The Complete & Up-To-Date Fat Book: A Guide to the Fat, Calories, and Fat Percentages in Your Food

Bellerson, Karen J.

ISBN 10: 089529561X / ISBN 13: 9780895295613

Published by Avery Pub Group, 1993

About this Item

A guide to the fat, calories, and fat percentages in your food. The book includes over 25,000 entries. The spine is creased and there is light edgewear. There is a small spot on the rear cover. The interior of the covers are browned.

Seller Inventory # 3358

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete & Up-To-Date Fat Book: A Guide to the Fat, Calories, and Fat Percentages in Your Food
• Publisher: Avery Pub Group
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089529561X
• ISBN 13: 9780895295613
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • HEALTH/FITNESS

About this title

Synopsis

Over the past ten years, many studies have directly linked a high-fat diet to hypertension, cancer, heart attack, stroke, and other degenerative diseases. Now nutrition-conscious readers no longer need be in the dark. The book contains the largest listing of foods among any available book on fats--over 20,000 entries.

Review

The title of this book does not lie: it tells you the fat content of every food imaginable, from raw alligator (14 percent of its calories are derived from fat) to zucchini (9 percent, unless you're talking about Ore-Ida breaded zucchini, which has eight grams of fat per serving). The back of the book contains a useful guide to the fat in fast-food and chain-restaurant fare (Denny's Moons Over My Hammy has 66 grams of fat, which is a full day's worth for many people). The front of the book contains an interesting and accessible introduction to fat: what it is, what it does, how much of it you need (and you do need some), how to cut it out of your diet a little at a time. The only drawback to this book is that it doesn't tell you anything about food other than fat and calorie counts. If you're concerned about the total nutritional profile of foods--protein, fiber, sugar--you have to look elsewhere.