Nutrition Almanac, Fifth Edition [Paperback]

Lavon J. Dunne (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nutrition Almanac | Publication Date: July 1, 2001

Take a bite out of a bestseller!Trusted by health-conscious people for over 30 years, McGraw-Hill's "Nutrition Almanac" - the oldest healthy eating and supplementation guide around - supplies accurate, up-to-date, and impartial information.That's why over 2.5 million copies have been sold! The new Fifth Edition contains the latest material on the nutrition/disease front: solid information on the latest supplementation, herbs, and vitamins; additional exercise/nutrition benefits and interactions; and much more.This book examines the connections between nutrition and disease; clarifies the role of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals; details the optimal supplementation dosages for individual needs; and presents the latest scientific data on health and eating. This book is invaluable to: physicians; nurses; dieticians; scientists; researchers; physical therapists; physician's assistants; chiropractors; sports trainers; and individuals who want reliable, complete, sensible information on the food they eat, the supplements they take, and the effect these have on their bodies.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you eat it, you'll find information on it here. This 2001 fifth edition of the popular Nutrition Almanac includes updated nutritional composition of close to 1,000 foods, including 35 different cheeses, 25 legumes, 71 fruits and fruit juices, and 17 cuts of chicken. (Prepared foods are not included.) The tables are in bigger, bolder print than the fourth edition, a great improvement for those of us with aging eyes.

Despite the title, this is not strictly a nutrition resource. Author Lavon Dunne also includes brief overviews of 15 alternative therapies, whether or not they're related to nutrition, with resources for more information. However, Dunne does not list the Web sites for any of the resources--a defect surprising in a 2001 edition. When Nutrition Almanac's first edition appeared in 1973, little was known about the connection between nutrition and disease. In this edition, Dunne lists 68 health conditions, from abscess to vaginitis, and explains how you can prevent or treat the condition through food choices and alternative therapies such as herbs, homeopathy, aromatherapy, Ayurvedic medicine, Chinese medicine, bodywork, and mind-body therapy. --Joan Price

Review

The 5th edition of the Nutrition Almanac brings current a nutrition reference tool first published in 1973, when nutrition resources on this topic were nearly non-existent. Nutrition Almanac quickly became the go-to source for authoritative data on macro- and micronutrients. This most recent edition takes the Almanac in a different direction, perhaps reflecting stronger competition in the nutrition sourcebook arena.

Readers will find the data section, "Diet and Food Composition," still provides the standard information--calories, protein, carbohydrate, and fiber, plus the micronutrient breakdowns per item. Entries are grouped by type of food group (e.g., dairy and eggs, fats and oils, fruits and juices, grains). Other major sections cover nutrients and what each contributes to a healthy body; health conditions and the recommended nutritional responses for addressing each; and an overview of food groups.

New to this edition is a separate section focusing on alternative medicine and therapies (for example, aromatherapy, energy balancing, meditation, and hypotherapy). In addition, alternative-therapy options are interwoven throughout the entries for health conditions... (American Reference Books Annual )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 5 edition (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071373381
• ISBN-13: 978-0071373388
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #531,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should change the name, November 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nutrition Almanac, Fifth Edition (Paperback)

This book is about half the size and has about half the information contained in the fourth edition of book with the same name. Get the fourth edition from the same publishers...get much more value for your dollar...and your health!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really helpful nutrition reference, August 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nutrition Almanac, Fifth Edition (Paperback)

If you are looking for a handy reference that allows you to easily look up nutrition information than you'll want to consider this book. The author presents the material in a straight forward manner and the back of the book contains lots of helpful charts and data, as a vegetarian I found to be particularly useful.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fifth Edition, yet still incomplete., December 21, 2004

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This review is from: Nutrition Almanac, Fifth Edition (Paperback)

I've used the Nutrition Almanac, Third Edition, for years. This 'new' addition has very few updates compared to the third. It feels like it's written by someone working strictly with Western Medicine, even though it does give a person direction to some Natural treatments for the listed ailments. Also the book does not go too deeply into describing any vitamin or mineral.

On the positive side, the Table of Food Composition is nice to use, even though it is incomplete. And the layout of the book is quite nice, making it easy to use compared to smaller books.