Nutrition at Your Fingertips [Paperback]

Elisa Zied (Author)

Book Description

Release date: November 3, 2009 | Series: At Your Fingertips

The latest in nutrition, from alfalfa to zinc...

Nutrition is as vital to good health as it is complex to understand. With thousands of supplements to choose from-and ever-shifting study results-a registered dietician offers here a guide to: nutrition's latest findings; detailed explanations of vitamins and minerals; information on fats, carbohydrates, fiber, and proteins; daily requirements; health weight evaluation and management; food labels; meal planning; and combating disease through nutrition.

•Expert, highly credentialed author

•Successful series format

•Helps The most current nutritional information

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Nutrition at Your Fingertips covers all the basics, from what happens if you eat too little fat to the safest way to defrost food. It also includes helpful charts that provide readers with must-have information, such as which foods contain key vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, along with their benefits and a breakdown of food label terms. It's the kind of resource people can go back to over and over again."
-Cynthia Sass, MPH, MA, RD, CSSD, New York Times bestselling author

"Nutrition at Your Fingertips is one stop shopping for food information. Elisa Zied has compiled the most complete and exhaustive resource guide on the foods you eat and what is really in them. If you love food, you'll love this book. This is a rich resource that belongs in kitchens, libraries and the offices of health professionals. It's a stunning book!"
-Nancy L. Snyderman, MD. FACS
NBC News Chief Medical Editor
Associate Professor Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania

"Nutrition at Your Fingertips is a comprehensive, easy-to-read resource that can help guide you through the whats, whys and hows of healthy eating."
-Ellie Krieger, RD
Food Network host and author of "So Easy: Luscious Healthy Recips for Every Meal of the Week"

"Make way for Nutrition at Your Fingertips--the new go-to resource that now sits prominently on my green tea table. Want to know the skinny on healthy fats? BAM- it's there. Want to know the best food sources of potassium to help lower your blood pressure? BAM-it's there. Everything from managing your weight to how to avoid food infections can be found in nice, digestible bites in this info-packed nutrition bible. Thank you Elisa Zied for this truly wonderful guide for better health!"
-Dave Grotto, LDN, author of 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life
Producer for Kids\PBS Kids Advisory Board Chair

"Nutrition at Your Fingertips is a wonderfully informative and smart resource for nutrition novices and health-savvy individuals alike. Elisa offers simple, straightforward explanations of every nutrition topic under the sun, and fills the pages with practical tips on boosting veggie intake, maintaining weight loss, navigating food labels, shopping for good health, and much, much more. Keep this one handy...I know you'll be referring to it often!"
-Joy Bauer MS, RD, CDN, bestselling author and nutrition expert for the Today show

"Nutrition at Your Fingertips is like having Elisa Zied on speed dial. The right information. The right answers. From someone who really knows."
-Harry Smith, CBS News

"Nutrition at Your Fingertips is like having your own personal nutritionist teaching you about food, planning the right diet for your specific needs and goals, guiding you through the grocery store and even teaching you how to store your food! I felt like Elisa anticipated and prepared me for every hurdle I might face in the struggle to eat right. Countless books outline "diets" designed to help you lose weight or get healthier. Elisa goes a step further, teaching us how to make good choices on our own. This book is not just a menu; it's a recipe for long-term success. The more I understand about nutrition, the more inspired I am to make a change for the better. Thank you Elisa for laying it out so simply."
-Maggie Rodriguez, CBS News

"Nutrition at Your Fingertips covers all the basics, from what happens if you eat too little fat to the safest way to defrost food. It also includes helpful charts that provide readers with must have information, such as which foods contain key vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, along with their benefits and a breakdown of food label terms. It's the kind of resource people can go back to over and over again."
-Cynthia Sass, MPH, MA, RD, CSSD, New York Times bestselling author

About the Author

Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. She is a regular contributor to MSNBC.com and has written for Woman's Day, Redbook, and Seventeen magazines. She is the coauthor of Feed Your Family Right! and So What Can I Eat?!

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: ALPHA (November 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592579027
• ISBN-13: 978-1592579020
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was destined to become a registered dietitian. I was always concerned about my own body weight, and as a child, tended to be a bit round and plump through adolescence. Though I was always very active, and played sports and did a lot of physical activity, I ate too much and did not always choose the most healthful foods which is why I was overweight most of my life.

Even before I went away to college, I knew I would someday work with people who had eating issues. I decided to pursue a degree in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and along the way, took two nutrition classes that inspired and excited me. As I embarked on a graduate degree in psychology at New York University, I decided after one semester that nutrition was really my passion. I was able to make the switch to a different department and after countless science courses, I received my masters degree in clinical nutrition and became a registered dietitian and New York State certified dietitian/nutritionist. I then worked at a hospital and eventually pursued my dream of having a private nutrition consulting practice. In my practice (and for more than a decade), I worked extensively with families and individuals to help them manage their weight, prevent disease, and manage myriad health conditions.

As my family grew (I now have two sons, aged 14 and 10), I decided to spend more time writing which would allow me more flexibility in my schedule and afford me the opportunity to do work I am passionate about. I have always loved writing and have been fortunate enough to write for Parents, Woman's Day, Redbook, Seventeen, Weight Watchers, and Parents. I am a regular contributor for NBCNews.com, CalorieCount.com, and Galtime.com, an online women's magazine. I also write The Zied Guide blog (http://theziedguide.wordpress.com/) and put out a free e-newsletter by the same name.

Thus far, I've written three very useful, real-world nutrition books. The latest is Nutrition At Your Fingertips. I coauthored Feed Your Family Right! and So What Can I Eat?! with Ruth Winter. All three books were a true labor of love, and I hope reading them will help you change your life for the better. I am thrilled to be working on my next book that will be published by Harlequin Non Fiction in March, 2014.

I am a past spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly, the American Dietetic Association), and have been fortunate to work with a variety of media outlets. I've appeared on programs including Good Morning America, The Early Show, and The Today Show. Each time I do a live or taped piece, I am challenged to make nutritional science more accessible and practical for people to help them make changes in their food and fitness habits.

I am fortunate to do work that I love and am able to share my enthusiasm for life, good food, and fitness with family, friends, colleagues and consumers. I have also sustained a weight loss of more than 30 pounds since my high weight in high school which gives me another perspective, especially as I help others achieve and maintain a healthier body weight. I hope that through my books, articles, and media work, and by sharing my own personal experiences related to weight and body image, I can empower you and your family to better your health by improving food and fitness habits and behaviors. food and fitness. I hope you'll learn that it's not about going on the latest fad diet, but wrapping your mind around making small, realistic changes in your food and fitness habits to keep you healthy and happy for life.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you wanted to know about nutrition in a handy format November 3, 2009

By PT Cruiser TOP 50 REVIEWER

Format:Paperback

The best thing about Nutrition at Your Fingertips is that just about anything you want to know about nutrition is easy to find. It's a comprehensive book that includes chapters on all the different carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. It tells how much you need of each and good food sources for including them in your diet. There are also chapters on weight management, creating a daily meal plan, eating to beat disease, allergies and more. There's even a chapter on foodborne illnesses and food safety. The book is written in plain, easy to understand language and there are a lot of cross references. For example, say you wanted to find out why vitamin D is essential. You just look in the table on contents under Vitamin D and check out the section. It tells the functions of the vitamin, sources, both dietary and other, and all about deficiencies and excesses. It also has a "Words to Go" section which lists things like cystic fibrosis, Crhohn's disease, rickets and oseomalacia and tells how they are related to Vitamin D.

The information and advice is practical and not overly wordy. In the section on determining a healthy body weight there are tables for BMI and charts for determining a healthy body weight. It tells about waist circumference in both adults and children and what a healthy measurement is. A section on "Eat to Beat Disease" tells about some of the top diseases and conditions in this country and what you can do to avoid them. The section on "Understanding claims on food packages" gives you an easy to understand key to each line of a nutritional label, how it's measured and what it means to you. There's another whole section on functional foods and what they are and the potential benefits.

This will be my "go to" reference book for anything having to do with nutrition. It's concise, to the point and is easy to understand. Two thumbs up!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive! All your nutrition questions easily accessed November 4, 2009

By Joanna Daneman #1 HALL OF FAMETOP 10 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

I pulled this book out of the box and someone else in the house immediately glommed on to it. "Hey! Look at this! I can just page down the thumb indexing and find that info on vitamins I was looking for."

That's right. You can access everything from information on calories, fats, vitamins, minerals, weight loss and body mass index, organic foods, food poisoning and more.

The book is organized so that you can find your desired topic by hitting the thumb index (dark printed area on the edge of the pages corresponding to the cover topic.) The book is designed to make it easy to use, and to encourage the reader to learn about nutrition and really improve their health. The writing is clear and even interesting.

I can't think of anyone who wouldn't want a copy of this on the bookshelf--that is, if you are concerned about your family's nutrition and your own health. This is a very well-thought-out book, compact and easy to read. This might be a great present for a newlywed, a mom, really, anyone who is proactive about their health.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Nutrition Resource Book! November 7, 2009

By Dr. Janet Brill

Format:Paperback

Elisa Zied, a leading registered dietitian, gives us everything we need to know about nutrition in a delightfully easy-to-read book. Practical and accurate information presented in a highly organized fashion that enables the reader to grasp the nutrition facts quickly and easily...it just doesn't get any better than that. As a registered dietitian, I will recommend Nutrition at Your Fingertips whole-heartedly to my clients. Thanks Elisa for writing a great book!