Product Description

From health giving vitamins to free radicals, eat your way to optimum fitness following this popular no-nonsense nutrition bible, now in paperback. Find all you need to know to stay tip top from birth onwards; from food basics and using diet to prevent and treat diseases, to real-life case studies showing you how to put good eating habits into practice. Explodes the myths of 45 of the most popular diets, from Atkins to Low Fat Living, and separates fact from fad, with straightforward information on every aspect of nutrition. Change what you eat – whatever your life stage – and improve your health forever.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32139 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

About the Author
Lisa Hark PhD, RD, is a renowned medical nutritionist with over 20 years experience in nutrition counselling and promoting the benefits of healthy eating. She is Director of the Nutrition Education and Prevention Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Lisa lives in Philadelphia. Darwin Denn MD, MS, is a family doctor and award-winning nutrition educator. He is Director of Undergraduate Medical Student Education for the Department of Family and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Darwin has practiced and taught Family Medicine in New York for over 30 years.

Customer Reviews

Fabulous, informative, refreshingly straightforward.
Most of the books I've read on the subject of nutrition seem to try and make the subject more complicated than it really is, perhaps to justify their own existence. This book doesn'tdo that, which is why I bought it, read it regularly and find it indespensable.

Chapter One allows you to assess yor lifestyle and any need to make changes, giving practical guidance on how to make changes withot living on leaves and water.

Chapters Two and Three explain in straightforward, unpatronising terms, the good and bad qualities of food types, and allows you to understand how to follow a healthy diet based on your own understanding of nutrition.

Chapter Four looks at special dietary needs during specific stages of life, from babies and toddlers, adulthood, pregnancy, and old age. There's even a section for athletes.

Chapeter Five looks at weight control and gives solid, no nonsense advice on weight loss and management, with advice for the overweight as well as underweight.

Chapter Six expores how food can help against certain illnesses, including diabetes, migraine, respiratory disorders and cardiovasular disease.

Chapter Seven clarifies food labelling and helps you to shop smart and buy healthy food.

In all, this book is invaluable. Bu it and you'll never need another book on this subject again.

Really great book
I bought this of amazon recently and I find it hard to put it down. It's very easy to read, Very informative and very interesting. I'm hoping to learn a lot from it.It would be great if like me you were thinking of studying nutrition and perhaps doing a course.Thanks

food bible - comes strongly recommended
This is a very comprehensive overview of food, eating habits, nutrition facts and a whole lot of other interesting facts!
This is not a diet book, so if you're looking for a set of rules to follow, you probably won't find that here.
The book does explain and describe a whole list of different diets but this is just a chapter and it is good as you can use it as a diet analyzer before you embark on any one of these diets.
However, the focus here is more on the quality of food, quality of life, facts about weight-gain & weight-loss.
In my personal opinion, this is a book every household should have. It's a 'how to' guide to healthy eating in all stages of life. Whether you read it cover to cover, jump through chapters or just open it occasionally for a quick reference, this is definitely a must have!