Food, Glorious Food: The Kindle Carb & Calorie Counter, a complete guide to food counts
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (673 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004WLOR9I |
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| Number of Pages | : | 319 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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***Food, Glorious Food is a comprehensive guide to nutrient values for more than 12,000 natural, packaged, and restaurant foods. Rather than squeezing numbers into narrow rows and columns, each entry is presented in the familiar nutrition label format, with resizable font and reflowable text. Unlike other food count books, however, the information in this volume has been specifically formatted for the Kindle. The book is easily searchable with active links and multi-layered indexes.With such an extensive list of foods and search tools at your disposal, Food, Glorious Food will quickly become your reference guide of choice for selecting nutritious foods for yourself and your family.Features:Nutrition label formatAll the nutrient counts you need: calories, fats, protein, and carbohydrates, including fiber, sugar, and "net carbs", cholesterol, and sodiumActive (clickable) Table of Contents, Main Index, and Chapter IndexesMultiple serving sizes for most foodsWeights
Beth Spicer has 20+ years experience in medical and social research, working at Duke University, GlaxoSmithKline, and other NC institutions. She has published numerous health-related articles and a food counts guide. Her educational background includes bachelor's and master's degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and The College of William & Mary. Maria currently resides in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina with her husband and two childre
From the Author The indexes were added to the book on May 25, 2011. Kindle books do not automatically update, so if you purchased the book before that date, please contact Kindle Support and ask them to push the latest version to your device.
It is not easy to search I am sure that the physical book would be a wonderful addition to anyone's library but the Kindle version does not have a reasonable search property. For instance, I tried finding out how many calories a potato had. Searching for 'potato' I came up wit. "Your Kindle version of the Calorie and Carb Counter for Healthy Eating" according to Sunny. This excellent Book "Food, Glorious Food, The Kindle Carb and calorie counter is a must for every healthy conscience consumer. This ia another real hit for Maria Romana who has done extensive studies of thousands of foods that we eat on a daily basis. . pvb said Getting started. Losing weight by reducing carbs in my diet was my plan, but I had no idea how many carbs were in foods and it was difficult to find out. This book has it all - and by having the portions in language I could understand was the best. The "How to Use this