Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics Complete Food And Nutrition Guide, 5th Ed

Exhaustive info. Great reference book

This is by far the best nutrition book out there for the public. It is very readable and has much common sense. Answers common questions and myths about diet and nutrition. I am an registered dietitian and use this all the time. for my clients. It is updated very frequently. Don't be put off by the size of this book. It is very complete and full of great information. Highly recommend to anyone interested in reliable information.

Full of useful, easy to understand information.

This is a reference book; not a book to be read page by page. Did not know that when book was purchased, but it's still a good book to have.

This book has a lot of useful and interesting food and nutrition related information that you won't stop reading for a long period once you start reading. It's a keepsake not just for a dietitian in practice but for everyone who is interested in learning about some evidence based nutritional information relevant to general health and some useful tips.

I purchased this and other book when I found out I have an autoimmune disorder that requires a special diet. Because I did not get a referral to a dietitian, and my doctor was otherwise un helpful, I had to learn on my own how better my health from a nutritional standpoint. I have recommended this book to both my family and friends.

A good resource but has it's problems. If you are well-read in food literature, you are probably already aware of the controversies. This book generally promotes the status quo in American or Western eating habits with the usual admonitions to modify portions of bad food and increase good food a little. 1. Carbohydrate and fat intake recommendations reflect the McGovern Doctrine or American government political mandate to sell lots of grain and sugar. The science of the last 30 years tends to show that about 2/3 of people should eat much less carbs and increase good fats. i.e. Mediterranean or South Beach Diet. 2. Ethanol or drinking-alcohol is not considered a nutrient but a wealth of epidemiologic studies show that adults (especially older adults) who consume about 3-10% of their food energy or calories from ethanol live considerably longer than those whose consumption is outside that range. She covers this subject in some detail but with the usual bias of about 90% negatives and no mention of the many positive studies. 3. She confuses whole grains with processed grains. Grain that is ground up and processed and glued back together in the finished product is not whole grain, though it may be labelled as such by FDA rules, and has a much higher glycemic index and an adverse effect on health for almost everyone. Whole grain only comes in kernels. 4. Her advice is out of step with empiric science. e.g. She advises against eating much cheese despite recent studies, including a meta-analysis of 37 individual studies, showing that people who eat more cheese live longer than those who don't. (The devil is in the details and a book like hers should be trying to sort that out. There about a dozen different saturated fats common in the human diet and they have different effects on our health.) 5. She makes a simple mistake on page 7 that your 6th grade science teacher would mark wrong. She uses the term "calorie" when she means "kilo-calorie" or kcal or Calorie. If you eat a 2000 calorie per day diet, you will starve to death. I haven't proof-read the whole book but there may be other significant errors.If you consciously adjust for these biases, and get additional help from science-based rather than policy-based sources, you may do well. If you are overweight or unclear why or how you should increase fat and decrease carbs in your diet, I suggest "Always Hungry?" and "The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living" as well-written books.

I gave this book to my granddaughter who wanted to understand more about what food choices to make as she prepares to go to college next year. She will be on her own and making her own food choices.