The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food & Nutrition Guide [Hardcover]

American Dietetic Association (ADA) (Author), Duyff (Author), Roberta Larson Duyff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996

A lifetime of sound advice on healthful eating—from the world’s foremost authority on food and nutrition. The American Dietetic Association has analyzed the newest nutrition research to provide reliable answers to all your food and nutrition questions. This comprehensive and easy-to-use book does more than list scientific facts—it shows how to translate them into healthy food choices that fit any lifestyle. Filled with practical tips and guidelines for all ages—from choosing the healthiest baby food to eating well in the golden years—The American Dietetic Association’s Complete Food & Nutrition Guide makes healthful nutrition advice interesting and easy to follow. This Interactive, Personalized Guide Provides Quick Access to Nutrition Information for the Whole Family, Including:

• Safe and sane ways to lose weight
• Low-fat fast food and restaurant tips
• Meeting the unique nutrition needs of women, children, teens, and the elderly
• How to decipher health claims in the headlines
• Top nutrition tips for sports and exercise
• The latest information on vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and antioxidants.
• How to protect against foodborne illness
• How to maximize nutrition with fewer calories
• And much more!

Also included are the new USDA Dietary Guidelines, kitchen nutrition tips, "Real Life Nutrition" stories, and nutrition check-ups. With nearly 70,000 members, The American Dietetic Association is the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world. "This is a truly comprehensive, easy-to-read guide for the whole family. It is a wonderful resource for healthy meal planning." Jeanne Jones, syndicated columnist Cook It Light, author, lecturer, and consultant "The American Dietetic Association’s Complete Food & Nutrition Guide…may be the ultimate healthy-eating primer. How often can it be said of a book that it may extend your life?" Fitness Magazine "This is a wealth of information—chock-full of practical tips and very reader-friendly. Should be on everyone’s bookshelf." Evelyn Tribole, RD, nutrition columnist and best-selling author

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Named a top health book by Ladies Home Journal, The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food & Nutrition Guide teaches how to combine "good taste and good health" in every meal and snack. No matter how nutritionally impaired you think you are, you'll find clear, understandable information on the basics of metabolism and weight management, vegetarianism, nutrition for athletes, food allergies, and more. The section on eating during pregnancy and breast-feeding is absolutely essential reading for any mom-to-be, as are the chapters on feeding fussy toddlers. If you can't tell radicchio from daikon or don't know how to pronounce quinoa, the superb index will certainly come in handy.

The ADA takes a conservative stance on vitamin and mineral supplements, focusing instead on combining proper foods to maximize absorption, and there's little information about other supplements such as enzymes. But if you need help sorting the food fads from facts, the Complete Food & Nutrition Guide can't be beat. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

The American Dietetic Association, along with Duyff, noted food and nutrition consultant, have written a readable and timely book for the lay reader. Some of the topics discussed are the food pyramid, what to eat (and not eat) while taking prescription medicines, preparing your own baby food, nutritional needs of the elderly, eating ostrich meat, the iron content of foods when cooking in iron pots, and the calories in the glue of a postage stamp. Included is a lengthy resource list of associations/organizations that will provide more information. However, an index is not included, and olestra is only briefly mentioned. Duyff gives sound advice, making this a good addition to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Complete Book of Nutrition (St. Martin's, 1990). Recommended for public libraries.?Connie Weaver, Bosler Free Lib., Carlisle, Pa.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471346586
• ISBN-13: 978-0471346586
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,685,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Nutrition Guide - and a Good Read!, January 30, 1999

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This review is from: The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food and Nutrition Guide, Paperback Edition (Paperback)

A "best buy". Keeping 600 pages readable can be difficult, but this book pulls it off. This guide has anything and everything you ever wanted to know about food. It's so complete that I can't think of a big area that's been missed. Some topics addressed: fitness, managing weight, food intolerances, food safety, nutrition(all facets), meal planning, shopping, dining out, senior/women/athlete/vegetarian issues and concerns.

It is filled with practical advice and tips, and is easy to read. It is a thoughtful and factual look at food. If you're looking for quick cures and diet mumbo-jumbo, this is not your book.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your One-Stop Nutrition Guide--Outstanding!, October 29, 1999

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This review is from: The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food & Nutrition Guide (Paperback)

Duyff has managed to sift through the scientific data that supports today's nutrition recommendations and provide consumers and healthcare professionals alike with a comprehensive source of sound and reliable information. If you're looking for THE book, one that covers virtually every topic related to food and nutrition, then look no further-this book's got it all!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on nutrition that I had ever read., September 8, 2001

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This review is from: The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food & Nutrition Guide (Paperback)

I can't praise this book enough! The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food & Nutrition Guide offers a wealth of information in a very easy to read format. If you buy just one book on nutrition, you should consider this one. It is filled with a vast amount of information on nutrition as well as lots of tips on how to apply that information to your life. It really is a wonderful book. I highly recommend it.