I've read them all! Here is my suggested list with comments:

1. The dos and donts of hypoglycemia: decent read, but all of the material tends to be so obvious and sometimes even self-evident that's it's nearly ridiculous. One line reads something like "do make sure when you go to the gym to check for objects on the ground that could cause you to trip." who in the world wouldn't look? It is tailored more for people that don't have a clue about what to do, but unfortunately it gives little, if any, diet recommendations. It even mentions eating potatoes at one point as though it were a good thing.


2. Hypoglycemia for dummies: great overall guide, lots of good information, though it gets kind of silly at times and at some points is very offbase and incorrect on what it provides. However, it's good overall.


3. Hypoglycemia: a better approach: a decent read, but the author makes a ton of erroneous assumptions. However, though his diet is totally off and just awful, he gives plenty of great information on proper eating habits and benefits of organic foods and such.


4. Hypoglycemia: the disease your doctor won't treat: without a doubt the best book out there. Packed with more information than you can handle and tons of great tips to follow with explanations of why you should. I found out so much from this book and it's one of the core materials I used to create my diet. It's still in print, but under a different title now. I forget what it's called, but the author is still the same, her name is jeraldine saunders. The only problem is how she handles whole grains. She suggests 1-2 cups of day but does not specify anything about carbohydrates or the content of certain grains. If you were to follow her diet and eat a cup of buckwheat the one day, you'd have 30g of carbohydrates. Not bad. But if the next day you'd have amaranth, you'd have around 133g! Too chaotic.


5. Sugar blues: not really for hypoglycemia persay but it gives a ton of information on why sugar is bad with plenty of references and history into how we've become addited to it. Pretty disturbing at times.


Also, here are two good sites for you to look at:

1. Guaidoc.Com/research_hgdiet.Htm

2. (this guy is right on, but a bit off in structure) Fred.Net/slowup/haidiet.txt

Not sure whether its my computer but the links don't work when I click them...

Ok I will try the fourth book! Have u read the edward krimmel one then?

Hmm, I have it saved and it works. Try to do it all lower case. That may make a difference for some reason. I haven't read that one actually. I've heard of it though.

Yeah, do it like that, make it all lower case.

I just remembered a good one, lots of excellent information on health that you can use for your diet. The book is pretty famous currently, it's called "the maker's diet." look into it.

Hi everyone,

i just got one of the books thaot was recommended by stan called hypoglycemia: the disease your doctor won't treat and it's really very informative. I think you're right about too much whole grain, at least at first.

That's where they illustrate the "saw tooth curve" that you mentioned before in a previous post. Very interesting....I'm learning quite a bit.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Dj

Yeah, the only problem with it is that she even mentions whole grain may be "good for some but not for all," but gives no indication about what the other people who fall into this category should do. It needed to be way more specific. A bit earlier she mentions that the saw-tooth curve type who have drops 1-2 hours after eating have to "constantly snack" but gives no indication how and only says something to the effect of "fortunately such cases are rare." okay, thanks, just leave us to the side. I don't think it's as rare as she thinks. Many hypoglycemics appear to be saw-tooth.

Hi to all, you mean "the maker's diet" by jordan s. Rubin? Does this book contain info for hypoglycemics or just an overall understanding on health? I actually have this book, have tried to pass it on to a few people that I thought it might help,(they never took it) but have never actually read it for myself, if it is the same one.

That's it. Not too much in there at all for hypoglycemics, just a good, general idea of proper foods to eat in proper conditions and such. Lots of good insight.