Lynn Sonberg
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 3.0 of 5
This book is far from "complete" 3 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
At first glance, this book seems to be really useful, but I've used it (or tried to) for several weeks and it is far from "complete." It provides information for a lot of brand-name food items, and a few basic generic foods, but there's no rhyme or reason to what's included or not.
For example, under the heading "Coffee" there is calorie and nutritional information for EIGHT FLAVORS of General Foods International Coffee, but that's all: no other brands, and no entry at all for plain old regular brewed coffee. Who drinks General Foods International Coffee anyway? If they are going to get that specific, they should add ALL KINDS of coffees, not just one brand. AND give us info on the good old generic stuff.
I can get nutritional information right off the back of the box of pre-packaged foods; it's the stuff I buy fresh and cook for myself that I need caloric/fat information for.
So, if you only buy pre-packaged, processed, nationally branded foods, or eat at national fast-food chains, then this book is for you. (Of course, if that's the case, then you probably don't care about fat and calories, do you??) But if you desire a comprehensive, calorie and nutritional information book, keep looking.
The book is also awkward to use. It's a regular trade-size paperback, which sounds handy, but the pages are printed in "landscape" format and it's not as easy as you'd think to flip through it to find what you're looking for. Some categories are quite lengthy (there are SIX pages of cookie brands) but the category is not repeated at the top of each page so it is difficult to tell at a glance what you're actually looking at.
Conclusion: This book is just not useful in a practical sense.
Editorial Review:
The history of diets, weightloss, and health has been a volatile one. Once we thought that calories were all that mattered, then we decided it was fat that was the enemy, then came the low–carb craze. The current conventional wisdom is that there's no one, easy answer, and all of these factors contribute to weight gain and health in different ways. Perhaps the most unexpected discovery is that some fats (like olive oil and omega fats) are actually good for you!
This book is the first available resource that really gets to the bottom of current dietary thinking. It is invaluable for calculating the amount and type of fats, calories and carbs in over 3,500 foods commonly found on supermarket shelves and in restaurants. For dieters on everything from the South Beach Diet to the Mediterranean Diet to the Fat Smash Diet, this is the go–to resource for getting the most up–to–date and complete nutrition information available.
