Puteri’s World

“Another cookbook?” asked my husband, when he saw the book.

I was at Marshall’s last Sunday, and I just could not resist buying the book. It only cost $2.99 which was a real deal.

A low carb diet is the best kind of diet for someone like me who has been diagnosed with prediabetes. Every recipe in the book tells me the amount of calories, how many grams of carbohydrates, how many grams of protein, and how many grams of fat each serving has.  From that, I can learn as I prepare my meals to guesstimate what and how much is good for me.

Nothing like a good cook book to help you along with your new diet!   :mrgreen:

These are the six most recent books I got from the library. I was pleasantly surprised when I did a search in the Sacramento Public Library System at the availability of these books.

I was prepared to buy some of the books but decided to see if the local library carried any of the books. The local library did not but other libraries within the Sacramento Library system had them and so I was able to make reservations. A few days later, I received a notification via email asking me to come pick up the books.

There was only one other book that I wanted that was not available. But I was able to make a request for the library to purchase the book. I am not sure if the library will purchase the book, but so far I have not heard anything about my request being turned down. I hope the library will get the book!

It wasn’t too long ago that I had never stepped into the local library! Now I am a big fan!

I have been learning a lot of things from Prescription Alternatives by Earl Mindell and Virginia Hopkins. It is one of the best books I’ve borrowed from the library recently!

I have issues with high blood pressure and diabetes, and the pages called A Natural Blood Pressure-Lowering Program is quite an eye opener.

I mean there are things we know people with high blood pressure should avoid like smoking, consuming too much alcohol, too much salty foods, etc.

One thing which was totally new to me was what celery can do to high blood pressure. Did you know that fresh celery, like four stalks a day has been known to significantly reduce blood pressure?

If that is true, I should make a habit of drinking a celery/carrot juice mix daily!

Another thing I learned from the book is that dandelion is an effective diuretic. For people with high blood pressure it is important to drink lots of water and to evacuate that excess fluid effectively.

If there is anything I can do to reduce my blood pressure without resorting to the use of drugs, I am willing to try it! The thing is, I can easily monitor my blood pressure at home with those little monitors.

If despite all I am doing naturally still does not do anything to lower my blood pressure, of course I will do whatever my doctor tells me to do.

Recently I bought a little book called The Best Life Diet by Bob Greene. I really liked the recipes in the booklet because they are suitable for people with diabetes.

I have tried three of the recipes in the book (see putericooks.com), and yesterday I ordered The Best Life Diet by Bob Greene from Amazon as well as two other books.

The two other books I ordered were published by Better Homes and Gardens. They are Diabetic Living Slow Cooker, and Diabetic Living Cookbook. I bought two recent issues of the Diabetic Living booklets and enjoyed them so much that I thought I’d buy the books that are a compilation of their previous booklet issues.

I look forward to receiving these books and trying out the recipes there. I have two other diabetic cookbooks, but unfortunately the pictures that come with the books are in black and white and not every recipe has an accompanying picture. I am a visual kind of person and if I don’t see the pictures I can’t appreciate whatever it is as much!

Especially food!