Michael R. Eades

This is a reference book, and provides for very, very dry recreational reading. Additionally, it would be greatly useful to somebody concerned with Caloric intake, and other dieting practices. Unfortunately, this was not me.

Reading this book recreationally was like reading the Book of Numbers recreationally, only a little more gross, especially in the meats section. Who knew that fried brains and raw tripe were actually eaten by PEOPLE? Ugh.

The book, being a pocket-sized thing, is easy to show more cart around to all those places where you just don't have ready access to the nutritional information of the thing you're about to eat. Likewise, it's pretty exhaustive, listing things you'd never even imagine you'd be eating, as well as how many calories it has. Likewise, it has a listing of foods that are naturally high in certain vitamins and fatty acids.

This book may be helpful to those wanting to learn more about nutrition, but it won't be helpful if you're already fit, have a good diet, and like to read books that are entertaining. show less

A good diet – maybe not one to stay on for your whole life, but one that will definitely make you think twice about whether eating large amounts of carbs (I used to eat ~1000 calories of breakfast cereal on a daily basis!) is healthy, and also encourage you to eat more protein, which for me makes me want to work out and put that extra protein to use in building muscle mass!

This is the first book I read that encouraged me to cut WAY back on sugars and to add more animal protein into my diet. I had no idea that my body was starving and that my many health problems were basically malnutrition until I read this book.

Written in the '70s but still quite relevant.

My kind of reading. I'm always analysing food and the digestive system and trying to know the Why. This book has been an eye opener to me. Full of simple theories and a bonus of recipes at the end, I keep this book in my kitchen, and I'm staying in Power.