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Summary: Completely worthless
Review: I am extremely disappointed in this book, and there has not been one other item on Amazon.com where I have completely disagreed with almost all of the other reviews to this extent.If you have eyes and you can read and you have a pantry full of food with labels on it, then you do not need this book! It seems the only food in this book are brand name foods that have all the same information ON THE LABEL that is in this book. The book supposedly contains brand name items and generic, but in my experience, I would say the book is 95% brand names and 5% generic. By generic I mean food like apples, greens, milk, baking chocolate; I could not find any listing for fudge, red velvet cake or things like hot and sour soup. All I was expecting was a ball park figure of fat and calories as I realize these foods could vary based on preparation methods, but instead I have nothing to go on. For hot and sour soup, for instance, I looked up Chinese (there is no listing for Chinese), soup, ethnic foods (there is no listing for ethnic either), H for hot etc so I am sure it is not in the book. There are listings for some Fast Food restaurants, but you could easily find the same information on web sites. I didn't really need this information. From what I can tell this book serves no purpose other than to save you a trip from your kitchen to your pantry or refrigerator or freezer where you could just pick up the item and read for yourself what contents are in it. It was money wasted for me.
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Summary: limited alcohol entries
Review: I am using this book in conjunction with Protein Power. I find it helpful, yet there are such limited entries regarding alcohol. I wanted to know about liquers ie: Kahlua. No listings. All liquor is listed by the proof.100, 80, 70. I think Kahlua's are higher in sugar ,but I really dont know. Many other content books that focus on fat list dozens of different liquirs,wine and beers. I guess I'll have to have just cream in my Sunday de-caf!
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: I expected the book to be full of useful information, and it is, but it's not clearly or conveniently displayed. If you wanted to know a portion of something on a continuing page, you needed to turn back to see what the original portion was. It was not that easy to read and it didn't give any kind of intro so you know what to be looking for, what your daily caloric intake should be, how to figure it out, etc. I was used to another book I have by Doctors Natow and Heslin called "The Fat Counter". But it's old and I wanted a new one. Unfortunately, "Food Counts" was a disappointment and I plan on going to Borders where I can be sure of what I'm buying. The reviews totally fooled me and you didn't have the option of "looking into" this book via computer. Why is it so hard to find a book that gives you the calorie content of a plain GRILLED chicken breast, cherry tomatoes or typical BAKERY MADE piece of chocolate cake, NOT Pillsbury or Duncan Hines, and a York Peppermint Patty, etc? I don't need to know the caloric content of items that already have it written on the packages. Waste of space. Waste of my money for this book.
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Summary: Good for some, but NOT for food weighers nor scratch cooks.
Review: I found this a very frustrating book because it gives counts for volume measures of foods, but not very often for weights of foods. If you don't want to jam your yam into a cup measure to figure out its count, but want to weigh it on a scale, forget it. No by-weight counts for many (most?) common foods, e.g., apples, flour, oranges, yams. (There was a count for a 2.8 oz. carrot! Geez; mine was 3.7 oz.--hard to estimate.) Also, if you cook from scratch and don't visit fast food palaces, you will get sick of crawling through listings for lots and lots of fast and prepared foods (which probably have current counts on their labels anyway). Measurers, ball-parkers, and fast food folks may be happy. I wasn't.
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Summary: I would like to preview before buying.
Review: I have not looked at the book, but I would like to preview some of the pages of the book "online" so that I can see if it's what I want before buying. Can I look up some sauces like soy sauce, pasta sauce, etc. and look at the pages and view them first if possible? Thank you.
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Summary: Breakdown of fibers
Review: I have not seen this book, but what I am looking for is the breakdown of the amount of soluable and insoluable fiber in whole foods. I don't go to fast food places nor do I eat much processed foods. Does this bood address this point?
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Summary: A MUST-HAVE for all diabetics
Review: I HIGHLY recommend this book for any diabetic (Type I or II). With this book and a calculator, you can calculate the carb content of just about any food you come across. This is most useful for people who carb-count as opposed to follow a strict diet, but anyone will benefit. (Carb-counting involves estimating the carbohydrates in the food you're eating and taking the proper amount of insulin to cover it. With practice it's possible to achieve EXTREMELY tight control without having to worry about any special "diabetic diet" -- I know I couldn't live without it ;-) )
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Summary: Look no further
Review: I just bought the latest edition of this valuable resource, my third upgrade of the book in the past 8 years. As an adherent of the Atkins diet, I wouldn't be without the information this provides me on the carbs, fat, and protein in my foods. It lists sodium and calories too, in case you want to know those. Seldom have I looked for a grocery-store food that isn't listed (I don't eat at restaurants much, so I can't attest to how comprehensive its data is in that area). If you want to know what your food is providing in the above areas, this is definitely the book to which to refer.
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Summary: Several Mistakes!
Review: I just purchased the book and found several mistakes. Avocados have significantly more fiber than the listing indicates according to the Calif. Avocado Council. Post(Nabisco) Shredded Wheat n' Bran is listed as having no fiber! If you are the authority on this subject I would have thought these obvious mistakes would have been caught. This is only in my first couple of times opening the book, who knows how many other mistakes are there. I will be searching for a more accurate book on nutrition information.
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Summary: Excellent resource, very educational and informative
Review: I loved the book, but what would really work for many people, is a little hand-held calculator/computer that does all the calculations for different food combinations, such as the 30-20-20 food combinations. Do you know where I can get one? Please email me at CPRcourse@aol.com. Thank you.
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