The Complete Book of Food Counts - 6th Edition

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Summary: Indispensable resource. Wouldn't want to be without it.
Review: Together with a calculator, this book is indispensable in monitoring one's intake of the major macronutrients, etc. I first heard of it at the website of Dr. C. Everett Koop after learning how many grams of protein, carbohydrates, fat and fiber I should have every day for my age, height, sex, frame size and activity level, and I am glad that I was able to find it on this website and buy it. Despite the fact that under Fat only the Total number of grams of fat for each food item is listed rather than this as well as the number of grams of saturated (bad--cholesterol-raising) and unsaturated fat which is information I need from time to time, it gets five stars because it is so comprehensive and well organized. Not only does it list many unprocessed foods, but also many packaged and processed foods as well as fast foods, and its size and format enable the reader to find out what he need to know quickly and easily (and just about anywhere that he happens to be). Because I had had high cholesterol and need to watch my intake of saturated fat as well as total fat, I did buy another book here which does provide that information, The Food Bible by Judith Wills which I also recommend if you can buy two on this subject. However, I wouldn't want to be without this one especially since it is so complete and includes such a wide variety of foods in such a user friendly manner. It is been especially helpful to me in keeping my weight under control ( I am female, 5' 3 1/2" tall and I am just plain unhappy if I weigh more than a pound or two more than 107--which, with this book at hand, does not happen--it is NOT always necessary to count every calorie-just getting an idea of the number of calories in the foods that one eats on a daily basis can help one to exercise enough portion control so that problems don't arise in the first place. This book is the best resouce that I have for that). Highly recommended for implementing a healthy, balanced diet!

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Summary: Excelent book, plain and simple
Review: You know I read a lot of the other coments of this book and I got to say that the ones that are knocking it are in need of more broad and defined book then what were dealing with here.I'm and own a personal traing business, and I got to tell you Netzer has indeed sold more copies of this book to my clients then she knows. I recomend this book very highly, very easy to use and also very easy, when you have to measure your foods, I dont know what these other people are reading but this book is more then you need for staying on the goal you are trying to meet, thanks Sergio from Matrix personal trainers