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The Hugely Better Calorie Counter (Essential Series) [Paperback]

Carolyn Humphries (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: W Foulsham & Co Ltd (11 Mar 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0572027540
ISBN-13: 978-0572027544
Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 257,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Calorie counters are bought to help control eating and get on top of weight problems. But today we understand that the problems more often start in the supermarket trolley. So this book makes it really easy to choose all the right products. The next most important point is that food packaging offers you cals per 100 grams in an effort to hide the real impact from you. This book tells it like it is, portion by portion, glass by glass. Just using it to buy a healthier calorie content in the food you buy in the supermarket, will help keep you in better trim and shape. Like all of the best ideas, it's very simple really - practical. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Carolyn started her career at the top working as Head Chef for a restaurant but eventually switched to journalism where, in 1977, she was able to combine her love of food with her flair for words when she became Deputy Cookery Editor for Woman magazine. Over the years she has freelanced for numerous women's, parenting, education, food and lifestyle magazines as well as for PR companies specialising in food, nutrition and health. She has written over 40 books and has taught both cookery and journalism at further education level. She has written many books for Foulsham and sold over 92,000 books in 2006 alone. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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112 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best calorie counting book I've come across!!, 23 Jan 2003

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This review is from: The Hugely Better Calorie Counter (Essential Series) (Paperback)

After an extensive search to find a book which calculates calories according to portion sizes, I finally discovered this one, and use it religiously every day when calculating my calorie intake. It is extremely comprehensive and includes brand names along with the calorific value of everyday foods.

Would recommend this book to anyone who wants a calorie counting book that takes the guess work out of calculating your daily intake!!

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136 of 139 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book which gives calories in portion sizes, 14 April 2003

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I haven't looked at many calorie counter books, but this one's perfect because:

a) It's portion sized, eg a "a small knob of butter", rather than 10g of butter (I have NO idea what 10g of butter looks like, but I DO know that I put a "knob" on my toast!)
b) If you care, Carolyn also explains her portions at the front of the book, eg small knob of butter = 2 teaspoons.
c) She doesn't fill the book with stuff you can read on the back of the relevant food packet, nor fill the book with brand comparisons, eg XYZ digestive biscuits vs ABC digestive biscuits.
d) She includes relatively obscure/exotic foods eg pigeon, avgolemono soup and eel pie mash (no winkles, though, alas!)
e) She includes restaurant/home-made foods which would be calorifically difficult to guess, eg onion pakora and pineapple- upside-down pudding.
f) And finally, Carolyn linguistically addresses both the UK and USA markets. (How wonderful it is to discover a book which doesn't assume that we all eat cookies rather than biscuits!)

Hence, a top rating from me.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Hugely Better Calaorie Counter (Essentials), 11 Mar 2003

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Having been recently diagnosed as a Diabetic I was searching for information on calories, specifically individual ingredients and the average per portion of a restaurant meal. Whilst this does not cover absolutely everything I wanted, there is certainly enough information contained in this book for me to make informed decisions. The book is very clearly laid out in an A - Z format and focuses predominently on the calorific content of individual foods such as an apple as well as the average calorie count of a prawn curry. I do recommend this book to anyone who is in a similar situation.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Easy!
The book arrived in about 3 days.Lovely little book, so easy to carry around.It's got all the carbs,fats and stuff. Read more

Published 1 day ago by London Meerkat

3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful but portion sizes could have been marked or more clearly marked
Having in the last several months gone on a diet I wanted a calorie book as was taking cooking back to basics so not using pre packed food which has calories on it! Read more

Published 21 days ago by Ruth_Spicer

3.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says it does!
All food items layed out with calories. only problem is the serving ratio changes for all different food and a lot of "per serving" calories? Whats a serving? Doesn't explain.

Published 1 month ago by Kell bell

4.0 out of 5 stars calorie counter
good / useful book - easy to use and fits in average handbag well !! much more concise than 'bible' previously purchased and so far have always found near enough product. Read more

Published 9 months ago by judyp

5.0 out of 5 stars Calorie counting
This is a very helpful book which I use alongside another which has specific branded foods. Very easy to use.

Published 9 months ago by Rowena

5.0 out of 5 stars Little gem
This is a great little book, fits into your bag to carry around and tells you everything you need to know, makes you think twice about what you are about to eat. Read more

Published 10 months ago by SER

1.0 out of 5 stars Jennie is right - this book isn't good enough
This book is pretty poor in terms of useability. If you are counting calories seriously then you need to know how many calories are in each part of your meal so you don't exceed... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Edwin D. Mason

5.0 out of 5 stars Really useful little book
This is a really good book. It doesn't list all the branded products that already have calorie values on their packaging. Easy to use. Would recommend.

Published 12 months ago by Aphrodite063

5.0 out of 5 stars very handy little book with loads of information
This book provides lots of information and its size it handy to take it along with you .
I have found it very usefull.

Published 13 months ago by suzanne

4.0 out of 5 stars Saves time
Saves time when calorie counting but would have preferred the portion weight on the page. It does tell you what the portion weights are at the front of the book but as my memory's... Read more

Published 14 months ago by Freyasday

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