/ About 'Healing Diabetes with Food'
The book is based on the life experience of the author Edna Nwobi who had diabetes for six years but with lifestyle changes , was able to reverse her diabetic condition .
Cases of some people the author helped to reverse or improve their diabetic conditions were cited .The book explained the disease DIABETES, different types of diabetes and the devastating effects of uncontrolled diabetes on the different parts of of the body.
With the author's knowledge of Food science and nutrition and her hands on experience in suffering from diabetes she researched into the use of local foods for the control or even reversal of diabetes .She classified the local foods into their glycemic indexes and recommended foods good or bad for diabetics . She also stressed the importance of exercise in the control of diabetes .Her conclusion "The diagnosis of Diabetes is not a death sentence " This is because diabetes can be controlled by lifestyle changes.
Professor Paul Okonkwo , Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics ,Food and Drug Analyst said about the book "I recommend this book not just for diabetics .Even physicians nutritionists and food scientists will find the book very useful" "Healing Diabetes with Food "is for everybody especially people who desire to live a healthy lifestyle .
The author is the founder of an NGO ,Edna Nwobi Diabetic Care (EndiCare) Foundation which provides diabetic education ,care and drugs free to poor diabetics.