Diabetes and sugar are traditionally seen as mutually exclusive and it is frequently believed that people with diabetes have to give up their favourite foods, especially sweet dishes, and maintain strict eating habits.

The truth is that by observing a few simple rules like basing meals on starchy, carbohydrate foods, and eating a balanced diet, it is possible to live with diabetes and still enjoy good food. By adapting recipes for cakes and puddings you can continue to eat your favourite desserts.

This book explains how to manage your diabetes through food and eat a balanced diet. It explains the glycaemic index (GI) of foods and how to use it to manage your glucose levels. And although there are a few foods (fizzy drinks, sweets) that should be avoided, sweet foods can still be enjoyed as long as you balance them with low GI foods.

Anthony Worall Thompson explains how to adapt recipes so that they use less sugar and fat - for example, using the natural sweetness of fresh or dried fruit instead of sugar - and also offers delicious, low-sugar recipes created specially for this book.

Authors: Azmina Govindji, Antony Worrall Thompson

Number of Pages: 144 pages, Colour photography by Steve Lee
Size (mm): 220 x 21

Just because you suffer from diabetes does not mean that you have to eat tasteless, bland food for the rest of your life. The Simple Diabetic Cookbook contains 120 recipes that are delicious and easy to make. Whether for yourself or a member of your family, you will find ideas to make your meals interesting and varied.

The book starts with general dietary advice for diabetics and explains how diet can affect this condition. Blood glucose control is crucial in diabetes and these recipes, together with advice on following the GI (glycaemic index) diet, can help you to manage your blood glucose levels. The book contains recipes for every occasion, from starters to main courses for everyday meals and special occasions.

Desserts, cakes and biscuits are also included. Each recipe is accompanied by nutritional information that makes it easy to see at a glance the fat and carbohydrate content. A meal-planner allows you to plan in advance and prepare mixes so that you can quickly make your own bread and cakes.

Once you become used to the ingredients and methods used it will become second nature to think ahead and plan your meals using these recipes. Using this book, anyone living with diabetes can always find something delicious to eat.

Author: Azmina Govindji

Number of Pages: 144 pages, 60 photos
Size (mm): 276 x 21

From Butternut Squash and Coconut Soup to Baked Trout with Butter Bean Mash and individual Lime and Raspberry Cheesecakes, this selection of mouth-watering recipes will help you to manage your diabetes more effectively and live life to the full.

Authors: Louise Blair, Norma McGough 

Number of Pages: 128 pages, 160 illustrations
Size (mm): 210 x 14

Experts in the field come together to produce an accessible and reassuring guide to protecting against and managing diabetes. Aimed at both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetics, as well as people who are glucose intolerant, "The NHS Guide to Diabetes" moves from basic questions such as what is diabetes? And, what can I do? To a clear outline of the principles of healthy eating.

With a large recipe section including dishes from around the world, this guide contains key lifestyle and dietary advice for anyone living with the condition.

Authors: Anne Claydon, Adam Daykin, Diana Markham, Graham Toms

Number of Pages: 192 pages, col. illustrations
Size (mm): 216 x 135