Low-Fat Living for Real People: Educates lay people on making sound nutrtional decisions that will stay with them for a lifetime. --American Dietetic Association [Paperback]

Linda Levy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 17, 1995

Clear, helpful, and fun to read, this guide (with recipes) makes it easy to go low-fat.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Lake Isle Press (May 17, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962740357
• ISBN-13: 978-0962740350
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,840,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent basic advice, a little dated, November 17, 2004

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Alethio Grapher (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Low-Fat Living for Real People, Updated & Expanded: Educates lay people on making sound nutritional decisions that will stay with them for a lifetime. --American Dietetic Association (Paperback)

This book is a decent, easy to read introduction to the basics of low-fat cooking and eating. It will teach you how to read nutrition labels and the like. The humor, and the writing in general, are not great, but very readable if you like your information easy to swallow.

Unfortunately, the advice is a little bit dated about the specifics of, for instance, what the legal requirements are for a product to be called "low fat." When in doubt, do your own research. It also does not take into account any recent findings about, for instance, the glycemic index. If you are well versed in these things, the book will not help you.

For some, the most helpful part will be the final chapter, called "Embarrassingly Simple Recipes." If you have no idea how to cook, or no idea how to cook low fat, this will get you started, with recipes for how to cook skinless, boneless chicken breasts and how to make simple dishes with a variety of grains, vegetables, and fruits. There are a fair number of these recipes - definitely enough to get you started, if that's what you need. Again, if you can already cook low-fat or you want a real cookbook, this is not what you need.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best book i've read for a normal person trying to eat well, September 2, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Low-Fat Living for Real People: Educates lay people on making sound nutrtional decisions that will stay with them for a lifetime. --American Dietetic Association (Paperback)

I am learning to live a low fat life and have looked at and read several books that were boring and preachy. This book makes it easy to catch on and understand why we all should eat differently. It's also funny. It's like sitting at my neighbor's kitchen table and chatting while a great dinner is being prepared