(Hunter House) Author is the founder of the nutrition department at Harvard Univ., Boston. Discusses the hype surrounding nutrition. Uses dietary principles and scientific evidence to steer consumers clear of quackery and toward the basics of healthy eating and sound nutrition. Softcover, hardcover also available.
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Stare and Whelan have excellent credentials; Stare, formerly of Harvard University, is cofounder, with Whelan, of the American Council on Science and Health, and between them they have written more than 40 books. Parts of their new work can be lauded and parts of it deplored. Much of it duplicates material found in other nutrition books, even while the authors fault these titles for doing the same. A condescending tone, apparently owing to a bias toward alternative forms of medicine, may deter readers who might have benefited from the book's more useful sections. The authors give "grades" to some of the books they have chosen to evaluate, based on a minute sampling of the material. Sometimes information is partial: for example, they say that olestra is a "new and promising boon for dieters" without noting that it may deplete some nutrients in the body. A chapter on how research is conducted by scientists may not interest the average reader. The authors' sound advice of "moderation, variety, and balance" is the best part of the book. Recommended where these authors are in demand.?Loraine F. Sweetland, IPS Information Problem Solvers, Crossville, TN
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The authors help the reader to develop a more balanced view of eating. Much of the information they present will be familiar to most readers. However, the book will help readers to identify the mainstream views of doctors and nutritionists, to justify those views and to apply them. This removes the confusion resulting from the proliferation of "fringe" diet books.
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The authors of this book have not reviewed the latest research on nutrition. Consequently, their book will not tell you more than you already know. If you know that vegetables are good for you, you don't need this book. That is all you will learn.
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An idea may exist in print and be presented as nonfiction, but that alone does not establish it as truth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pleasure prescription, food irradiation, biotechnology foods Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Food Guide Pyramid, Recommended Dietary Allowances, Department of Agriculture, American Cancer Society, National Research Council, New York, American Dietetic Association, Off Days, American Council, Basic Four, Environmental Protection Agency, Daily Reference Values, Reference Daily Intakes, Victor Herbert, World War, National Council Against Health Fraud New!
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- Recommended Dietary Allowances: 10th Edition (Dietary Reference Intakes) by Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the Recommended Dietary Allowances on 7 pages
- The New Cabbage Soup Diet by Margaret Danbrot on page 207, page 209, and Back Matter
- Present Knowledge in Nutrition by Ekhard E. Ziegler on page 180, and Back Matter
- The Really Simple, No Nonsense Nutrition Guide by Edward R. Blonz on page 21, and Back Matter
- The Living Heart Diet by Michael E. Debakey on page 22, and Back Matter
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- The Cortisol Connection: Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - and What You Can Do About It by Shawn M. Talbott in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Feel Good Naked: 10 No-Diet Secrets to a Fabulous Body by Laure Redmond in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Controversies in Food and Nutrition by Myrna Chandler Goldstein on page 229
- Encyclopedia of Foods: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition by Experts from Dole Food Company in Back Matter
- The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins in Back Matter
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