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

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

Book Description

Publication Date: May 6, 1998

A lifetime of sound advice on healthful eating—from the world’s foremost authority on food and nutrition. Thoughts about eating are changing. The focus has moved from dieting and losing weight to healthful overall eating habits to help you feel good, live well, and prevent disease. With so much new information coming from so many different sources, eating right can be confusing—but it doesn’t have to be. This comprehensive book from The American Dietetic Association explains everything you need to know about what you eat, allowing you to enjoy your favorite foods and maximize nutrition. The American Dietetic Association’s Complete Food & Nutrition Guide Provides Quick Access to Nutrition Information for the Whole Family, Including:

• What you need to know about vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants
• Low-fat fast food and restaurant tips
• Healthful vegetarian eating
• Nutrition for disease prevention
• Why dieting doesn’t work—and what does
• Meeting the unique nutrition needs of women, children, teens, and seniors
• How to decipher health claims in the headlines
• Top nutrition tips for sports and exercise
• How to protect against foodborne illness
• And much more!

Also included are recently updated recommendations for certain vitamins and minerals, the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, kitchen nutrition tips, self-assessment quizzes, and an expanded index. With nearly 70,000 members, The American Dietetic Association is the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world. Named one of Ladies’ Home Journal’s Top Health Books of 1996 Winner of a 1997 Health Information Award "A must for everyone’s kitchen."—The Oregonian "Jam-packed with practical eating and food safety tips."—USA Today "Intelligent advice about sensible eating."—Washington Times "May be the ultimate healthy-eating primer."—Fitness Magazine

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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 the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 6, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471346594
• ISBN-13: 978-0471346593
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,237,400 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.