Health Nutrient Bible: The Complete Encyclopedia of Food as Medicine

by Lynn Sonberg

Overview

A complete encyclopedia of brand and basic foods, The Complete Nutrient Bible includes information on the calories, protein, fat, cholesterol, fiber, vitamins, and minerals found in more than 8,000 items. Sonberg spells out in detail the relationships between various nutrients and specific health issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780684810713
Publisher:	Atria Books
Publication date:	12/13/1995
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Lynn Sonberg is a bestselling author of books on diet and nutrition.

Editorial Reviews

With the assistance of consulting editor Maureen Callahan, M.S., R.D., Sonberg (The Complete Nutrition Guide, Berkeley Pub., 1993, and other mass-market nutrition books) offers this two-part guide to basic foods as medicine. Part 1 consists of 207 pages of discussions, arranged alphabetically, 29 health conditions or concerns and foods that aid in their prevention or amelioration. Part 2 includes 340 pages of nutrient composition tables, based on Department of Agriculture (USDA) food tables and manufacturers' information for 8000 foods, including fast and processed foods. In general, the information presented is accurate; however, an occasional misleading statement does occur, e.g., hemorrhoids are described as a "bulging of the muscles inside and outside the rectum" (veins, not muscles are involved). There is a glossary, but chapter bibliographical references are uneven in their currency. (The index was not seen.) While the concept here is a sound one, the book is more akin to a basic nutrition text than a compendium of foods and their pharmaceutical properties. Readers looking for books on that specific subject would find more informative Jean Carper's Food-Your Miracle Medicine: How Food Can Prevent and Cure over 100 Symptoms and Problems (HarperCollins, 1994) and The Food Pharmacy (Bantam, 1989). Recommended for general stacks in collections weak in basic nutrition texts.-Cynthia D. Bertelsen, Blacksburg, Va.

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