Davina's 5 Weeks to Sugar Free Book

I am a big fan of Davina as I have all of her fitness DVDs (which are great by the way) so when I learnt about the sugar free book I was very interested indeed especially as Davina is a great role model when it comes to healthy living and fitness! I am not diabetic so the book works for me! I know what foods are bad for us re sugar content etc so I don't need to be educated here but what scares me are the foods with 'hidden sugars' in like sauces for one. Overall in my opinion this is a very good book to try. Davina promotes healthy good living so I'm definitely camp Davina all of the way! X

I bought this book three weeks ago me and my husband have enjoyed every thing I have made the tea loaf was lovely and flap jacks where good because they are not so sweet which he has been having in his lunch box instead of chocolate bar and beef stir fry is gorgeous so will be making again so I am glad I purchased this book .

I bought this book today as my husband is diabetic and I struggle to find recipes that use sugar alternatives. The book was sealed in a plastic sleeve making it impossible to have a look inside before purchase. Had I been able to do so I would not have bought it. All the recipes that would normally contain sugar contain honey or maple syrup instead. While these sugars may be slightly better for you than refined sugar, they are still sugar and are therefore no good for diabetics. They are also no lower in calories so buying the book if you're dieting is not a good idea either. Disappointed.

I bought this book alongside Davina's Smart carbs book which has full nutritional information. The 5 Weeks to sugar free has only calories but no carbohydrate information. I found the recipes interesting but as a Type 1 Diabetic who matches insulin intake to carbohydrates I cannot use these receipes as I have no idea of the carbohydrate content without looking up all the ingredients and calculating it myself. Very disappointed with it. These comments should be passed onto the Publishers.

I wish I had read the review already on here before I bought this. I am also disappointed I thought it designed to cut refined sugar not just replace with other very sweet things unsuitable for Diabetics.