| Bowes and Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used |  | Authors: Jean Pennington, Helen N. Church, Anna De Planter Bowes
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1362074
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 15th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 328
ISBN: 0060551577
EAN: 9780060551575
ASIN: 0060551577
Publication Date: June 1989
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Condition: Lots of shelf wear, may contain some notes or highlighting, corners/edges worn and bent, may not include companion materials like cdroms or access codes.
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This reference text, an enduring standard in nutritional science, has been exhaustively revised to ensure relevance to today's eating habits--85% of the text is new or updated. Provides complete nutritional information on 8,500 foods in an easy-access tabular format. Far more comprehensive than any other book on the subject, Bowes and Church's discusses not only general foods but common brand name products, for extra utility in real-life nutritional analysis. Exceptional appendices list all foods containing a particular substance, such as caffeine or iron. This edition contains food tables that include monounsaturated fat content, 3,000 more foods, and listings of the sources for each food entry.
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 Should Squash not be after Squab?? August 31, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Good luck trying to find anything in this stupid book. I spent my day trying to find squash until I gave up.
 Kidney Disease - Monitor ALL foods August 20, 2008
Since I have kidney disease i have to monitor all foods put in my mouth.
This is the best book I have found that shows the 4 most important ingredients. Only problem I have so far is remembering what the abbreviations stand for and have to look them up a lot. I haven't yet learned what all the abbreviations stand for but it is wonderful to be able to see at a glance the salt, potassium, proteins and phosphorus. It is the only book I have found around that list at least these 4 ingredients. GREAT BOOK.
Nutritionists Bible June 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have used this book for over twenty years to help me plan how to eat around my irritable bowel syndrome. In the new edition, whether you are a junk food junkie or a health nut, everything you might like to know is in one reference. How much potassium in those raisins? Are you sure there is fiber in that cantaloupe? How many grams of cholesterol in that cookie? Name the food, name the nutrient; it is in this book. Never goes out of date.
Dialysis patient finds this book very useful January 10, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a kidney dialysis patient and have found this book very useful. It lists key components of foods in the portion sizes that are likely to be used, rather than by the ounce or gram if those aren't the normal portion sizes. The foods are alphabetized by type, including such things as drinks, candy and fast foods by restaurant chain, as well as the staples of everyday existence.
I can keep track of the amount of Phosphorus and Potassium, which are crucial for hemodialysis patients to monitor. Also, it lists many other minerals and vitamins, protein, a breakdown of fats, sugars, total carbs and HDL and LDL as well as total cholesterol, triglycerides, water content and other things that may factor into restricted diets for almost anyone watching almost any food components.
My only reservation is that many of the foods listed do not list the key components for me (Phosphorus and Potassium).
 Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used October 4, 2005
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book has good information, however, is not very useful for vegetarians or people who use frozen meals. There have been several food items that I looked up and could not find. It has more detail than the average person needs.
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