Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
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Much like the waistlines of America, the aisles of your grocery store are straining under the weight of too much food. There are more than 40,000 products lining the shelves of your local supermarket, and with every product comes a whole new host of inflated label claims: “zero trans fat!” “Cholesterol free!” “Good source of 9 vitamins and minerals!” The problem is these claims are just as bogus as the hyped-up foods they’re trying to sell. That’s where Eat This, Not That! S
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Review by B. Webb for Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
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This is a really useful book that has a lot of really good information in it. I find myself constantly referring to it whenever I’m about to go grocery shopping. It really helps to have a guide like to this to make healthy choices especially when it comes to “convenient” prepackaged foods. Another book I enjoyed is Goodbye, Fatty! Hello, Skinny! How I Lost Weight And Still Ate The Foods I Loved-Without Dieting. I read all sorts of books on calorie counting and weight loss and think anyting that informs or encourages is a benefit.
Review by Julie Neal for Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
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I know, that sounds like a wild claim. And I’m surprised I wrote it.
I own both of the previous Eat This Not That books (Thousands of Simple Food Swaps, For Kids!), so when I noticed this one was about to come out I decided to skip it. What more could it offer than what was already in the other two?
Then, tonight, I went shopping for food with my teenage daughter at Target. We spotted this in the little book section and, at her urging, picked it up and glanced through it.
What a great book! So helpful! So useful! Yes, if it keeps my husband healthy and my daughter enthused about nutrition, it gets my vote as best nonfiction book this year. I read about every day, and no book has struck me as a Must Buy as much as this one.
The reason? Since the book is entirely about food at supermarkets, every item on every page is something readily accessible to you. And since every item is captioned with its relevant nutritional information, it’s like having the “Nutrition Facts” panel of every major item at your grocery store right there in your purse, in a little book that is so well designed and organized it is remarkably easy to use.
By comparison, the earlier titles had less detailed grocery sections, as well as lots of stuff about fast food chains and table-service franchise restaurants, material that is useful only if you frequent those particular places.
In this book, every page has valuable content for anyone who shops at a supermarket — so much, in fact, it’s tough to determine just what to highlight in this review. Every time I flip through the book I come across useful, surprising information. For example, right now I’ll randomly open it a few times and learn why….
1) Fruit Loops are better for you than Apple Cinnamon Cheerios…
2) Regular Cheerios is a better choice than Smart Start…
3) Regular Quick 1 minute Quaker Oats is healthier than Quaker’s Simple Harvest Multigrain hot cereal…
4) Dole pineapple cups are more nutritious than Dole mixed fruit cups…
5) Del Monte pear halves beat Del Monte sliced pears…
I could go on forever.
By the way, not all the pages are side-by-side product comparisons. One spread, titled “The Meat Matrix,” compares the nutritional value of a variety of meats, everything from pork to ostrich. Another, “The Perfect Refrigerator,” displays a perfectly stocked healthy fridge. My daughter was especially interested in a spread titled “The Snack Matrix,” which shows which combination of snack items (fruit, peanut butter, cottage cheese) mix well together for both nutrition and taste. Another section discusses how to store fresh fruit and produce and explains why fresh food is better for you.
Until now, I have never used the phrase “book of the year” in any of my Amazon reviews. But this one, at least for nonfiction, just might live up to that claim.
Review by ang for Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
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I read the yellow and the orange books from the library. Glad I did before I decided to buy them. I have few problems with these books.
-Many of the items on the “eat this” this are still horribly bad for you.
-Some things on the “eat this” list in one book is on the “not that” list in another book.
-Many of the items they compare, I don’t buy to begin with
-When I wrote items down to get at the grocery store I discovered the brand I was already buying was better than what they recommended.
-Some the items they recommend I have tried and they taste horrible. Apparently this is not taken into account.
-Some things are not explained or may not be even be true. Example, they recommended a certain brand of pasta but looking at the nutrition it was no better than any other pasta. Why is it better? Are companies paying these guys?
I give this an ok rating because it does have some good advice to consider and is a good starting place though the book is flawed. I recommend you get the book on loan, not buy it. And just go ahead in the store and compare the labels on the products you buy to others like it. And if you frequent a restaurant get the nutrition menu on the way out so next time you can pick the lesser of the evils that you still like.
Review by A. Collins for Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
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I bought this book after I had gone through the first “Eat This Not That” book. Unlike its predecessor, Mr. Zinczenko goes much more in depth into all different kinds of food, rather than just focusing on what you should eat at different fast food restaurants. It was especially helpful in distinguishing what food labels really mean (whole grain vs. multi-grain, cage-free vs. free range, just for starters.) As well as clever comparisons, such as the nutritional value of different cuts of meat and which fruits and vegetables carry the most pesticides.
Unfortunately, the amount of information is also its downside. Unlike the first book, where there were short lists that are easy to remember (the foods you should eat every day, what to eat when you feel sick/tired/etc.) Mr. Zinczenko creates many different different categories, some of which may not be necessary (sweetened vs. unsweetend cereals, for example). This muddies the message with too much complexity and I often end up ignoring the finer points when actually doing my grocery shopping.
A very interesting, easy to read book. But plan on devoting some time to digest the wealth of information here.
Review by Steven A. Peterson for Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
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The introduction places this delightful work in context (Page vii): “It can be a place of wonder and excitement. . . . But it can also be a place of great danger, where marketing ploys, and outright lies can rob you of your fitness, your health, your vitality. . . . I’m talking, of course, about the American supermarket.”
To summarize: This is a book that helps readers shop smarter. It notes for different classes of food (from candy to snacks to cereals and on and on) the ones that are most and least damaging, in terms of calories, fat, and sodium. A brief one line analysis generally accompanies each set of data on each product.
Examples of this part of the book. For instance, pages 176-177 feature corn chips. The conclusion, if one chooses to get some corn chips, is to purchase and eat products like Snyder’s of Hanover Multigrain (130 calories, 5 grams of fat [0 grams of saturated fat], 110 milligrams of sodium) and not those like Frito’s Original Corn Chips (160 calories, 10 grams of fat [1.5 grams of saturated fat], and 160 mg of sodium). Or take frozen pizzas, if you must. Think in terms of buying Palermo’s Primo Thin Margherita (260 calories, 12 grams of fat [5 grams of which is saturated], and 520 mg of sodium)–not DiGiorno’s Traditional Crust Pepperoni (770 calories, 35 grams of fat [14 grams saturated], and 1430 mg of sodium). Some of the comparisons as those above are quite stunning, and suggest that doing some decision-making at the store can have nutritional consequences.
Some interesting features–Survival guide for supermarket tips (pages 2-9), including a depressing check of stated calories per serving on the package and what the book says are the real calories per serving. the 20 worst packaged foods for a person in the country (e.g., Haagen-Dazs chocolate peanut butter ice cream; the book suggests purchasing Edy’s slow churned peanut butter cup ice cream instead), tips on which produce to purchase for nutritional kick, “making sense of meat,” tips on snacking, and so on.
But, in the final analysis, it is the tips on which are the best and which the worst, in terms of nutrition, products in a variety of food categories. This book provides a nice service along those lines. I had thought that this would not be particularly useful when I ordered it (one look at the wild and wacky cover illustrates one reason for my pessimism), but I am happy to say that my doubts were not realized.