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Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution |  | Authors: David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
Publisher: Rodale Books
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 6.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1605298387
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9781605298382
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Publication Date: December 30, 2008
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With tens of thousands of products crammed into the walls of the neighborhood supermarket, trying to find a reliable snack, pantry product, or frozen dinner can be a serious challenge for the time-strained consumer. The Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide changes all of that, offering discerning shoppers everywhere a simple plan for finding the healthiest foods for them and their families. Beyond homing in on the best and worst in the world of packaged foods, the Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide scours the aisles to help you pick the most nutrient-packed produce, the leanest, tastiest cuts of meat, exotic cheeses that double as healthy snacks, and the best contaminant-free fish the ocean has to offer.
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Features of the Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: - the 20 Worst Foods in the Supermarket - the Ultimate Supermarket Label Decoder - 17 Secrets the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know - Shop Once, Eat for a Week - How to Stock the Perfect Pantry Investigative, comprehensive, and compelling, this guide helps consumers navigate their shopping carts through the thousands of nutritional pitfalls in every grocery store to help you lose weight, save cash, and bring home the tastiest, healthiest choices every time.
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 USELESS FOR LOW CARBING DIETERS & DIABETICS - NO CARB COUNTS!! November 14, 2009
Mamzelle (MID MANHATTAN, NYC)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Where is the DIABETIC and LOW CARBOHYDRATE versions of these books for even those who just want to keep their weight down to normal. There are NO `'carb'' counts in this book whatsoever, NOT EVEN ONE!! Please continue to read all of below to understand WHY this is so important to have included, and for EVERYONE....
I was extremely disappointed and downright SHOCKED because I'm a Diabetic able to have been staying OFF of medications for many YEARS, and controlling with low carb foods instead and successfully, and was looking forward to having the CARB counts available in such an information saturated book finally....
I never even dreamed that carb counts would be eliminated at all, much less so completely in ANY nutritional food book, therefore I mistakenly didn't make SURE first that they were included and am SO angry, because otherwise I'm in LOVE with this book and the presentations, and wanted to buy ALL of them, till finding out that it's worthless to we who are carb conscious and concerned about high glucose [which EVERYONE should be], about healthy eating and also about losing or maintaining proper weight, all in addition TO proper glucose levels. It's only Calories, Sugar count [in only some products] and FATS.......
America has gotten OBESE on low fat diets through the decades, which has been ADMITTED by the experts, Doctors, etc. and still they're pushing LOW FAT consciousness instead of Low Carbohydrates and ignoring those completely? With low carbing there is NO raise in cholesterol even WITH fats, which nobody realizes without really investigating this philosophy of eating and I'm living proof of it in all my medical records throughout this past decade.....
I was going to get the Restaurant Guide first but then decided on the Supermarket Guide as a first tester instead, figuring it would cover all products and the most important book of all and it is truly wonderful for those with NO weight or glucose concerns, but how many of us are totally NORMAL. Weight gain AND Diabetes are the two fastest growing disorders even in CHILDREN now. Parents also NEED carb counts FOR their kids to set them on the right track early, to avoid these issues later in life and especially the elderly too as WELL as middle agers ....
I have no disappointments with the book except it is SO incomplete without Carb Counts, and useless for me because that is my number ONE concern, and should be everyone's....... Sugar I never eat anyway and try to stay AWAY from products with sugar in them [which everyone should], but low carbs are JUST as important, in fact even MORESO because all carbs TURN to sugar in the system AFTER ingested and digested....
I also purchased `'Hungry Girl 200" etc., and no carb counts there either. What is this world coming to......they're going backwards after all we've learned about nutrition and the importance of limited carbohydrates in our diets and only eating the good one's, salads, NON-starchy vegetables, etc, which ALSO means lower sugar in the metabolizing process if lowest carbs.....
I'm disgusted that this seems to be the trend now, with these most popular books. That is a gigantic FLAW which renders these books absolutely WORTHLESS to people like us, which is most of us, actally ALL of us in the world, if not Diabetic, then trying not to BECOME Diabetic or overweight, so please be forewarned...
I am going to write to them and request a low carb along with low sugar edition or at least ADDED to the counts in future books. Please HELP, because I'm only one person, and though I don't usually write `letters to companies, the books are THAT good to not overlook this and to see what we NEED added to them.
These books were a great idea, they just FORGOT to include the most important thing. If people ARE nutrition conscious, which is their target, then how COULD they eliminate carb counts, of COURSE nutrition conscious people include LOW CARBS in their eating philosophy and regimens. Carbs, Calories, ,Sugar, Fat, and SODIUM are the 5 MOST important things to list, I don't think salt is there either, but I wasn't focusing on that YET because of being too devastated that the carbs aren't there, so I didn't care about the rest anymore....
This book is aimed at the OLD way of thinking from the 50's and before that all we need to care about is calorie. Sugar and fat content....... It's from the dark ages. They have to totally RE-THINK, and RE-EVALUATE what they're doing or put an isolated book out FOR diabetics and other low carbers, since it's too late to add to THESE already published which are a waste for the truly INFORMED nutrition conscious. SHAME on them. I am heartbroken by this and don't want to see anyone else receive these series of books and go through the same shock.... not from even one of the books, as I did.
 must have November 11, 2009
top secret agent
These books are great. They offer so much more then just the recommendations. It has 82 pages packed with important shopping info. before you even get to the actual recommendations. Also, a food additive glossary! Very well done.
Eating better November 11, 2009
Linda K. Holman (Jenks,Ok)
The book is well written and very easy to read......Linda Holman I bought 3 for my relatives to have a copy of their own
A Must Have for Grocery Shopping October 28, 2009
Gayle L. Boc (Honolulu, HI)
So many things to consider to live a healthy lifestyle and now I know how the food companies are trying to stop us from knowing what is going on with their labels. Very enlightening!!
My new shopping reference October 28, 2009
J. Mays (san jose, california USA)
I love this book. I've read other reviews and criticisms about this book, and while I can understand the viewpoints of the negative reviews, I still love this book. It is hands down the best "food" advice book I've read for my lifestyle and habits and will become a primary reference book for me in months to come.
This is not really designed for people who are already good about "shopping the perimeter", though those folks also may find useful information. It's primarily for people who are confused by food labels, can be lured by the tricky marketing phrasing that the FDA allows, or who need things broken down into layman's language. There are sections on fruits and vegetables and meat, what each are useful for, which are recommended seeking organics for, how best to store them so they stay fresher longer. There is a section about spices, and one about wise choices for salad bars. The bulk of the book, though, is comprised of side by side comparisons of specific food brands/flavors by category. For example, on the ice cream page there may be 5-6 specific types in the Eat This section, and another 5-6 on the Not That page.
The book is very specific in these comparisons...for example, you wouldn't see a "buy Dreyer's instead of Haagen Daaz" type of statement. Instead, you'd see something like "Dreyer's Slow Churn vanilla is better than Haagen Daaz French Vanilla and here are the stats on the label to demonstrate why"...many of the criticisms disliked this formula because it was SO specific. For me, however, it served as more of a reinforcement of the label-reading information shared earlier in the book; by seeing examples of WHY one particular item is better than another, I feel better armed to read other food labels with more confidence.
What I really liked about this book, aside from the general information I was gleaning, is that it doesn't shy away from the way most real people in America eat. Most diet and diet-like books preach the same sorts of things: candy is bad, sugar is bad, stay away from these things. This book says "Look...chocolate bars are bad. We know they are bad. But there are days when we're going to eat them anyway, so when those days come, you'd be smarter to pick a candybar from THIS column instead of THAT column." Just like with involving kids in decision-making that gives them a choice and therefore a "buy-in" to the process, being told that I have an actual choice that may be better for me rather than having to deny deny deny has already changed my perspective on things.
So...bottom line for me: this book may not be for everyone. Some may see it as too simplistic, some not generic enough. For me, it's been a blessing and has made me highly optimistic, even excited, about future grocery shopping endeavors. I have the restaraunt version of this book too, and I can't wait to dive into it and discover its gems.
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