Sorry Butterfly,

There is a free PDF of the book at Diabetic-Diet-Secrets.com The long title is Toma's Diabetic Diet, Toma's Diabetic diet - A Layman's Guide To Controlling Blood Glucose With Diet. If you want a hard copy those can be purchased at http://www.lulu.com/content/1210681

There are updates in the PDF that are not in the lulu printed book. I need to update that. I am working on finding ways where insurance companies or other corporate sponsors will give it away to their customers.

Toma,
How can you keep tossing those goodies at us without mentioning the name of your book.I have not read it but I will.

There are a number of foods that help with controlling blood glucose. Bitter melon is just one of them. I mention several in my book on controlling type 2 diabetes with diet. These are just a few.

Research at the USDA Agricultural Research Service has identified a substance in cinnamon that mimics insulin. According to the research, ¼ teaspoon per day can reduce blood glucose levels and cholesterol.

Dr. Vuksan, Vice-President of GI Labs, and his team of researchers studied the Salba seed, known to be exceptionally high in nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, iron, and omega-3 fatty acids and rich in fiber. Dr. Vuksan and his team discovered that regular consumption of Salba in individuals with type 2 diabetes led to a decrease in clotting factors and inflammation. Most importantly, the study participants achieved a drop in blood pressure better than what is typically achieved with many medications. The results of this study have far-reaching applications for the management of type 2 diabetes, offering a non-medicinal effective diabetes therapy.

In a study published in the July 2006 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Australian researchers show that the amount of insulin required to lower blood sugar after a meal is reduced if the meal contains chili pepper. When chili-containing meals are a regular part of the diet, insulin requirements drop even lower.

In one study the glucose response with vinegar was 31 percent lower than without it. In another study vinegar significantly reduced the glycemic index of a starchy meal from 100 to 64 (where white bread = 100). Supplementation of a meal based on white wheat bread with vinegar reduced postprandial responses of blood glucose and insulin, and increased the subjective rating of satiety. To investigate the potential of acetic acid supplementation as a means of lowering the glycemic index (GI) of a bread meal, and to evaluate the possible dose-response effect on postprandial glycemia, insulinanemia and satiety, 12 healthy volunteers participated in tests performed by researchers at Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden.

Several modern clinical studies suggest that stevia may have the ability to lower and balance blood sugar levels, support the pancreas and digestive system, protect the liver, and combat infectious microorganisms (Oviedo et al., 1971; Suzuki et al., 1977; Ishit et al., 1986; Boeckh, 1986; Alvarez, 1986).

In Mexican traditional medicine, prickly pear cactus (nopal) is used for the treatment of diabetes and high cholesterol. Today nopal is a commonly called upon herbal agent for the treatment of Type-2 Diabetes by Mexican Americans as well as American Indians. The blood sugar-lowering action of nopal has been documented in a number of studies.

Research on use of berberine (found in Barr Berrie and other sources) for diabetes began with Ni Yanxi and his colleagues in Changchun (a large city in Jilin Province) with diabetes treatments. As an introduction to a 1995 English language publication on this subject (presenting their earlier clinical data from 1983-1987), they wrote (5): "It was found by accident that berberine had the therapeutic effect on the decrease of blood glucose when the authors used berberine to treat diarrhea in patients who suffered from diabetes."

Vitamin D and a good Omega 3 fish oil capsule are also very good things to eat to assist with control of type 2 diabetes. This is just a very condensed list of what we can use to help control blood glucose in type 2 diabetes. In my book there are several other dietary suggestions.