Product Description

An easy-to-use book, written by 3 experts in the field, that has the latest dietary recommendations along with the amounts of 23 nutrients in more than 5000 foods. It shows you how to use nutrition information on food labels, gives a step-by-step guide for comparing your diet to the recommendations, and emphasizes eating for health AND pleasure. The book also has helpful tips for improving you diet, and other tidbits, such as recipes and a pack-your-own-lunch chart for children. It's handy having it on your book shelf, even if just for looking up things like how much fiber and potassium in a banana.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1486145 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 328 pages

From the Publisher
If you're interested in eating right, this book's for you! Want to know how good--or bad--your diet is? How much fiber in a carrot? How much vitamin B-12 in a pork chop? This is the book! It has the latest dietary recommendations, nutrients for 5,000+ foods, a step-by-step guide to assessing your diet, and what you need to know to eat right.

The food composition table is unique. It includes amounts for 23 nutrients with no missing values and gives vitamins and minerals as % of the Daily Values used on food labels (instead of hard-to-understand metric units). You can tell at a glance which foods are high or low in a nutrient: Is a food high in zinc if it has 15 milligrams (the daily recommended amount)? When it's given as 100% of the Daily Value, you know it is. Many ethnic and fast foods are included, and the index of foods is extensively cross-indexed, making it easy to find even the most unusual foods.

The authors are teachers, received their degrees in nutrition from the University of California at Berkeley, and bring more than 30 years of experience to the subject. The book's been used since 1992 by thousands of students in health and nutrition classes, so it's time-tested, clear, and user friendly. You learn how to read food labels, and you combine the nutrient values on the labels with that in the book, giving you a far more accurate and useful analysis of your diet.

If you take nutrient supplements simply because you don't know if you're getting enough, you may be in for a surprise. Your supplement may have what you don't need, and not have what you do need. Or you may find that your diet is better than you think, and you don't need the supplement after all. Learn more about the food you eat. Learn how to eat right. Eating for health and eating for pleasure can be the same!

From the Back Cover
How much fiber in an orange? Is it true that oysters are high in zinc? What's meant by a good diet? Is my diet as bad as I think it is? How do food labels help me assess my diet? Can I eat a good diet and junk food? Does 30% or less of my calories come from fat?

Eat for health AND pleasure! Easy to use and chock full of helpful information. Nutrient values given as % of Daily Value, just like food labels. Step-by-step guide for comparing your diet to the recommendations. Learn how to estimate your calorie requirement and assess your weight. Nutrient values for 23 nutrients in 5,000+ foods, including many ethnic foods.

About the Author
All 3 authors have a PhD in Nutrition from the Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley. Judi Morrill, PhD, teaches in the Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science at San Jose State Univ., specializing in teaching science to nonscientists. Her books include Science, Physiology, and Nutrition for the Nonscientist, and most recently (2008) a new edition of Realities of Nutrition. She has worked in several research labs, including those of the National Institutes of Health and the Experimental Nutrition Division of the Agricultural Research Center. She enjoys cooking, gardening, and playing tennis. David Stone, PhD, teaches nutrition courses and computer courses at San Jose State Univ. and writes nutrition-related software for his company, WholeGrain Software. He likes to mountain-bike, rollerblade, windsurf, spend time in the Sierra Nevada mountains above 7000 feet, and row in his self-built rowboat. He also plays the banjo and fiddle, raises anise swallowtail butterflies, and designs, builds, and flies radio-controlled model gliders. Suzanne Murphy, PhD, RD, is a nutrition researcher with the Cancer Research Center at the Univ. of Hawaii. She has served on national committees to set recommendations and guidelines for healthy diets, such as the Dietary Reference Intakes and Dietary Guidelines for Americans in this book. She is also an expert on the compilation and uses of food composition databases, and has published extensively on the dietary adequacy of both U.S. and international populations. She's an avid jogger and bicyclist.

Customer Reviews

Great Resource!
This is a great guide for staying healthy AND maintaining or losing weight. I found it especially helpful since I am a vegetarian and often have trouble getting enough protein.

Helpful and Easy to Use Food Composition Guide
Are You Eating Right is a helpful and informative way to analyze your diet. As a general guide to food composition, it provides the basic information we need in order to know what we're actually eating as well as to plan how to get the nutrients we need in our diets. It's clear and easy to use; I highly recommend it.

Great information
It is a great book for anyone who wants to eat the right foods to make you feel better and keep your weight in tack.