The Most Complete Food Counter: 2nd Edition [Paperback]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: December 20, 2005

LET'S TALK ABOUT NUTRITION -- IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOUR HEALTH!

Annette Natow and Jo-Ann Heslin, professionally trained nutrition experts, tell you everything you want to know about healthy eating in this easy-to-understand, easy-to-use, comprehensive guide. Updated, revised, and expanded, The Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition is the most reliable resource available for nutrition information and food counts.

• Listings for calories, fat, cholesterol, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, and sodium values for over 17,000 foods

• New and expanded categories with more take-out and generic foods than ever before

• Listings for 94 national and regional restaurant chains

• Thousands of brand-name, generic, regional, vegetarian, ethnic, and organic foods

• Smart Stuff boxes full of extra tips, shopping suggestions, and the latest research findings.

If you eat it, you'll find it here!

Got questions? Get answers! Ask the authors at www.thenutritionexperts.com.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Annette B. Natow, Ph.D., C.D.N., and Jo-Ann Heslin, M.A., R.D., C.D.N. are the authors of thirty 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 were the editors of the Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly for 23 years and serve as editorial board members for Environmental Nutrition Newsletter, Vitality, and American Baby Magazine.

For more information on Annette B. Natow and Jo-Ann Heslin, plus articles and advice, go to: www.thenutritionexperts.com.

Jo-Ann Heslin, a registered dietitian (RD) and certified dietitian/nutritionist (CDN), and Karen J. Nolan (PhD) know that their readers are more interested in what to order for lunch than in understanding how their metabolism works. They have spent their careers translating nutrition science into practical, easy to understand, reliable nutrition advice.They have served as advisors and consultants to business and industry, and as partners in NRH Nutrition Consultants, Inc. Jo-Ann Heslin has served on the editorial boards or Prevention, American Baby, Childbirth Education, Environmental Nutrition Newsletter and the Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly.  Jo-Ann is currently the Food & Nutrition Columnist for www.HealthNewsDigest.com. 

The Counter Book series has more than 7.5 million books in print. The current book titles include The Complete Food Counter, 3rd ed., The Calorie Counter, 5th ed., The Fat Counter, 7th ed., The Cholesterol Counter, 7th ed., The Diabetes Carbohydrate and Calorie Counter, 3rd ed., The Healthy Wholefoods Counter, The Protein Counter, 2nd ed., The Vitamin-Mineral Counter, and the Ultimate Carbohydrate Counter, 3rd ed. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 912 pages
• Publisher: Gallery Books; Original edition (December 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743464419
• ISBN-13: 978-0743464413
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #894,578 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.