Muffin-in-a-Mug," which brings up the issue of taste. One point that he makes repeatedly and I will echo is that the foods this kind of diet yields are not as delicious as you may be used to, but they are generally pretty good, and for the health improvement they bring, are worth the sacrifice in taste.Pollock is an evangelistic Christian, and there are Biblical references mentioned in passing throughout this work. At least one reviewer took exception to that, but I'd counter that if you aren't religious learn what Pollock has to teach about diabetes management and simply disregard the religious component. The material he presents is easily digested (no pun intended) and is valuable, especially if you are just learning to deal with blood sugar problems.

Bought for daughter,very informative and helpful

I purchased it on kindle back in 2019, read the book, and followed it. But by 2022 I started to gain weight and my blood sugar was creeping up. So I purchased a soft copy and am reading it again.This is a must-read and to follow book for all prediabetics and diabetics with type 2. If you read and follow Dennis Pollock's advice you will lower your blood sugar and loss weight as well. Dennis's writing is easy to read in almost a folksy way. But his mother had diabetes and he was determined not to go down the same path. Well worth your money and your time to read the whole book cover to cover.

New to diabetes .. this book is amazing easy to read and understand

Thought this book would be more recipes and food suggestions than it was. I returned it as I did not find it helpful

Lots of good info! Very informative!