Understanding Nutrition

I had to have this book for my college course of Nutrition. But the book was so expensive that i did not want to buy it and I only bought online access code first. However after working through the middle of the semester I decided to buy the whole book for my own personal reference because it has an amazing amount of information. And it is very thick, hard cover, ton of objective information, really worth the money.

I'm very interested in dietetics and nutrition on a deeper level so I had to have this book. I purchased a new one and it arrived in perfect condition, just as described. This book is not cheap but it's worth every penny! I find this textbook to be a detailed and informative book overall. It is a great reference book also.

I’m not going to review the book itself because i ordered the book for school, not my leisure. The book came with all its pages and they are still very neat even though it was used. For the price I’m very greatful being a college student books are REALLY expensive. At my school it was 125 and on Amazon 25. I took pics of before and after i put the pages in the binder. Very neat very clean no writing in the book no missing pages . Of course with the price it never came with the online part.

I had to buy this for school, but I actually love this book!!! First, I bought the looseleaf version, which is kind of a pain in the butt because the pages tend to get stretched at the binder holes. I added a few of those sticker page reinforcements and it's fine. I hesitated deducting a star for that, but it is my one and only complaint about it. The content is fantastic and well organized. There's charts out the wazoo and a glossary and tons of diagrams and tables and whatnot. The information is unbiased and simply scientific and pretty easy to understand. The "Study It" inserts for each chapter are pretty neat and helpful. Even if i wasn't being tested on the material, I fell I would have come away with a fantastic understanding of nutrition.

This book came earlier than expected, and it’s in excellent condition! However it was the wrong EDITION for my class!

I'm renting the hardcover with the online access; code worked, book is in perfect condition. My teacher hated to make us get a book that's so expensive, but she says the content is awesome. So far, it's been a very well-written guide; it explains all the concepts it introduces adequately for a basic nutrition class.

From the moment I opened the book I felt like I was being treated as a fat person who needed to lose weight. I thought the information in the book contradicted itself at times. Fat is terrible, don't eat fat, well...you do need some, but not too much. It will make you fat, well...an excess of calories is really what makes you fat, but really you should just drink low fat milk and cut way down on fat. Only 30% of the world population can properly digest lactose as adults but you still should eat dairy (preferably low fat). Why not just tell us that people may be able to tolerate some lactose and here are the foods you can eat to get the same nutrients as dairy products? If we couldn't survive without milk vegans would have died out a long time ago. I didn't come across a chapter that didn't mention low fat milk, granted I only read the first 12 chapters. I want to learning about the effects of nutrients on the human body I don't want to know what to do to decrease my weight, if I'm educated I'll be able to figure that part out on my own. I'm giving it three stars because I liked the layout and I appreciated that the terms were defined in the margins. Overall the book was more of a self help book with a little information on the physiology behind nutrition. So whatever you do drink low fat milk and avoid alcohol.

This book has changed my life. I highly recommend that you buy this book because it will change your perspective on the food you eat. I changed my diet after reading the first 8 chapters. Trust it's that good.

The best book on nutrition I ever held in my hands! A pleasant reading as well. Never boring.

Excellent publication. Absolutely necessary for nutritionists including leading chefs who provide the good eating to stay healthy and wise

Expensive but Brilliant book and easy to understand. Covers everything I could think of!

Perfect condition.

I purchased this book for a course I am taking. Please be aware if you purchase this loose leaf addition that each page is 3 hole punched for an American style binder. I have not been able to find a suitable binder at normal high street stationery shops here in the UK. 900+ loose leaf pages!