Nutrition for Dummies

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Summary: not what i wanted
Review: I checked out this book as much as i could on-line before buying and it sounded like a great way to figure out what i was doing wrong with my dieting and nutrition. all it did was point out the same old tired information that appears in all the other books and waste several pages explaining how the digestive system works. i was hoping for a book that would use the ideas of good nutrition to put together menus but this one didn't come through. i wish i hadn't bought it.

Rating:
Summary: not what i wanted
Review: I was hoping for a book that would help me put together menus with the best nutrition information. this one just didn't do that for me. instead it had the same old tired and conflicting information as the other books or magazines. plus, this one spent way too much time on the digestive process. most of us already know that or just don't care.

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Summary: Lots of food for thoughts here
Review: Like any book of the Dummies series, this book provides a lot of information, and establishes a strong foundation in an incredibly complex and confusing field. I am a big fan of the Dummies series. Thanks to them, I learned a varied set of skills including EXCEL software, Chess, and cooking. But, nutrition is far more confusing than a user friendly software program.

This book gives you all the basics you need to know about nutrition. This includes a good description of the macro nutrients (protein, carbohydrates, fats). The author even describes their respective chemical molecular compositions. Coverage of micro nutrients (vitamins, minerals) is just as good. This book gives you the information so you will eat healthily, understand what you eat, and what are your eating requirements. It is just like an excellent textbook for a college level course on nutrition. Except, as all Dummies book, it is a lot funnier and user friendly to read and extract the information than a college textbook.

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Summary: A great book for those who wish to create their own diets
Review: This book title may be misleading, as it is not for dummies, it is for those who know little about nutrition but wish to know more It is highly informative, covering all aspects of nutrition, including vitamins, minerals, etc. that are stored in the body as well as those are not. Examples are given for foods that promote good health with plenty of references and studies that back up these claims. The digestive system is explained to give a very good and necessary knowledge of how foods are metabolized in the body. Scientific names are given, always with the layman's term or at least a thorough explanation. Plenty of websites are given for further reference. I highly recommend this book for those who wish to further their knowledge of nutrition. An excellent companion book, which is almost completely a very thorough list of food values and little else is 'Bowes And Church's Food Values of Portionz Commonly Used'.