Product Description

THE COST OF A CALORIE REVEALED

- CALORIE SHOPPING with EXERCISE EQUIVALENTS -

The Diet Detective's Count Down Offers Readers Calories, Carbs, Fat and the Exercise Equivalents For More For Than 7,500 Foods(Walk, Run, Swim, Bike, Yoga, and Dance).

Ever find yourself debating whether or not to buy just one bag of chips? Or grab a little candy bar for the road? Consider this: what if the nutritional labels on your favorite foods spelled out exactly what you'd have to do to burn those calories?

Well, nutrition and public health advocate, Charles Stuart Platkin's new book, THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN, is the first of its kind that translates food into exercise, giving readers a tool for deciding what a calorie means and which calories are worth it.

THE DIET DETECTIVE'S COUNT DOWN lists more that 7,500 foods with exercise equivalents in minutes calculated using six forms of activity: WALKING, RUNNING, BIKING, SWIMMING, YOGA, AND DANCING. All this information is listed in an easy to view table format. The table also includes calories, fat and carbohydrates.

This is no ordinary diet book, it is a food fact bible giving readers tasty nuggets of information that make them think before they eat. Translating food into calorie counts isn't enough -- translating calorie counts into exercises makes clear the consequence each bite has on the waistline!

Examples of an Exercise Equivalent (The book contains more than 7500 listings in an easy to use table format w/ Calories, Carbs and Fat, walking, running, biking, swimming, yoga and dance):

• 1 double-stuffed Oreo cookie = 18 minutes of walking
• 1 handful of chips = 26 minutes of dancing
• 1 slice of chocolate cake = 48 minutes of biking
• 1 candy bar = 32 minutes of swimming
• 1 soda = 48 minutes of yoga
• 1 tablespoon of butter = 11 minutes of running

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #496160 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
CHARLES STUART PLATKIN, J.D., M.P.H. is one of the country's leading public health advocates, whose syndicated nutrition and fitness column, "The Diet Detective" appears in more than 165 daily newspapers across the country. Platkin, is also the founder of the health and fitness network, DietDetective.com, with thousands of original articles on subjects ranging from walking to in-depth investigations of food labeling. DietDetective.com also offers daily news on nutrition and fitness and a social networking community where individuals can lose weight and get in shape together by forming groups and clubs, or working one-on-one.

He is the founder of The Institute for Nutrition & Behavioral Sciences, a non-profit organization that conducts obesity-related research. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, a Juris Doctorate from Fordham University, and a Masters in Public Health from Florida International University. He is also a certified personal trainer and is currently completing his PhD in Public Health. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Robert Stempel School of Public Health at Florida International University in Miami.

Platkin is also the founder of Integrated Wellness Solutions, and author four books including the bestselling book, Breaking the Pattern (Plume, 2005).

Customer Reviews

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This book helped to feel more comfortable about eating knowing what activity is required to burn off the food. It is not designed to find a short cut to losing weight, but it does show you how to eat sensible and know how much of a certain activity will be needed to burn off calories. This is a good way to get in your mind that it is okay to eat certain things, just be prepared to work it off. By telling you which activities will burn how many calories, it helps to plan workouts to be more effective. Some common food items were missing, but all in all it was helpful.

MY calorie count book review!
This book had so many different types of food and places to eat food. The book was easy to use and fun!

An excellent idea
If you've ever wondered how far you're going to have to walk or run to use up the calories in the doughnut you just ate, this is the book for you. It is made up mostly of tables of the calorie content of various foods, and how far you would have to run, walk, etc, to use up the calories. The first 18 pages give an excellent introduction to what is needed to lose weight. Your BMR is defined and discussed in considerable detail and a formula is given showing you how to calculate it. The author suggests that you keep a food diary and review it every so often; he also makes several suggestions for increasing your physical activity. As a fitness trainer and nutrition columnist, he is well-qualified to write such a book. The only slight problem with it is that it is not clear until near the end of the book that the numbers are based on a 155 pound person, and are different for people of different weight.