The NutriBase Complete Book of Food Counts [Paperback]

NutriBase (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 8, 2001

This comprehensive reference lists more than 40,000 food items, complete with nutritional content for calories, fat, cholesterol, protein, carbohydrates, sodium, and fiber. Serving-size information makes healthful food choices quick and easy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Avery Trade; 2 edition (November 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583331077
• ISBN-13: 978-1583331071
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Annoying in the extreme, February 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The NutriBase Complete Book of Food Counts (Paperback)

Do NOT buy this book if you want to keep your sanity. I wish I could offer an alternative but have not found a reasonable one- yet. My main beef with the book is the units of measures - they are all over the place, and, in many cases, useless. For example: I wanted to find out the carb count on fresh blueberries. A simple request, I thought. But, nooo. Instead of a 1 cup measure, or an ounce measure, their measure is a choice of 1 pint or 50 blueberries! Well, I didn't have a pint of blueberries and um, like I'm going to count them! While I realize a cup of large blueberries would be different than a cup of small blueberries; the same rationale applies to the count of 50 blueberries. More infuriating is the fact that a 1 cup measure was good enough for the fresh blackberries on the opposite page.

Unfortunately, this is just one example. I have thrown this book across the room numerous times for similiar offenses. So, for the sake of my blood pressure and sanity, the first chance I get I am replacing this annoying book with something that measures food the way I measure food: in slices, teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, ounces; consistently and for each food, if necessary.

On the plus side they do cover almost all the values you could want and have a handy dandy guide to all sorts of fast food places. I'd like to tell the publishers of this book (and way too many others)to talk to real people and see how they measure foods; I guarantee that unless it's for a specific recipe, it isn't by pints or counts of individual berries. Consistency counts!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive food guide, August 28, 2002

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"lovestoshop" (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The NutriBase Complete Book of Food Counts (Paperback)

Having just recently started the Atkins program I've grown tired of reading labels. However, it's vital to do so! This is a comprehensive guide detailing all kinds of information one needs in order to better plan meals.

It evens gives listings of fast food restuarants! I recommend this book to anyone who is looking to count calories, fat grams, protein and most importantly Carbs. It details serving sizes and gives varying measurements. Get this book - it's been good for me.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's the saturated fat?, January 23, 2002

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Pix_Z (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The NutriBase Complete Book of Food Counts (Paperback)

This book is very useful, with thousands of entries telling how many calories, protein grams, etc. are in the foods that you're eating. I would've given it five stars except for one thing. The cover clearly advertises that counts for saturated fat are included. Well, I wish I could make the saturated fat disappear like the authors of this book! There aren't any entries at all for saturated fat. I had to go buy a different book.

For misleading the public I deducted a full two stars. I think the least the publisher could do is print a sticker to cover up the offending book area with the correct information.