Product Description

This classic guide to nutrition is now electronic, providing authoritative data on the nutritional value of foods in an easy-to-use table format for quick, easy reference. The CD-ROM reflects the current food supply--listing more than 8,500 common foods--and contains data on the nutritional content of foods, organized by food groups, which include fruits and vegetables, cereals and grains, fats and sugars, meats and proteins, and dairy. Supplementary tables define the content of lesser-known foods and a bibliography of sources for current food composition (food analyzed for content) data is provided.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1389339 in Books
• Published on: 2009-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: CD-ROM

Book Info
Brandon/Hill Medical List, minimal-core, first-purchase selection (#397) and Allied Health first-purchase selection (#212). Reference lists more than 8,000 common foods. Each entry includes calorie content, weight, water, protein, fat, cholesterol, carbohydrate, dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Previous edition: c1998. Plastic-comb binding.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Resource!
I purchased this book several years ago when I started counting carbohydrates. A nutritionist recommened it as being the most comprehensive resource of its kind. I have found it invaluable. The fact that is not only contains prepackaged food, but fresh foods, meats, homemade items and even some common restaurants (along with many many other catagories), makes it THE perfect resource.

An excellent reference
This book is for those of us on special diets that do not want 'special' books telling us what to eat, but neglecting to tell us what not to eat, or for those of us who just want to judge for ourselves what is good (or bad) for us. This book contains very complete information, including canned foods by brand, candy, gum, alcohol beverages, foods prepared in many ways, virtually any foods, even poi. The values listed include alcohol, calories, water, protein, carbohydrates, sugar, dietary fiber, fat, saturated fatty acids, monosaturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol, vitamins A(RE), A(IU), C, B-1, B-2, B-4, B-12, D, E, E (as alpha-tocopherol), K, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid. Also sodium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, manganese, potassium, phosphorus, iron, copper. Amino acids, caffeine, gluten, iodine, pectin, phytosterol, purines, salicylates, selenium, theobromine. What more could the dietary conscious want?

At last
Too many food guides for diabetics give food equivelants in volume (i.e. cups) measure. When comparing spaghetti to ziti or large cubes to small cubes, the amount contained by a cup varies significantly. Bowes & Church's, (the first book in which I found the nutritive values by weight) had lacked sugar and monounsatured fatty acids data. That deficiency is now corrected. Some food catagories have been expanded (i.e. Varieties of summer squash are now separately listed). This is definitely the best compendium of food nutrient content that I have found.