The role of carbohydrates, fiber, and sugar in a healthy diet is fully explained in this handy guide to 15,000 brand-name and generic foods. Readers learn why they should double their fiber intake and how to lose weight and reduce their risk of cancer. Includes portion size and calorie counts.

Healthy eating is easier than ever with 12 essential nutrient values for over 4,500 foods right in your pocket! The Food Counter’s Pocket Companion is your indispensable guide to meeting your nutrition goals. Whether you’re seeking vegetarian and plant-based foods, looking to boost your fiber intake, or limiting saturated fat, salt, or sugar, this book is here to help you make informed choices. Find your favorite fresh, frozen, and prepared foods—including 100s of grocery store brands and 30 popular chain restaurants—under common sense, quick reference categories from A to Z. Plus, you’ll learn how to set your personal targets for calories, fluids, and key nutrients. At home or on the go, whether you need help navigating grocery store aisles or restaurant menus, this handbook takes the work (and tech) out of eating right for you. Make your food choices count with your pocket companion!

Healthy eating is easier than ever with this guide to 12 essential nutrient values for thousands of foods—now with an index and 3 new restaurant chains! For people looking to lose weight, manage health issues like diabetes or high blood pressure, or simply consume a greater variety of nutrients, knowing what’s in each meal and snack is key. But with so many options for what to eat, keeping up with nutritional data can be overwhelming. Enter The Food Counter’s Pocket Companion, which supplies authoritative data on the nutrient content of 4,500 foods, 100s of grocery store brands, and 32 popular chain restaurants from across the US and Canada—all under common-sense, quick-reference categories from A to Z. This new edition incorporates an index, additional restaurant chains (Shake Shack, In-N-Out, and Applebee’s), and up-to-date values for brands and restaurants. There’s also guidance on setting personal targets for calories and fluids as well as tips on getting enough of key nutrients. At home or on the go, whether readers need help navigating grocery store aisles or fast-food menus, this handbook takes the work (and tech) out of eating right.

Count on this book to help you count carbs and live a healthy lifestyle with diabetes The person with diabetes is at the center of their own care. They make the day-to-day decisions about what to eat, when to exercise, and how to use the data they get from blood glucose monitoring devices. In order to be successful, it is critically important to make those decisions based on sound advice from their healthcare team, diabetes experts, and reputable resources. Carbs and glucose levels go hand in hand when managing all forms of diabetes. Diabetes & Carb Counting For Dummies teaches you all about carbs and overall healthy nutrition so that you can make informed decisions about what to eat and how much. Get up-to-date guidance to improve your health and live the life you want. This updated edition covers the latest dietary guidelines and standards, so you'll be on track with the best that science has to offer in diabetes management. You'll also get tips on exercise, interpreting blood glucose and A1C results, and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology. Living your best carb-counting life starts with this Dummies guide. Demystify the connection between carbs, blood glucose levels, insulin, and exercise Find easy-to-follow instructions on how to read labels, portion your plate, and count carbs while still enjoying your favorite foods and traditions Exercise safely while learning how to prevent and treat hypoglycemia Get the latest information on fiber, sweeteners, gluten, and alcohol Explore sample meal plans in carb controlled ranges Learn about new technologies, research findings, and resources to help you manage diabetes more effectively Discover dietary strategies, lifestyle adjustments, and tips for controlling carb consumption without limiting your enjoyment of life Whether newly diagnosed or someone who has been living with diabetes for many years, this book is an essential guide for people with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or gestational diabetes, as well as their loved ones. This is an accessible resource to help empower you with the tools you need to count carbs and plan meals that support diabetes management, weight control, and heart health.

In this latest addition to the successful Natow/Heslin Counter series, the authors offer their trusted advice for getting--and staying--heart healthy. With a sound, workable blueprint for longevity and success, this book provides individualized guidelines for handling personal risk, listings for restaurant chains and takeout food, and food counts for calorie, sodium, fat, and cholesterol.

The completely revised Complete Guide to Carb Counting, 3rd edition, by the American Diabetes Association, provides you with the knowledge and the tools to put carbohydrate counting into practice. Rewritten and reorganized to introduce and explain carb counting concepts as you'll need them in your diabetes care plan, you'll learn why carb counting helps you manage your blood sugar, the amount of carb to eat, how to count the carbohydrates in meals, and how to count carbs using food labels, restaurant menus, and your eyes, too. This is THE meal planning system every carb-counting person with diabetes needs to manage their blood glucose.

THE NUMBER OF NET CARBOHYDRATES YOU EAT IS THE ONLY NUMBER THAT COUNTS! Anyone who follows a low-carb regime knows how confusing counting net carbs can be. Dieters are supposed to take the number of carbohydrates listed on nutritional labels and subtract the product's fiber and sugar content in order to get a net carbohydrate value. But who has the time and patience? Now, for the first time, dieters have access to a book that does all of the work for them. In this one-of-a-kind nutrition counter, nutrition expert Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, Ph.D., has compiled helpful information on net carbohydrates as well as an extensive net carb counter section covering all of the major food groups and brand names. So stop doing math at the supermarket. This is the only reference you need to take control of the carbs in your life!

Two noted nutritionists help readers sort through the carbs that are best for them in this revised guide. Contains more than 15,000 listings of brand-name foods, generic foods, and restaurant selections with information on carb and sugar content, and portion size. Reissue.

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A #1 AMAZON HOT NEW RELEASE Finally, an in-depth look at the things you can do—and the things you should avoid—to delay, slow down, or possibly prevent Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders of the aging brain Billions of dollars and decades of Alzheimer’s research targeting the hallmark plaques and tangles in the brain have failed to produce a meaningful treatment for people with the disease. Drawing from the extensive research into ketogenic dietary intervention that dramatically improved her husband’s early onset Alzheimer’s disease, Mary T. Newport offers new and practical approaches to taking control of the lifestyle risk factors in our everyday lives that threaten healthy brain aging. Clearly Keto for Healthy Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention provides the rationale and a detailed plan for adopting a whole food ketogenic Mediterranean-style diet to overcome insulin resistance and provide ketones as an alternative fuel to the brain.