Product Description Featuring thousands of new listings—and thousands more choices—than ever before, this completely revised seventh edition of The Complete Book of Food Counts is the most up-to-date reference you can buy. Featuring all-new information on a wide variety of new products, here are essential counts for generic and brand-name foods PLUS the latest gourmet and health foods, including hundreds of ethnic foods. From fast-food salads to gourmet pizza, from Mexican to Japanese to Indian cuisines, this authoritative reference gives you all the nutritional information you need, whether you’re walking the supermarket aisles or checking out your local natural food and gourmet shops!
valuable referenceJanuary 31, 2006 G. N. Christensen(new england) 10 out of 11 found this review helpful
how many of us know basic food nutritional values? how many of us know what restaurants and processors put in their offerings and the effect upon our nutrition?
while some purist reviewers may balk at having ALL information at their disposal, i, for one, do not. i bought the original years ago and continue to update (as branded and restaurant offerings change or disappear) to this day.
my partner uses weight watcher points system and this volume is invaluable. ignore the naysayers, you can never learn or have enough knowledge about what you dump down your throat!!
Food Counts by NetzerFebruary 12, 2006 Joseph S. Maresca(Bronxville, New York USA) 28 out of 36 found this review helpful
This book is a "must read" for everyone concerned about maintaining
good health. It's good for dieters, health buffs, young and old.
Whether you are well or ill, the book will help guide you
to health or maintain current health. The volume rates both
genetic and brand name foods. In my own experience, it is
important to read labels. Sodas can vary from 12 gms. of sugar
to 50 gms. of sugar per can. This is a huge variance with
disastrous consequences for people in a pre-diabetic state.
The book lists food characteristics accordingly:
- calories
- protein
- carbs
- fat gms.
- cholesterol
- sodium
- fiber
The average person needs between 1700-2500 calories per day
depending upon a variety of assumptions. i.e. lifestyle,
couch potato v. athlete, height/weight, man/woman , muscle mass
etc.
During the day, the difference between a pie and a small
scoop of peanut butter is significant. The pie has 30 fat
grams ; wherein, the peanut butter has 6 fat grams.
These differences have important consequences for dieters.
The book is well worth the price charged for purchasers
who intend to apply the contents dispassionately. The reader
who gave this book a poor rating based upon frozen foods
is in error. First, we should have a minimal amount of
frozen foods because fresh foods tend to preserve the
nutrient value.
Good source of information!January 11, 2007 John Walters(Akron, Ohio) 8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I know that others have rated this as a book of things that you could get from the backs of packages, but you have to see the book to appreciate the information involved in producing this informative item. My wife just developed diabetes, and this book is VERY useful in information that we can use for carbs, sugars, and calories. Even as a general interest book of curiosity, it can be very useful and helpful. It has helped us so far in many ways. I recommend this book to others that have health or food limitations. Very well done! This is the third updated book that we have purchased fris the same author...Thank You!
Complete book of countsSeptember 19, 2007 Jerri L. Brandes(Pleasant Hill, MO USA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very good book for counting calories and carbs. Highly recommend it especially to diabetics.
Great BookJune 27, 2007 S. Foy(Ohio) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is absolutely essential if you want to know how many calories you are eating in the day. It has definitely helped me in deciding whether or not to have certain foods anymore. I love it!!
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