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 enlarge | Authors: David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  413 reviews
Sales Rank: 29
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 6.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1594868549
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9781594868542
ASIN: 1594868549
Publication Date: December 10, 2007
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Condition: Softcover. Brand new, never used. Ships the next business day, with tracking and delivery confirmation sent to your email.
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| Customer Reviews:
 EAT this NOT that July 12, 2008
This little book is an eye opener! I use it all the time to improve my diet. I find it amazing how little I knew about what I was eating and drinking. I use it as a quick reference while shopping or ordering lunch at the drive through window. I believe it can be helpful if used.
 Fun book... July 12, 2008
with great food info, so if you eat out alot read this for sure! I don't, but enjoyed the book anyway.
Good Reference Book July 12, 2008
302 out of 303 found this review helpful
This is a well-researched, eye-opening report with plenty of information about bad and good foods that are served at well known restaurants.
The book consists of eight chapters, each chapter being focused on a separate issue such as: 1. Foods recommended for every day, and foods to always avoid; 2. The best and worst restaurant meals; 3. Strategies for eating right when dining out; 4. Advice for holiday eating; 5. Strategies for grocery shopping; 6. The ultimate guide to healthy beverages; 7. What to eat in various situations (stress, tiredness, etc.); 8. Eating guide for children
Each chapter provides tons of helpful information presented in a simple, but effective layout. It is an easy and fast reading, with some very nice and helpful pictures. The author made a good job in creating alternative, healthy menus for almost everyone and in any situation.
I especially like the comparison of good and bad meals. For a restaurant of your choice you can find presentation of good and bad meals with detailed information of why they are either good or bad (calories, fat and sodium content, etc).
Of course, it is not possible to list all restaurants in one book so the author concentrates on the chain restaurants that are predominantly known as fast food places. This is a limitation. The other thing that I noticed is that the primary focus is on a fat/sodium contents of the meals discussed. We all know that carbohydrates are not to be ignored when analyzing foods and their effect on our health. This, in my opinion, is a major shortcoming of the book, and for that reason I am subtracting 1 star from the rating.
Otherwise this is a nicely published and useful reference book and I recommend it for all health-conscious people especially those that watch their weight. There is another book that I recommend as extremely useful for planning healthy and not fattening meals. I find especially useful the chapter titled: Obesity - Your Worst Enemy.
Eat this not that July 9, 2008
Kind of a fun book. They did a good job in giving a wide variety of reviews but I would have preferred if they had given more within each option. It contains a lot of very useful information if you are going to be diligent enough to keep it with you and review it often. I give it a thumbs up.
Takes the guilt out of eating July 7, 2008
I loved this book. For years, I have packed on pounds and have always kicked myself for not keeping it off.
This book is just what I needed for the discipline to watch the calorie intake. You know exactly what to order at a fast food joint, your favorite restaurant (even the mom and pops), and what to get at the grocery store. So the guessing game of choosing the Big Mac (bad idea) over the Quarter Pounder no cheese (good idea) makes for guilt free choices, if you happen to need to eat at the golden arches.
I made an "eat sheet" simply by writing down the one item the book suggested from most of the places I eat at. I keep it in my pocket. I've stuck with eating only those items, and in 2 months lost 11 lbs mainly from this disciplined eating and walking once or twice a week.
I plan to keep using the ideas in this book for the long haul to get back in shape. It makes it pretty easy to do that, in my opinion.
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