The Men's Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition: Your Completely Delicious Guide to Eating Well, Looking Great, and Staying Lean for Life!

Seriously I can't get enough of this book. I bought it on a whim as a reference for my new foray into healthful eating. I kept looking up food nutritional facts and liked the idea of them all being in one easy-to-find place. This book is so much more than that. It starts off with a huge section of frequently asked questions. You can literally read through these, learning fact after fact after fact. It covers all ranges of topics from food choices, water consumption, healthful benefits in food, etc. This book also includes tons of information about food labels, starting a diet, etc. The bulk of this book is a list of the Healthiest Foods. Each one has a big colorful picture and their nutritional facts. Tons of food is listed, including fruits and vegetables, breads and grains, spices and herbs, and meats and cheeses. The back is full of recipes - a large amount of them look delicious and I can't wait to start trying them. My chief worry was that it would be predominately geared toward men. This wasn't a problem. Only a handful of times did I even notice something geared toward men, usually in the questions section in the beginning. It was never an issue. I am definitely more interested in the Men's Health/Women's Health books and will look into the others.

Good info and easy to understand

Great book with a lot of helpful info. But as the other reviewer noted there is no specific nutrition plan, although there are some general nutrition recommendations, which are easy to follow. I started to follow some of them and joined the gym (I used Big book of exercises to create workout plan) and as far as I can tell it works. Not feeling deprived I lost 8-10 pounds in a month although I did not have much of extra weigh (Before that I had been doing some exercises at home and had eaten what I thought right but apparently I had been overlooking several things.) The only drawback for me is that recipes section could contain more of less sophisticated recipes for the a guy like me who does not really have much of cooking experience.

Nice quality book!

Yes this book will take you back to the basics but it is a great read. It has a vast list of all foods organized by category and includes their nutritional information. The beginning of the book has alot of Q & A that you may or may not already know but still good to refresh yourself for when you go shopping for food, and the end of the book has some great recipes that are sophisicated but easy to prepare. I would recommend this book as a must have for any Food or Fitness library.

This book is great and a must have for any one interested in Men's health. It is super easy to understand, has wonderful pictures and great, easy recipes too. It is extremely informative explaining what kinds of foods to eat, when and why. It really breaks it all down in such a simple, applicable, and non-boring way that you really want to read the whole book. You can skip around in the book as well which makes it even more useful. Definitely buy this for yourself or as a gift! Whether you are new to learning about proper food choices or you are a pro you won't be disappointed!

This book is a great resource for the benefits and nutritional value of different foods. Be warned... this book does not contain recipes for how to use all the great foods it talks about.

I was surprised how much I liked this book. Very easy to read, and although general advise, made me realize how poorly I was eating. I have a new shopping list, and now make simple meals from the foods suggested. This is not a diet book, but a nutrition book.

No nonsense Gives you calorific value of all the known foods available today .... discusses nutrition and helps build a routine for starters ... Im sure this is not like expert level stuff but it did help me understand food much better and best of all introduced foods I never ate and might wouldn't have eaten ever ... by sheer understanding of ingredients of a food item .... how you change your entire thinking around food ... amazing ...

Good book

Das Buch war ein Geschenk für einen Freund (überzeugter Fleischfresser) und er hat berichtet dass die vegetarischen Gerichte sehr lecker sind und er grundsätzlich überrascht ist dass man sich so lecker undgesund ernähren kann.

Great book and love the extras .... Should be called "The big Book for dummies of food"

I like the clear picture and recipe