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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.
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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.
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117 of 117 people found the following review helpful
Format: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!!
66 of 67 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
140 of 143 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
At times inaccurate, inconsistent or incomplete
I like the idea of this book. I want to get ballpark figures for calorie intake rather than accurate ones. Read more
Published 5 days ago by E. L. Wisty
Great resource
This book is down to earth and very informative...... easy to use, it doesn't use unattainable suggestions but just solid facts to help you set an intelligent direction for... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Mags
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 3 months ago by London Meerkat
Helpful but portion sizes could have been marked or more clearly...
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 4 months ago by Ruth_Spicer
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 5 months ago by Kell bell
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 13 months ago by judyp
Calorie counting
This is a very helpful book which I use alongside another which has specific branded foods. Very easy to use.
Published 13 months ago by Rowena
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 14 months ago by SER
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 14 months ago by Edwin D. Mason
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 15 months ago by Aphrodite063
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