Eat This Not That! The Best (& Worst!) Foods in America!: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution [Hardcover]

David Zinczenko (Author), Matt Goulding (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2009

Did you know that choosing one fast-food milk shake over another can save you 2,000 calories? That's right. The difference is an entire day's worth of calories. Make a swap like that once a week and you'll save nearly 30 pounds in one year. And that's just the beginning.

Eat This Not That! The Best (& Worst!) Foods in America! is the culmination of years of dedicated food-industry coverage. It’s also the most comprehensive list of the country’s most dangerous food items – the burgers, salads, pizzas, and beers that can single handedly sabotage an otherwise healthy diet. Do you know which popular restaurant is selling a cocktail with nearly 900 calories? How about the cafe that sells a doughnut with more sugar than two candy bars? Read this book and you’ll discover the food industry’s biggest secrets, and you’ll never approach a restaurant menu the same way again.

Within the pages of this book you’ll find chapters dedicated to America’s best and worst breakfasts, burgers, pizzas, and supermarket foods, as well as best and worst foods for fighting sickness, battling high blood pressure and cholesterol, and keeping blood sugar in check. But as with the other installments of Eat This, Not That!, you’ll also find a cache of life-changing guides, helping you to:

• Understand the additives in the foods you eat. (Just what is MSG, and how dangerous is it, really?)
• Identify the “healthy” foods that are secretly packing your body with excess calories, fat, sugar, and sodium (At one restaurant, you’re better off eating the ribs than the turkey burger!)
• Navigate the mall’s food court. (Save 55 grams of fat by eating an Auntie Anne’s pretzel!)
• Score big in the drive-thru (Cut a thousand calories from your Hardee’s Thickburger!)

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Book Description
Did you know that choosing one fast-food milk shake over another can save you 2,000 calories? That's right. The difference is an entire day's worth of calories. Make a swap once a week and you'll save nearly 30 pounds in one year. And that's just the start.

Eat This Not That! The Best (& Worst!) Foods in America! lists thousands of the fastest and easiest ways to cut calories quickly while still eating all the foods you love. All you need is a smart insider's guide. And now, the right choices are simple. You'll discover:

• The best and worst drive-thru foods. (Place smart orders at the window to avoid packing on pounds).
• 15 "healthy" foods that aren't. (Learn about the supposedly "healthy" foods that are secretly packing your body with excess calories, fat, sugar, and sodium--and what you should eat instead to lose weight effortlessly).
• 14 foods your cardiologist wouldn't eat. (These restaurant meals are so salty that you should throw them over your shoulder for good luck instead. If you care about heart health, blood pressure, and avoiding a stroke, don't let them pass your lips!)

Arm yourself with the ultimate weapon in winning the war on fat. Learn how you can make simple and smart eating changes today that will reshape your body and your life in as little as 7 days.

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Review

 Everyone loves Eat This, Not That:
“ETNT is one of my favorite books ever—the original [Eat This, Not That!], and everything [Eat This, Not That! book] that’s come out after. It’s just so smart. You give people such easy ways to make tiny little choices that add up to [losing] 10, 20, 30 pounds.... Such a brilliant concept.”

--Rachael Ray

 

“Thank you for freaking everybody out!”
-- Matt Lauer Today Show

 

“Eat This, Not That! Is for lazy, lazy, lazy people like me! It was so easy to understand. If it weren’t for ETNT’s straightforward clarity about how food is made and packaged, I don’t think my weight loss attempt would have worked.”

-- Ginger McNeely Felice

 

"The book, Eat This, Not That! by Men’s Health editor-in-chief David Zinczenko, has become one of the hottest selling nutrition guides in book stores.... The comparisons are always interesting and often surprising”
-- NewYorkTimes.com

 

"This book is a great way to educate people about making healthful decisions at restaurants, the grocery store, vending machines. These are realistic changes people can make to save hundreds of calories."
-- Dawn Jackson Blatner, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (July 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605294616
• ISBN-13: 978-1605294612
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DAVID ZINCZENKO, SVP/Editor-in-Chief of Men's Health magazine and Editorial Director of Women's Health magazine, is the author of New York Times bestsellers The Abs Diet and The Abs Diet for Women. Once an overweight child, Zinczenko has become one of the nation's leading experts on health and fitness. He is a regular contributor to the Today show and has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, Primetime Live, 20/20, The Rachael Ray Show, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mermaid, December 13, 2009

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I ordered four different versions of the "Eat This Not That!" books...thinking that they each had something unique for me to learn...not so. Just buy one they all say about the same thing. The books offer an interesting additional concept to your healthy eating practices.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Supplement, October 3, 2009

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I love this book. I can go to the grocery store a little better armed with the knowledge of what is best for my family. The only thing I don't like about this book is that it doesn't necessarily discourage one from eating certain foods that we know are already unhealthy for us but tells us which unhealthy foods are on the better side of the line. That's why I call it a supplement. However, I love, LOVE the chapters that talk about foods that are beneficial for certain areas of your health. There's a chapter on foods for blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar. There are blurbs about foods that will help with stress, mood, energy, feeling slim, metabolism, sleep, illness, libido, fertility, work outs, skin.......lots of interesting useful info. AND, if you're a person or a family that likes to eat out, this is a great guide to dishes out there that are surprises in the areas of calories and sodium intake. Very useful resource.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frequent Amazon.com purchaser, December 27, 2009

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This book is a great publication. The quality of the book and pages are superior, and it's very different from the other "EAT THIS NOT THAT" books. I purchased several of the others and I'm glad I did. They are not repetitious. I recommend purchasing it.