It works like magic for me. I cheated like a dog over Thanksgiving and lost some ground, but I'm back on the regime and already feeling better. Even after all that cheating my pants are still dropping because I've lost some weight. And for the first time in many months I have the energy to exercise.

*handsprings*

This plan has been a "magic bullet" for me. I've lost weight, my numbers are excellent, and I have a tremendous amt of energy.

It took a few weeks for the plan to feel "normal", but now, after about 4 months, it's become second nature.

Even my doctor, who was skeptical at first, is now a great supporter.

Keep us posted.
Lily

Here's a Neal Barnard Plan anecdote: there was a holiday party in my section of the agency and they served pizza, fried chicken and Greek salad piled with feta cheese. After all, what's Christmas without ham pizza?

My dept. had to bring some food & realized there was no fruit of any kind provided. I volunteered to make a fruit salad -- a variation on my mom's Jewish-soulfood apple-nut salad, with just a sprinkle of chopped walnuts and chopped oranges and cinnamon added to the lemon juice that keeps the apples fresh.

It was a huge hit, so much so that when someone brought the empty dish back to my office she was still sneaking the last of the cinnamon "dressing" from the bottom of the bowl. I had som ething to eat for the party and the person next to me said she was going to make it herself for her family this Christmas as a lite alternative to all the ham and cookies and fixin's.

Heh!

Hi pgreen. Dr. Barnard plan is wonderful. It totally worked wonders for me as well. I fell off the wagon and my bs levels went up again, but now I am back on track. This plan works well and works quickly. You will notice the difference right away! I am so happy I found out about it!! Good luck with it and let us know how you do on it!!!

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hi - i'v been on this plan for abot two months now and have lost over a stone and my bs is the lowest it's been for a long long while. It is hard at first because you are so used to eating rubbish food and healthy good food wasn't part of my daily diet but now it is second nature to eat healthily so that eating high fat food now makes me fel bad and uncomfortable . I hope it works for you - good luck

Can someone tell me the name of this book? I'd like to research it and all of you seem so positive about it.
HELP!

I have really been wanting to try this program for some time. Are there recipe suggestions and are the ingredients things you can find locally or do you need to go to a health food store???
Thanks.

I started this back in October. I hit a weight plateau for about a year. Since I started the diet I have lost 11 pounds. I still have 25 more pounds to go.

My overall cholesterol is in the normal range now.

Thing is my A1C has not come down but my daily BG readings have come down. Not sure why the A1C continues to be so high.

I'm working on this with my doc.

No doubt about it, I have way more energy now than before going the vegan route.

gabbygal, there are some but not lots of recipes. You should be able to find appropriate food locally, without going to a health food store. I live in an extremely rural area where vegans are practically unheard of, and I can find the food that I need.

Is this the book you're all talking about?

http://www.amazon.com/Neal-Barnards-Program-Reversing-Diabetes/dp/1594865280

Yes, "Dr. Neal Barnard's Program For Reversing Diabetes."