Diabetes Without Drugs

By: Suzy Cohen

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's Summary

Based on breakthrough studies, Diabetes Without Drugs reveals how people with diabetes can reduce their need for prescription medication and minimize the disease's effect on the body.

Download the accompanying reference guide.

©2010 Suzy Cohen (P)2011 Tantor

Supplements, supplements and more supplements

The book can be listened to rather than read, but it obviously makes it harder to skip sections. The author does a very good job at explaining the processes within the body such as what diabetes is and such. The book is even relevant to somebody without diabetes and just wants to know about how parts of the body works.

The author is really into supplements, herbs, and vitamins and such and explains how the body uses them and seems to recommend over a hundred.

I'm not too keen on supplements and am more interested in diet. I only listened to half the book and just got tired of listening to more and more about supplements.

I'm not completely bad mouthing this book and it definitely could be useful to someone with diabetes. I'm extremely leery of studies based on sample sizes of 30 or less people which she sites multiple times. I did learn a lot about how the body and its organs work and the book (the half I read) is worth it for that.

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Real help for diabetics - be sure to see the PDF

This is a great resource for anyone with diabetes. Suzy Cohen discusses the disease, itself, diet, nutrition, exercise, supplements, medications, interactions, and recipes. She is a pharmacist, so she brings a unique perspective to the topic that is rarely offered in other books as most are written by doctors. The pharmaceutical background adds a lot to the discussion of various medications and supplements.

Jo Anna Perrin narrated the book well. There is a long PDF document that comes with the purchase of the audiobook, and it contains a vast amount of information. This is one of those books that would normally require either extensive note taking or the hard copy of the book to really get a good grasp on a lot of the topics, but the PDF makes it possible to listen to the narration and print the material you would need to review. That said, I have the hard copy, myself, and for the sheer amount of material covered in this work, I'm glad that I do.

I was impressed that the author covered the use of teas, which is a topic often ignored in discussions about supplements. I was also impressed that she continued to exhort her audience to make their physicians aware of the supplements that they take as they have pharmacological effects and can interfere with their prescription or over-the-counter medications. She was very open-minded about prescription medications and vitamins and supplements, but she was not without criticisms. I found the book to be particularly well-rounded in its approach various treatments for diabetes.

I will be using this book again, for reference purposes, and I will probably listen to the audiobook every so often as a refresher. It was well worth the credit for the life-saving, well-researched, and well-presented information.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

AWESOME !!

Where does Diabetes Without Drugs rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This Audio book is the absolute best I have come across.. Thank you Suzie Cohen for your EXPERT ADVISE and informatiom. 17 + hours of listening, and I still listened a second time.

Any additional comments?

This book has saved my life. I will be forever grateful

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Brought Blood Back To My Heart

If you could sum up Diabetes Without Drugs in three words, what would they be?

NO MORE DRUGS!!!

What other book might you compare Diabetes Without Drugs to and why?

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease . Both tell you how to eat the right food to prevent heart disease without drugs,

What about Jo Anna Perrin’s performance did you like?

She did a wonderful job to keep my attention, I really enjoyed her voice!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I need to implement more exercise in my daily routine and develop better eating habits. I told my mom I wish I had this info when I was younger , I know I would not be fighting diabetes at this time. I have been in good health all my life and always exercised and was very athletic. But did not eat enough greens and fruit. But I'm excited about putting all this what I have learned to action. Thank you for all your hard work and caring heart to share all this information with us.

Any additional comments?

If you have diabetes and don't mind doing some work on what you eat and what drugs you take. I highly recommend this book . My friend Allen who I play racquetball with let me borrow his book I soon gave it back and bought a copy of my own. He is proof that it works he has type two diabetes and is off all drugs thank God, he is 67 and plays like he is in his 30s. Good Luck On Becoming Drug Free.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Thank you

If you could sum up Diabetes without Drugs in three words, what would they be?

Big Pharma can suck it.

What did you like best about this story?

Truth about my condition and hope for the future.

Which character – as performed by Jo Anna Perrin – was your favorite?

Suzy Cohen

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

yes to both

Any additional comments?

Doctors maintain us on their drugs without a cure. With diet exercise and good supplements you can live a very different life. Declare war on diabetes and use this book as a battle plan.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Good info, narrator drove me nuts

If you could sum up Diabetes without Drugs in three words, what would they be?

Vital health information

Who was your favorite character and why?

n/a - this is a medical book without leading characters.

What didn’t you like about Jo Anna Perrin’s performance?

Narrator has a high pitched voice and speaks in an unnatural cadence. Her slow pacing and odd inflections make her narration sound like she is reading a book to kindergartners. I did not finish the book because the narration was too irritating.

I regret not finishing it, because the author's content is valuable to me... I may end up buying it in book form instead. Perhaps Amazon would let me exchange the audiobook for the Kindle book.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

not applicable - it would be a documentary.

Any additional comments?

Sometimes I wonder why people choose the narrators that they do.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

must for every diabetic and any other complication

must for every person who want to live a healthy and quality life, I love the practical guidance all over the book.

A Definite Step to Take

All in all, there's a lot of good information. That said, the author is still preaching her low-fat mantra. Hopefully, a revised edition will come out shortly.

Real Preachy, Sounds like a lecture from Mom.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Don;t like tone.

What was most disappointing about Suzy Cohen’s story?

Could not get the useable information I needed to make my own choices.

How could the performance have been better?

Less like Sunday School.

Any additional comments?

Do Not Recommend This one.

0 of 2 people found this review helpful