Book-It 'o13! Book #13
The Fifty Books Challenge, year four! (Years one, two, three, and four just in case you're curious.) This was a secondhand find.
Title: Eat This Not That! 2010: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution by Davud Zinczenko and Matt Goulding
Details: Copyright 2009, Rodale Books
Synopsis (By Way of Back Cover): "Eat All Your Favorite Foods-- And Watch the Pounds Disappear!
Strip away 10, 20, 30 pounds or more-- and take back control of your body, your health, your life! Eat This, Not That! 2010 is your up-to-date, authoritative guide to all your favorite restaurants and supermarket foods. You'll be shocked to discover how you can save hundreds- even thousands!- of calories in each and every meal, just by making a few simple food swaps.
Did you know:
* A Stouffer's White Meat Chicken Pot Pie has as much saturated fat as 6 scooops of ice cream? (Choose our alternative and save more than 900 calories!)
* Choosing Prime Rib over Baby Back Ribs at Outback will save you more than 2,000 calories?
* You can save nearly 500 calories and more than 20 grams of fat just by ordering your banana split at Dairy Queen instead of Baskin-Robbins?
Learn what "healthy" breakfast cereal could be raising your risk of obesity-- and how a simple swap could slash both your weight and your health care bills! Discover how you can save your children from diabetes simply by trading one delicious fast-food dessert for another (lash more than 35 teaspoons of sugar from one meal!). And cut the daily calories by a third-- just by shopping smartly at the mall!
With Eat This, Not That! 2010, you'll never diet, never go hungry-- and never worry about your weight again!"
Why I Wanted to Read It: Normally this is the type of fat-shaming/"diet" book I can't ignore fast enough. However, as was shown to me, the book goes beyond "weight loss" to genuine health such as cholesterol, carbohydrates, sugar intake, what have you. More interestingly to me was the fact it compared seemingly identical to very similar things (as the cover suggests, an offering from Uno Chicago Grill to an offering from Pizza Hut) with very different results (2,310 calories to 610, respectively). That was interesting enough for me to take a look.
How I Liked It: The book has a generally realistic approach for what it's advertised as being (a "diet" book by one of the editors-in-chief of Men's Health). It covers just about every franchise of fast food (including among them, sit-down restaurants), snack foods, candy, and other verboten areas from which "diet" gurus generally abstain entirely. This interested me, as it seemed to suggest looking for genuinely healthier solutions, but not making your entire life about it (and not deeming anything a "bad food").
The book covers, as I mentioned, everything from seemingly every prepared food franchise to every packaged food category. What I particularly enjoyed is the fact that despite the book's marketing, it is genuinely interested in health, not just weight loss. Certain "Eat This!" examples actually have more calories than their "Not That!" counterparts, but offer significant lower sodium or sugar, or a significantly higher amount of protein. One can't help but be reminded of the First Lady's healthy eating/living initiative (this book franchise apparently also has a book for children), as it's about good health, not just weight loss.
What's more, the book offers some foods to eat (and of course, NOT eat) for when you're feeling stressed, depressed, sick, and/or are in need of a boost (garlic is apparently great for depression, as is salmon-- and fried eggs and/or red wine kill stress).
So while the copy and the cover may dissuade one from taking the book seriously, it's full of genuinely good nutrition tips and Consumer Reportsstyle brand take-downs.
Notable: Apparently, a new book is issued each year. I read the 2007, the 2008, and this comes from the 2010 edition. There are small changes in each, largely to coincide with the changing menus and healthier offerings. While it'd probably behoove a reader to select the newest edition, even an older one contains plenty of useful information.
Title: Eat This Not That! 2010: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution by Davud Zinczenko and Matt Goulding
Details: Copyright 2009, Rodale Books
Synopsis (By Way of Back Cover): "Eat All Your Favorite Foods-- And Watch the Pounds Disappear!
Strip away 10, 20, 30 pounds or more-- and take back control of your body, your health, your life! Eat This, Not That! 2010 is your up-to-date, authoritative guide to all your favorite restaurants and supermarket foods. You'll be shocked to discover how you can save hundreds- even thousands!- of calories in each and every meal, just by making a few simple food swaps.
Did you know:
* A Stouffer's White Meat Chicken Pot Pie has as much saturated fat as 6 scooops of ice cream? (Choose our alternative and save more than 900 calories!)
* Choosing Prime Rib over Baby Back Ribs at Outback will save you more than 2,000 calories?
* You can save nearly 500 calories and more than 20 grams of fat just by ordering your banana split at Dairy Queen instead of Baskin-Robbins?
Learn what "healthy" breakfast cereal could be raising your risk of obesity-- and how a simple swap could slash both your weight and your health care bills! Discover how you can save your children from diabetes simply by trading one delicious fast-food dessert for another (lash more than 35 teaspoons of sugar from one meal!). And cut the daily calories by a third-- just by shopping smartly at the mall!
With Eat This, Not That! 2010, you'll never diet, never go hungry-- and never worry about your weight again!"
Why I Wanted to Read It: Normally this is the type of fat-shaming/"diet" book I can't ignore fast enough. However, as was shown to me, the book goes beyond "weight loss" to genuine health such as cholesterol, carbohydrates, sugar intake, what have you. More interestingly to me was the fact it compared seemingly identical to very similar things (as the cover suggests, an offering from Uno Chicago Grill to an offering from Pizza Hut) with very different results (2,310 calories to 610, respectively). That was interesting enough for me to take a look.
How I Liked It: The book has a generally realistic approach for what it's advertised as being (a "diet" book by one of the editors-in-chief of Men's Health). It covers just about every franchise of fast food (including among them, sit-down restaurants), snack foods, candy, and other verboten areas from which "diet" gurus generally abstain entirely. This interested me, as it seemed to suggest looking for genuinely healthier solutions, but not making your entire life about it (and not deeming anything a "bad food").
The book covers, as I mentioned, everything from seemingly every prepared food franchise to every packaged food category. What I particularly enjoyed is the fact that despite the book's marketing, it is genuinely interested in health, not just weight loss. Certain "Eat This!" examples actually have more calories than their "Not That!" counterparts, but offer significant lower sodium or sugar, or a significantly higher amount of protein. One can't help but be reminded of the First Lady's healthy eating/living initiative (this book franchise apparently also has a book for children), as it's about good health, not just weight loss.
What's more, the book offers some foods to eat (and of course, NOT eat) for when you're feeling stressed, depressed, sick, and/or are in need of a boost (garlic is apparently great for depression, as is salmon-- and fried eggs and/or red wine kill stress).
So while the copy and the cover may dissuade one from taking the book seriously, it's full of genuinely good nutrition tips and Consumer Reportsstyle brand take-downs.
Notable: Apparently, a new book is issued each year. I read the 2007, the 2008, and this comes from the 2010 edition. There are small changes in each, largely to coincide with the changing menus and healthier offerings. While it'd probably behoove a reader to select the newest edition, even an older one contains plenty of useful information.