Reviews (10)

I liked it
I had to buy this book for my Quantity Foods course as a part of my Dietetics major. I actually liked the book, and I am going to keep it for later use. I thought the book was organized very well. Some of the charts in Chapter 2 and 5 that we used quite often were a little hard to find (because there are so many!).
Wow!!! A must have for all chefs
I had seen this book at a friends business and thought it was good.Since I have ordered and received it I have had the chance to really review the contents and find it one book that I can use daily.The CD rom is also fantastic in the number of recipes it contains.One nice feature is that you can size the recipes to what you need.Another great plus.Well worth the money. Tom Elliott, CEC

Food For Fifty
Very well written book, leaves nothing for the mind to question,I would highly recomend this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking / Wine    2. Food Science    3. Food Service Management    4. Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism    5. Menus    6. Methods - Quantity    7. Nutrition    8. Quantity cookery    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Business & Economics / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism   

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I have not recieved book!!
I have not recieved the book......please someone contact me NOW, this is the 2nd purchase I have made and not recieved my book!
Nutrition/Dietetic STUDENTS: Do Not Resell This Book.
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Subjects:  1. Food    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health/Fitness    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Nursing - Nutrition    6. Nutrition    7. Medical / Nursing / Nutrition    8. Parties & fancy dress   

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excellent!!!
This was a very good value and I was so pleased to receive it.

fairly comprehensive, but very basic
My comments are applicable to the instructor's edition of this book, 10th edition.
Very Good
The book is very good and informative. Even though I bought this book for my nutrition class, even after I have completed the class, I plan to keep the book. It will make a very good addition to my library of medical books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Diets - General    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Nutrition    6. Medical / Nutrition   

Reviews (25)

Thorough, but not an everyday "users guide" to fats & oils
Enig's discussion is thorough, and a necessary correction to the nutrition science and food industy's deceptions concerning fats and cholesterol, all in the service of marketing transfat-laden food.However, the book is not that "user-friendly" for the non-scienfically-inclined, who are concerned about eating and health.
Know Your Fats, EAT Your Fats
This is a great source of information on fats and oils, and even though I also have "Nourishing Traditions" and "Eat Fat, Lose Fat," I still felt that I learned something new. My health certainly has improved since I've incorporated more saturated fat in my diet.

The most *essential* book on the nature of fats by a true scientist
Ignore the anonymous "reader"'s review titled "Disappointing." Anonymous reviews immediately create a suspect impression. For all anyone might know, the "reader" could be a well-known other "author" of a popular book on fats. The "reader" in his review does not come up with a cohesive enough overview on why Dr. Enig's book is "disappointing." He complains of issues that has nothing to do with Dr. Enig's research as a scientist, how the chemical structures and patterns of fatty acids *and* most importantly, how they work in the human body. He does not prove in any way of how Dr. Enig's knowledge of lipid chemistry fails. His assertion that the fatty acids in animal fat has changed from 100 years ago is a no-brainer and a plainly dumb arguing point: of course the quality of the fatty acids have changed, because most of the way animals are raised today is so different from how they were 100 years ago: conditions, feeding, and treatment. The only way one may compare a cow from 100 years ago is to raise them on pastures, in organic methods.It is a self-evident factor that we should only be eating animals raised naturally, out of warehouses, without synthetic injections.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet/Nutrition    3. Diets - General    4. Health & Fitness / Nutrition    5. Medical / Nutrition    6. Cholesterol metabolism    7. Essential fatty acids in human nutrition    8. Fats and oils in human nutrition    9. Fatty acid metabolism    10. Fatty acids in human nutrition    11. Health & Fitness    12. Medical    13. Nutrition   

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Not for a typical student
This book might serve the purpose of an athlete, but may not be good for a typical student or non-student. Excellent textbook
I highly recommended "Nutrition for Health, Fitness and Sport" to exercise science and nutrition students. It�s comprehesive yet not too technical. Tons of information that you can understand and apply
Melvin Williams has written a great book on sports nutrition.He takes a chapter to cover every nutrient including supplementation and athletic performance in regards to that nutrient. He also covers fluid and electrolytes. He also includes weight loss, weight gain chapters that arevery useful for any athlete of any level. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diets - General    3. Exercise    4. Medical    5. Nutrition    6. Nutrition Physiology    7. Physical Fitness    8. Physiological aspects    9. Sports    10. Dietetics & nutrition    11. Medical / Nutrition   

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Your Lifesaver in Fluid & Electrolytes Ocean!
I purchased this book with some doubt, because you see a very high variability in these series. Now, i am very happy. Every medical student and resident gets frustrated with fliuid and electrolytes. Reading textbooks makes it worse. I have seen a lot of attendings and Nephrologists (!!) who are scared of this subject. This book can help you tremendously. It is written in a very simple language and gives you the proper approach to fluid and electrolyte problems. It is full of practical examples that you will see every day and shows you how to solve them. After reading this book, you will be confident enough to deal with electrolytes. Instead of replacing electrolytes blindly with K-Dur and Neutra-Phos and .... and not knowing what to do with Hyponatremia, you will have a nice framework in your brain to deal with them. And the best part: It is a small book. Don't hesitate to get it. You won't regret.

Good but not good enough!
This book does only provide some miner basic understanding of Na, K, and acid base pathophysiology and replacement. Other e-lytes such as magnesium, calcium, phosphor and especially the interaction of those is completely missing. The acid base part is ok for getting a basic understanding of whats going on.
Practically Life savor for both you and patient
I hardly anytime would give "5" stars to any products, but this just blew my doubts and misunderstanding out to pieces. I don't want to sound too explicit, but actually it's better than sex when you understand something and everything come to senses.
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Subjects:  1. Chemotherapy    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Nephrology    5. Nutrition    6. Acid-Base imbalances    7. Body Fluids    8. Electrochemistry & magnetochemistry    9. Physiology    10. Water-Electrolyte Imbalance    11. problems   

Reviews (34)

a life-changing read
This is the most amazing nutrition book I've ever read- and I've read many. The amount of data, the photographs, the anecdotes, all point to an obvious conclusion. I am simply shocked that his work is not better known. After reading this book I understand why the health of so many in the world today is so poor. This book provides all the answers. I know with absolute certainty now what constitutes a healthy diet. This book will fascinate you, educate you, and leave you feeling shocked. HIGHLY recommended!

The Answer to our Dietary and Health Confusion
One day we are told that fats are bad and that we must avoid them at all costs.Next we are told that carbs are the enemy.The experts cannot seem to make up their minds on which individual foods are good for you and which are bad.If all else fails, they fall back on the need for "moderation".Wouldn't it be nice if there were some really rock-solid nutritional research one could rely upon?Wouldn't it be comforting if we had research more compelling than "Food X just might raise your blood cholesterol a bit, and if that happens you just might be at a slightly higher risk for getting heart disease?"
Amazing! The book anyone should read that cares about their health!
The single most important book ever written on diet. Thank goodness Dr. Price did his investigations when he did. I am finishing my PhD in holistic nutrition and this is the most important book I have read in my studies. Get it, read it and understand it! Then eat like our ancestors ate! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet/Nutrition    2. Human Nutrition    3. Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology    4. Nutrition and dental health    5. Nutritional anthropology    6. Nutritionally induced diseases    7. Science    8. Dietetics & nutrition   

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BURTON ROSE AGAIN IS EXCELLENT
FOR RESIDENT AND FELLOWS AS STAFF TOO, THE FIFTH EDITION OF BURTON ROSE IS EXCELLENT, COVERING BASIC CONCEPTS AS WELL AS ALL THE RECENT RESEARCH MEDICAL NEWS IN FHE FIELDOF FLUID AND ACID BASE PHYSIOLOGY.IT SHOULD BE RECOMENDED FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC MEDICAL LIBRARY.

Outstanding text, but consider "The essentials" for a lighter read
No doubt, this is a terrific textbook and is a great resource for Nephrology fellows, ICU fellows and general physiologists.However, for the med student or housestaff who would like to digest the basics of renal electrolyte handling and acid-base homeostasis, I'd like to recommend "Renal Pathophysiology the Essentials" by B.D. Rose and H.G. Rennke (ISBN: 0683073540). It is from 1994 and may lack some of the molecular details, but is an even more "readable" text.

The best in its field
I found this book to be very useful in understanding the subject of acid base and electrolyte disorders. I recommend it for all physicians especially those working in emergency room, intensive and cardiac care units. In fact it is very helpful for all doctors working in the different clinical fields. It is simple and easily digested. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Acid-Base Imbalance    2. Acid-base imbalances    3. Biochemistry    4. Kidney Diseases    5. Kidneys    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Medical Biochemistry    9. Nephrology    10. Nutrition    11. Pathophysiology    12. Water-electrolyte imbalances    13. Diseases & disorders    14. Medical / Internal Medicine    15. Pharmacology    16. Renal medicine   

Reviews (47)

A very good guide to using juice for
I found this book to be one of the better sources of information regarding fasting. It takes a subject that is somewhat taboo and breaks it down into simple and understandable terms. I think it's worth reading even if you don't want to practice what is being discussed. It never hurts to understand what is going on even if you don't want to do it. I will tell you this, I have followed this book and a few others and have made tremendous gains. Not in weight but in my health. One of the benefits that can't be touted enough is the true feeling of being in control of your own body. Once you get that feeling you lose this sense of helplessness and understand that your health is your own responsibility.
a bit flawed but great
I read the good Doctor's book Eat to Live and then bought China Study which he talks a lot about in this book.Then I bought this book being curious after reading a few other books on fasting and this book wins hands down though I do feel he's being overly cautious about doing long fasts of more than 5 days without medical supervision to protect himself as people have been doing long fasts for centuries without medical supervision and doing just fine and since finding a Doctor in even a large community is rare indeed one is left to do this on their own.
Your choice.
Nature's way.
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Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Diet Therapy    3. Diets - General    4. Diets - Special Conditions    5. Fasting    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Therapeutic use    9. Personal & public health   

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Marvelous book - a nutrition bible!
Definitely a must-have for those seeking higher learning in the field of nutrition. Covers in-depth individual topics on different vitamins and minerals as well as specific disease conditions.

A "must have" for Nutrition Graduate Students
This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on nutrition available!The 9th edition has 115 (one hundred fifteen) chapters and multiple sections of an Appendix, updated by 169 authors in 10 countriesand from many scientific disciplines.Nutrition science has an extremelybroad scope with relevance to all basic and applied biologic sciences,medicine, dentistry, dietetics, nursing, pharmacy, public health and publicpolicy.In one very thorough edition (approx 2,000 pages), this textsucceeds at integrating Nutrition science into practical knowledge.Foraround $100, the price equals 20 cents per page ... making it anextraordinary value!ENJOY :)

Must-Have Nutrition Text!
This is one of the most comprehensive and valuable textbooks in the field of nutrition, covering major topics in basic and clinical nutrition.The 9th edition combines the two 8th edition volumes and includes new chapters. Topics covered in new chapters include alternative nutrition therapies,vegetarian diets, regulating food and dietary intakes and food labeling anddietary supplement legislation.I recommend this text for anyone in thefield of nutrition and it is especially essential for anyone in a graduatenutrition program.If you are to buy one nutrition text, this should beit! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Nutrition    4. Pathophysiology    5. Public Health    6. Dietetics & nutrition    7. Medical / Nutrition   

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What about soy allergies?
I found this book to be a good read, and generally helpful.
Fuel the Revolution
This book will set you straight about what is healthy and what is not.All other nutrition advice that I have come across is weak and ineffective.I am buying this book as well as Eat to Live for everyone I know and meet; month by month as I can afford.Do the same for there is no gift comparable to the gift of health.

The Greatest Diet on Earth
This is one book that no parent(s) or "potential" parent(s) should be without. It talks about "to be" mothers and the foods they eat can affect their childs development before they are even conceived.
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Subjects:  1. Children    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diet therapy for children    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health - General    7. Health and hygiene    8. Health/Fitness    9. Healthy Living    10. Nutrition    11. Parenting - General    12. Health & Fitness / Healthy Living   

Reviews (8)

Excellent source!!!
This a great book for understanding fluids and electrolytes!!! Couldn't get better and easier than this!!!!

Wonderful book.Got an A on my test!
This is a wonderful book.Fluid & Electrolytes is a very complex subject and this book was able to simplify and reiterate important topics. The book went over essential topics such as electrolyte imbalances, acid-base imbalances, fluid shifts and made it interesting to learn all at the same time.I highly recommend this book to nursing students.

Incredibly boring!
This entire series of "Incredibly Easy" books should be called "Incredibly Boring"!I've found all of them to be useless in keeping my attention or in helping me to remember.There is nothing memorable about anything in these books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body fluid disorders    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Nurses' Instruction    5. Nutrition    6. Pathophysiology    7. Water-Electrolyte Balance    8. Water-Electrolyte Imbalance    9. Water-electrolyte imbalances    10. Medical / Nursing / Medical & Surgical    11. Nursing    12. Physiology   

Reviews (9)

Finally No More Diets!
I love this book. I'm actually still doing the exercises in the book. I believe there are almost 90 exercises. Geneen requires you dig deep. The first few days of doing the work, I was a mess. I have used food to not deal with my emotions for so many years, that it actually brought me back to my emotional self as a teenager. My first diet started when I was 15 at 102 pounds! I had went over that 100 pound mark then, started my first diet, and never dealt with my emotions after that unless it involved food. I'm almost 40 years old now and thought this vicious cycle would never end. The more I dieted and deprived myself, the more I weighed in the end.
Don't waste your time or money
This book is not what I expected.It's more of a "workbook" instead of a book to read.I was thoroughly disappointed.

A Life-Transforming Experience
Having struggled with an eating disorder for the past 10 years of my life, I was certain that I would never have a healthy relationship with food again.But, then a good friend gave me Geneen's book, and I have not looked back since on those doubtful thoughts.This is a truely incredible program that, when followed and supplemented with Geneen's books "When Food Is Love" and "Feeding the Hungry Heart", can and will take the word "diet" out of your vocabularly forever.I have never felt better about myself and have never actually lost weight while still eating anything I wanted. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Diet/Nutrition    3. Eating Disorders - General    4. General    5. Neuropsychology    6. Diets & dieting    7. Health & Fitness / Weight Loss   

Reviews (24)

Good Book!
One of my favorite things is this book tells of which I love to see goes into practice for this country is the Chinese tradition where the doctor pays the patient if he gets sick and the patient pays the doctor if he stays healthy.With that alone there could be a great change in how doctors in this country treat their patients.They just wouldn't be puppets to the drug companies.Many interesting things covered in this book about the FDA, vitamins, Calcium and modern medicine.

Great Book
This book is very informative, with extremely useful advice.I strongly believe that the use of calcium as outlined in the book will help the body heal itself.I have a question for the registered nurses who have discounted this book:How can you sleep at night knowing that everyday you go to work you pump into your patients highly toxic medications, which has deadly side effects??I'm sure you all know that drugs covers up the symptoms and does absolutely nothing for the underlying cause of the illness.Please stop being hypocrites.

Watch Your Food
The book, Death By Diet is an excellent book. It is full of very basic down to earth information on our relationship between the food we eat and the health of our body. All adults should read this book and learn from it. If we followed the recommendations in this book we would have healthier bodies. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Health/Fitness    3. Nutrition    4. Nutritionally induced diseases    5. Calcium    6. Minerals in nutrition   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diets - General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Nursing - Nutrition    7. Nutrition    8. Medical / Nursing / Nutrition   

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REQUIRED READING!!
I just finished this book and must say it has had a profound effect on the way I look at health, nutrition and the information we are spoonfed on a daily basis.I will never again eat dairy and will always question where the latest and greatest research findings came from and who funded them!This book should be required reading for every single American person today!Why the information in this book is not front page news speaks volumes about the influence agricultural lobby groups have on government, science and the media.

You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet in disease    3. Diets - General    4. Diseases - General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Healthy Living    8. Nutrition    9. Nutrition And Diet    10. Nutrition And Public Health    11. Nutritionally induced diseases    12. Dietetics & nutrition    13. Health & Fitness / Nutrition   

Reviews (3)

Excellent Book!!!
As physicians, we are used to prescribe and trust only on pharmacotherapy. This book gives you a medical approach to nutrition therapy to add effective counseling and a scientific approach to your patient's nutricional issues, in order to add a new therapeutical tool to your daily practice. �obese patients? it is just not enought to say "cut out haburgers, eat more salad" a problem-oriented anamnesis and special physical measurements must be done. Wanna know the diference between a diet for a COPD patient and one with arthritis? this book gives you the theoretical basis as well as the "for dummies" approach

Can't Live Without It
This book is the required text of my dietetics coursework time and time again and thus I use it extensively. At first I resented the very large and heavy book, but more and more I find myself turning to it for answers, even for things that aren't school-related. My university has a book rental program. Previously I'd only rented the book, but now, as I sit inbetween semesters, I find myself missing it terribly. The moment the bookstore opens I will be buying this book for keeps.
Krause's Food, Nutrition & Diet Therapy
This book was a big help when I studied for my test as a Registered Dietitian.I liked the way pro and cons of controversial issues were pictured. This book is great for any health professional. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Nursing - Nutrition    4. Nutrition    5. Dietetics & nutrition    6. Medical / Nursing / Nutrition   

Subjects:  1. Diet    2. Diets - General    3. Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Nutrition    6. Nutrition Physiology    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Dietetics & nutrition    10. Non-Classifiable   

Reviews (11)

Out of Date?
This five year old PDR Family Guide to Nutritional Supplements, first edition, Dec. 2001, is an excellent consise book and easy to read. However it is out of date when compared with PDR Health on-line. To get started this book is good. To get the latest information from PDR one has to go on-line and combining the two can be confusing. I'll not order until the second edition is released.

I use it in my healing practice, and nursing practice
Note:First of all, there are 2 natural remedy PDRs, one for Nutritional rRemedies and Supplements, and another specifically for Herbal Remedies.You will NOT find herbal info in the nutritional PDR, nor nutritional supplements in the Herbal PDR.
Brim Full of Information
Tired of getting your supplement information from the vitamin shop clerk? This is state of the art stuff. Finally here is a book that both the lay person and the physician can safely turn to. The author has no axe to grind. He neither overstates nor understates, but is carefully objective in his presentation and allows the evidence to speak for itself. Dr. Hendler brings to his subject an open mind, wide ranging intelligence, and a rigorous training in all of the relevant disciplines. He refuses to be a shill either for entrenched medical orthodoxy or starry eyed alternative approaches. The result is a cornucopia of information. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drug Guides    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Minerals in human nutrition    6. Nutrition    7. Vitamins    8. Vitamins in human nutrition    9. Dietetics & nutrition   

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Don't bother with this one........
Don't waste your money- so many better books available today- Great textbook and reference
I will not resell this on after class!I will use this one forever!Great book, easy to read and follow. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diet therapy    4. Diets - General    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical    7. Nursing - LPN&LVN    8. Nutrition    9. Dietetics & nutrition    10. Medical / Nursing / LPN & LVN