No Whites Baking Book: How to Make Baked Goods Without White Flour or White Sugar
FOREWORD BY PAULA CARNEY, PhD, RD:  Various books address the No Whites diet...some are diet books designed to promote weight loss. Others are cookbooks designed to provide recipes that eliminate all refined ingredients from the foods you eat. Jennifer De Vries No Whites cookbook includes recipes she developed to fill the gap between the diet her physician prescribed to treat pre-diabetes and her desire to enjoy high quality baked goods in moderation.  The American Diabetes Association predicts that the number of people with diabetes will double in the next 25 years; changes in diet and increased exercise can help prevent some people who have pre-diabetes from developing diabetes. The No Whites food rule is a way to achieve a low glycemic diet; enabling you to avoid low nutrient, high starch and high sugar foods. Instead, whole grains, fruits and vegetables form the core of a meal. Pre-diabetic lifestyles also include increased activity to further weight loss and fitness.  Jennifer wanted to occasionally include some sweeter baked items in her diet. She developed the recipes in this book to use in moderation along with her pre-diabetic No Whites diet and exercise. While there is much discussion in natural food publications about alternative sweeteners, and a few studies in scientific journals about their use. The sweeteners and corresponding amounts in Jennifer s recipes are reasonable as part of a low glycemic No Whites diet and daily exercise of at least 30 minutes. These recipes may help you enjoy an occasional dessert while controlling blood glucose levels. --Foreword by: Paula Carney, PhD, RD