The NutriBase Nutrition Facts Desk Reference [Paperback]

Art Ulene (Author)

Book Description

Series: NutriBase | Publication Date: September 1, 1994

From the publishers of The Complete and Up-to-Date Fat Book, selling 1.7 million copies, comes an encyclopedic reference covering over 30,000 food products. Designed to help readers understand the new nutrition labels required by the FDA, this easy-to-use guide covers generic, supermarket, specialty, and homemade products.

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The word "diet" means more than eating less. It's cutting down on some factors (fat, usually), and getting enough of others. If you're serious about eating healthfully and losing weight, you need more than a list of calories: you need a reliable source of comprehensive dietary information. That's where Nutrition Facts comes in. Within its pages are more than 40,000 entries that list everything from abalone to zucchini--raw foods, fast foods, and brand names included. For each item Art Ulene presents calories, protein, carbohydrates, sodium, fiber, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, percent of calories from fat, plus vitamins and minerals. He takes the guesswork out of healthful eating, and provides the wherewithal for you to follow through on your laudable intents.

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Where is a single volume which provides the nutritional details needed for assessing the value of foods? This desk reference provides over 40,000 entries for a range of foods; from vegetables to brand name products. Each is rated for its nutritional content, assessing vitamin and mineral contents and basing figures on the latest research. -- Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

• Paperback: 789 pages
• Publisher: Avery (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895296233
• ISBN-13: 978-0895296238
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,576,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much good information, except for sat. fat for fast foods, December 19, 2001

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This review is from: The NutriBase Nutrition Facts Desk Reference (Paperback)

This is the second edition of this material. Years ago, I purchased the first edition. Have enjoyed using that one. Quite complete. But due to wear and many new products on the market, I wanted to get up-to-date data. I am disappointed about some of the features. The previous version provided data for 1 oz measurements for fruits and vegetables (in addition to cup, 1 medium, etc). I have found a number of foods where the new edition does not provide data for this unit of measure. In the previous edition, the gram measurements for protein, carb, and fat content included tenths of a gram (i.e., 3.7). Now, you will only find tenths of a gram displayed under fat and saturated fat.

In the section covering fast food and chain restaurants, much of the data under saturated fat is just plain wrong. For example, (restaurant name omitted) chicken thigh has a total of 180 calories and 12 grams of fat (both editions). However, this second edition says this same thigh has 130 grams of saturated fat (the first edition says it has 4 grams, which is much more reasonable).

As long as your primary need does not concern the saturated fat content of restaurant food, this is a good source of nutritional information. The main section provides nutritional data for calories, protein, carbs, sodium, fiber, fat, saturated fat, cholesteral, and %fat calories. The second section provides vitamin/mineral data for a much shorter listing of food. (Vitamins & minerals: A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, b6, folate, b12, C, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and zinc). The third, and shortest, section provides the calorie, protein, etc. data for fast-food and chain resaurants.

41 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More than you ever NEED!, June 15, 1998

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This review is from: The NutriBase Nutrition Facts Desk Reference (Paperback)

I bought this book and returned it. Yes, it's FULL of everything it claims to be full of. It was WAY TOO much for me. If you want the nutritional value of a simple raw vegetable, it is hidden in the heaps of potato chips, pages of popcorn products and canned veges. For health minded people who DO NOT eat packaged/processed foods and at fast food establishments and want nutritional values of plain old raw foods (since packaged foods ALREADY HAVE a listing of nutritional values! and raw foods don't!), this is hard to use. Way overcumbersome and not user-friendly. For the rest, enjoy all the info and comparisons!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have For Everyone, April 9, 1997

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This review is from: The NutriBase Nutrition Facts Desk Reference (Paperback)

Although this book is HUGE, it give all the info people need. Grocery items, restaurant entrees, EVERYTHING is listed. If you really want to know what is in food, this is the book for you. I am hypoglycemic and have to monitor my sugar and carbohydrate intake. This book will help me be able to eat healthy no matter where I go!