The Complete Food Counter (Better Health for 2003) [Mass Market Paperback]

Annette B. Natow (Author), Jo-Ann Heslin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Better Health for 2003 | Publication Date: December 31, 2002

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD YOU EAT

Annette Natow and Jo-Ann Heslin, the registered dietitians and trained nutritionists who created the national bestsellers The Fat Counter and The Cholesterol Counter, bring their professional expertise to this complete encyclopedia of food values -- now in a handy size! The Complete Food Counter is the best go-to resource for the nutrition contents of food. Turn to this useful and dependable guide for:

• Listings for calories, fat, cholesterol, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, and sodium
  
• More than 17,000 entries of individual food items -- no repeated items
  
• Listings for more than 85 national and regional restaurant chains
  
• The only book listing nutritional counts for favorite take-out foods
  
• A to Z food categories -- easy to use, easy to locate, with portion sizes included
  
• Thousands of brand-name, generic, regional, vegetarian, ethnic, and organic foods
  

It's the ultimate nutrition guide!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Annette B. Natow, Ph.D., R.D., and Jo-ann Heslin, M.A., R.D., are the authors of twenty-eight books on nutrition, including two college textbooks. Both are former faculty members of Adelphi University and the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. They are editors of the Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, and serve as editorial board members for the Environmental Nutrition Newsletter.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (December 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743457420
• ISBN-13: 978-0743457422
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,120,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where are the tomatoes?, August 22, 2001

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Tim Klimaszewski "tewa" (Laurel, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Most Complete Food Counter (Paperback)

Natow's and Heslin's book, like most of its kind provides the user with a lot of information. Also like most "counter" books, it suffers from an ineffective use of indention and font styles (bolding, underline, type face size, etc.) Unlike its competitors, it almost completely ignores some very common items. Fresh tomatoes are grievously under represented. Just the green ones are listed. Yeah, so what that the red ripe ones have almost the same nutritional values. Some folks may not know that. And, I want to know the numbers for a single representative plum, grape and cherry tomato. This book says it's "The Most Complete" and it isn't, not in a useful way.Then there is the watermelon. The seeds are listed, but not the flesh! Oh, and watermelon juice is also there(?) You can find generic values for "melon", but I didn't pay for averages across a food type. This book is no worse than its rivals, but it isn't much better either. If you can have only one counter, Corinne Netzer's "The Complete Book of Food Counts" is cheaper, more compact and most importantly, more complete in its inclusion of the items you will be looking for. I give that one an extra star for that combination of benefits. BTW, ...

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An all encompassing Nutrition Almanac, December 9, 2001

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Denise Bentley "Kelsana" (The California Redwoods) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Most Complete Food Counter (Paperback)

This is definitely a reference guide, not a pocket size book and the price is incredible. I have always had a book like this in my kitchen since I started making baby food for my daughter many years ago. Mine is tattered and well worn but this book has taken its place.

Not only does it cover everything in your kitchen by name brand, as well as generic words like brown rice without the name brand, it has the foods and nutritional value of popular restaurants. There is also a chapter at the end titled "Food facts from A to Z", that is more than helpful with explaining some common terms that are often misunderstood.

The authors have also compiled a book titled NO NONSENSE NUTRITION FOR YOUR BABIES FIRST YEAR that might be helpful to moms. Kelsana 12/10/01

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent coverage for today's health conscious consumer, April 13, 2000

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S. D. (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Most Complete Food Counter (Paperback)

I found this book full of great information. It lives up to its name as the "Most Complete Food Counter." The wide range of foods contained within is quite useful, escpecially the list of fast foods and ready made meals. My one critique is that it could have tab headings on the pages to help you locate items more easily.