The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat, & Carbohydrate Counter 2012 [Paperback]

Allan Borushek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2011 | Series: Calorieking Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter

AMERICA'S #1 CALORIE COUNTER - AS SEEN ON HBO TV SERIES "Weight Of The Nation" (Episode 2, 11 minute mark)

2012 CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter -- A practical, simple & safe guide to the calorie, fat and carbohydrate content of tens of thousands of your favorite foods by Allan Borushek, health educator and registered dietitian.

Building on CalorieKing Counter 25 years as the bestselling book of food counts, this edition has more up-to-date fast food and restaurant chain listings than any similar book with more than 200 fast food and restaurant chains, plus unique listings for food courts, theaters, carnivals and much more. The color-coded listings make it easy to compare foods at a glance and discover hidden calories, fat, and carbohydrates. You'll know which foods to avoid. Better yet, you'll know which ones you can eat and still accomplish your weight and health goals.

The CalorieKing Counter is the #1 seller and receives the highest reader rating of all similar books of food counts.

The book also includes helpful nutrition guides and diet tips on how to reduce calories, fat and carbohydrates and how to lose weight.

Plus as a bonus you will find useful mini diet guides and counters for:
Alcohol, caffeine, fat & cholesterol, fiber, protein, iron, and sodium plus informative reference sections on diabetes, weight management, and high blood pressure.
The book is used and recommended by dietitians, diabetes educators and other health professionals. It is the most trusted book of its kind.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Family Health Publications; 1 edition (September 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930448368
• ISBN-13: 978-1930448360
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (188 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Food Counters

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85 of 96 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not specific enough in weights of food January 16, 2012

By rischet

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Too many fast foods and not enough individual products listed.
Main problem is that many items do not have specific amounts
like ounces or grams. Instead they are listed as generalities
such as average, one, medium, etc.
What is medium for one may be large for another person, etc.
which will throw off nutrients big time when trying to be accurate.
I use a kitchen diet scale and to me it is very important
to have exact weights, so my counts of carbs and calories are exact.
This book falls short in many instances.

I would like to see a book listing exact weights in addition to the
generalities so those of us who care, have the information available.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book and the Larger Print edition is very welcome! December 25, 2011

By Happy Reader TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Note:
I wrote this review for the 2012 Larger Print Edition: The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2009 (larger-print edition) (Calorieking Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter (Larger Print Edition)). Amazon has also put my review on the page for the regular-sized print CalorieKing.
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My son was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. This means we have to count carbs. The hospital recommended The CalorieKing book for counting carbs, and it really is a great book. The original book is a small paperback size, with print to match. It's OK with my reading glasses, but I was overjoyed to find this larger print edition.

It still isn't LARGE print, that is, not the LARGE print you'll see in a large-print novel. But it is LARGER print, and I really appreciate it. The size of the larger print book itself is a little bigger than the regular CalorieKing edition, but it's still paperback book size. Easy to store in a purse or glove compartment or backpack.
size Larger Print 7 1/4 " x 5 1/4 "
size regular print 6 7/8 " x 4 1/4 "
Both books are the same thickness, a shade over 1/2"

CalorieKing deserves it's reputation for thoroughness. The only reason you'd need updated editions is if you eat out a lot and have trouble estimating carbs in your restaurant food (and it can be difficult). Then the updated menus of the larger chains are welcome. But as far as grocery food, the apple and broccoli carb counts won't change from year to year, and packaged groceries will always have a label telling, among other things, how many carbs per serving.... That said, though, I just took a trip with my son, traveling by air, and it was fantastic to just look in this book and total the carbs as he ordered a meal from Arby's in the airport food court. What a lifesaver!

Though we use this book for carb counting, for each item you are given three values: the total calories, the total grams of fat, and the total grams of carbohydrates. Examples:
.............................................Calories.....Fat......Carbs
Arby's:
Chicken -
Chicken Bacon & Swiss: Crispy........600.........27.......55
.....Roasted.......................................470.........19.......43
Chicken Filet: Crispy........................530.........25.......52
.....Roast..........................................400.........16.......40

Banana (weight with skin):
1 small (6", 4 per lb), 4 oz..................90..........0.........23
1 medium (7",3 per lb), 5 oz.............105..........0.........27
1 large (8"), 7 oz..............................120..........0.........30
1 extra large (9"), 9 oz.....................135..........0.........35
without skin, 1 oz...............................25..........0..........6

What I've done with bananas, is kind of average all these counts, to make it easier. Now we measure the banana and figure 3.8 carbs (grams) per inch. Pears come out to about 3.5 carbs per oz. Apples to 3.2 per oz. And to measure the food in ounces or grams I can highly recommend the reasonably priced, easy-to-use, great little scale made by EatSmart: EatSmart Precision Pro Digital Kitchen Scale, White

For different size portions, you extrapolate. The book states that a 7 oz pear is 25 carbs. If your pear is 11 oz, then its carb calculation:

11 oz divided by 7 oz = 1.57 (the 11 oz pear is 0.57 larger than the 7 oz pear, or 57% larger)

1.57 x 25 carbs for a 7 oz pear = 39 carbs for the 11 oz pear

The calculations, until you get to the point where you can eyeball sizes for an estimate, can be tiresome, but that's how it goes. To have this marvelous book to give basic carb counts is invaluable.

Very handy book. I've bought one copy for each glove compartment, one for each grandparent house, one for the house, one for my purse, and one for travel! Read more ›

41 of 48 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter March 6, 2012

By dondi1958

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I bought this for my Kindle. It is VERY hard to use. IF you can find what you want, you're lucky. If after that, you want to find another item, you have to go back to the table of contents and start over again. It doesn't go from one thing to another very well at all. Good luck with this one.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Seriously? This is a diabetic's lifeline.... February 18, 2012

By J. Johnson

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No protein gram counts, but for figuring insulin dose for carb grams, and carb counts in general, this is THE book to have; it's small enough to put in a small purse, and has enough items that even if something isn't listed, there's something "close enough". If you're a diabetic, you know this book- nothing else to say :)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST calorie counter available February 23, 2012

By Leanne

Format:Paperback

I've been buying Allan Borushek's Calorie Counter's for over a decade, and updating to the new release every couple of years, as new products and new information is added.

The book continues to be the best, all round calorie counter on the market, with a good cross-section of restaurant meals and supermarket products, listed sensibly into alphabetical sections, with a good Index at the rear of the book.

Includes a section on diabetes (with appropriate diet guides), general weight loss information, and healthy weight tables, as well as alcohol counters.

If the book has a weakness, it would be that it often lists a certain number of calories per "serve", without being specific on how large a serve is. As someone who is very aware of how serving sizes and portions have increased, the "serves" listed in the book are very often on the miniscule side of what might be offered at a typical restaurant. Be cautious!

An improvement would be more information on what appropriate servings are, with weights and measures as a comparison to assist health-conscious people.

Overall, the book offers great "bang for your buck".

I'd buy again - I do, every couple of years!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Print still too small January 28, 2012

By Nom de Plume

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I bought this book because I have a hard time reading the text in the regular version of this book. I should have read the title more carefully where is says LARGER print edition, not LARGE print. The print is larger that than the normal edition but it isn't big enough to make the information easy to read. There is very good information in both versions of this book but buy a magnifying glass, not the larger print edition

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I want September 6, 2012

By Barb

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

It was not as easy as stated. I thought I could just type in a food and presto that food would appear with the calories written next to it but it doesn't work that way. You get a whole list of foods and not necessarily even the one you requested. For instance, look up "egg" and you get nothing but a list of egg substitutes. I don't even use this guide anymore. I simply google the food I want. It was a waste of money.