I have to be honest, this is a lifestyle change. One I have yet to get my butt in gear to start. As much as I know I need to put it into place I am not there yet. So I haven't opened up this book or read it. Thank you for the opportunity. I hope to some day soon get my act together and take this gentleman's advice.

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This was an interesting, personal journey of how the author turned a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes around. This is the first book I have read on this subject and it kept me interested and informed.

I am so impressed by Richard Shaw's journey to better health. He writes most conversationally and I appreciated the wealth of information he shared without feeling lectured. His willingness to share his experiences, the good and the bad, is generous and genuine. I will have no problem recommending his story of hard work and success to others.
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Mr Shaw shares the detail of his own journey and his ability to conquer type 2 diabetes. His journey is an inspiration and helped shed insight to me about what family members go through and gave me good pointers to adjust my lifestyle to avoid this diagnosis.

It was great to read about Mr. Shaw's journey. The information provided in the book is pretty simplified and very specific to Mr. Shaw. It is a very minimalist version of what a dietitian would help you to achieve. I truly did not feel I learned much more than what I already knew. Kudos to him for achieving his goal.

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Conquering Type 2 Diabetes
By Richard Shaw
Published by Hammersmith Books, 19 February 2019

Richard was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, most definitely overweight and with a poor diet high in sugar and carbs. He dutifully attended medical appointments, took his prescribed medications, but it was only when he had an eye health scare that he made the conscious decision to improve his health.

He chose to follow the Banting diet, reducing his sugar and carbohydrate intake in favour of increasing protein, fats, nuts and non-root vegetables. His health did not just improve dramatically, losing 31 kg, but he managed to significantly lower all the biochemical markers of Type 2 diabetes (which is traditionally held to be chronic, progressively degenerative and certainly irreversible) to a non-diabetic level.

This is not a "I am right, doctors are wrong" book, neither is it in favour of jumping on any particular bandwagon that rolls along and catches your fancy. He is careful to stress that you should not abandon any prescribed medications and that you need to keep your GP/Consultant aware of your lifestyle and diet changes and for your health to continue to be monitored carefully. He documents medical research and studies which he found of particular interest so the reader can explore the information and incorporate it into a planned change of diet.

Richard provides meal plans and forty recipes suitable for the low carb/high fat diet he chose to follow, along with lots of helpful general advice about exercise, water consumption, dietary modifications, getting into routines, apps and websites that may be of use to the reader too.

He is keen to stress that this worked for him, and the Banting diet - or variations of it - have worked for many people across the world, but it is not a guarantee of completely reversing Type 2 Diabetes for everyone. It will help to improve health, and that can only be a good thing.

This is an easy, quick and engaging read, and is full of useful advice even for those who are not diabetic. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

excellent read having being diagnosed with diabeties good to see how others cope with weight loss and a completely different style of living i thoroughly enjoyed this book and are going to buy it to keep and refer to for future use.

Conquer Type 2 Diabetes by Richard Shaw is a self help book giving tips and information to help reverse type 2 Diabetes.
I found this book very interesting and intend to follow some of the advice given.
This book also had recipes and exercises to help with weight loss.
Thank you to NetGalley and Literally PR Ltd for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a very helpful book. I am newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and this book gave me so many
great ideas and health information to help me for the rest of my life. I am very interested in purchasing a copy for myself or as a gift to friends with Type 2 Diabetes.

I felt like this book was very informative and gave me a different perspective on how to look at my husbands recent diagnosis of Diabetes and for my own personal family history that I want to avoid inheriting. I felt like the recipes were not realistic for us. We are from Idaho and we don't have fresh fish and we are all about potatoes! I know, we need to change our diets and we are in the process of making changes so that our A1C stays where it is supposed to be. Don't get me wrong, we appreciate the authors views and are taking some of the books words into our minds. I found the recipes to be interesting all though I may make some modifications. I think some pictures would have been nice but I understand that would have required additional expenses on your part. Otherwise I felt the book was very positive and gave me hope for my husband and myself. Thank you!