Posted by IsoM on November 4, 2002, at 1:59:58
In reply to IsoM, question for you, posted by johnj on November 3, 2002, at 20:16:23
John, I'm sorry, it wasn't me. I've never relied on any one book for my nutritional info & have none to recommend either. I'm sure many others could suggest something.
Too often, I've found that any book written telling us what works & what doesn't can be a little slanted. What's the point in someone writing a book about nutrition when there's already hundreds out there if it's not to make money on it?
There's nothing overly complicated in eating good. Familiarity of what sort of nutrients are found in different foods is all that's needed. Then you can just look over what sort of foods (that you enjoy - I avoid parnips like the plague) that offer a nice balance of these nutrients. Think of a list of vitamins A to E, proteins, complex carbos, fatty acids & minerals.
That probably makes it sound complicated already but if you eat a variety of good foods (that means things like legumes, nuts, grains, vegetables, fruit, dairy, eggs, & meat (unless you're vegetarian)) you'll get most of what you need.
But I add supplements too as I have a high B complex requirement & there's few foods with enough vitamin E, vitamin D, etc; & with stress & pollution, we can use extra help. Like I said, no book recommendation, but if you'd like to, email me at isomorphix at hotmail dot com for more info.
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