Can you suggest a good book on diet and nutrition??

I've been on a diet and Calorie Counting for just 3 weeks -so I am still trying to gain an understanding of eating a healthy, balanced diet...

can anybody suggest any good books??

I've just been on Amazon and search "Diet & Nutrition" and got 28,923 matches!!!  -can anybody make any recommendations ??

I don't want books on "fad dieting" rather on how to eat a healthy, balanced diet and lose weight.... a cookbook might be good too?

My own personal recommendation would be a book by a lady named 'Judith Wills' and it's called 'The Food Bible".  Have a look on Amazon and see what you think, but it is the best book I can think of for fad-free, food education, with soundproof, healthful tips on weight loss.

Hope this helps.

J

Honestly, I'd check out the local library before spending money on a book I may or may not like.  I guess I'm a cheapskate, but I've found some good books by checking out a dozen similar ones and browsing through them at home.  Books for diabetics are often very sensible, educating, healthy books.

Check out the EatingWell Diet it's written by Dr. Jean Harvey- Berino with Joyce Hendley and the editors of EatingWell....It's an awesome book, has great recipies and gives you a good idea of what a healthy, balanced diet and lifestyle is like...but allowing you to do it in your own way and time....it focuses on wieght loss a lot like the Calorie Count plan it just goes more into depth about your actual diet and fitness... it's a very smart book and i found it to be exactly what i needed because i also wanted a healthy, balanced diet and lose weight...hope this helps a little i know there are a ton of books out there!

Well, depending on how much exercise you're going to be doing (a lot for this recommendation), the best book I've read in years on this stuff is the Grappler's Guide to Sports Nutrition.  Personally, I cant lose weight by dieting alone, I have to exercise.  A few years ago when I was really active in martial arts and dance, I was still a few pounds overweight despite healthy, low cal dieting.  Well, I read this book, followed its advice and dropped 10lbs.  And the best part was that I got to eat more calories, and to be honest, was relatively stuffed feeling (full) all the time.  My kinda diet!

The Eat Clean Diet by Tosca Reno

it's the most logical, motivational and beneficial diet/lifestyle you could ever follow... eat real food, cut out the processed stuff. Simple as that. Eat 5-6 times a day. and OVER 1600calories... all other diets seem to limit you to tiny numbers, and allow 'diet' foods which as terrible for your body.

eat how nature intended, it's how it should be

this book has basically saved my life, and I advocate it to the EXTREME haha

"Eat This Not That"

Get the Supermarket Survival Guide and the Restaurant Survival Guide.  They are fantastic and very useful for day to day living and grocery shopping.  Very easy to read and lots of pictures and reference guides. 

Seconded for The Eat Clean Diet.

Magic Foods by Robert A Barnett taught me a lot about the importance of the gylcemic index & why particular foods are beneficial to your health.

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser completely changed the way I viewed junk food and turned me off fast food for good.

I'm cheap, so i normally just use the internet for bookish stuff.

Def check out the library as well!

One book I personally LOVE is Skinny Bitch.  However, if you have no intention on giving up meat and/or dairy, don't waste your money on it. I'm vegan, but I don't push my beliefs on others :)

Eat this not that is also a great book! I've flipped through it before. 

nancy clark sports nutrition

The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan are both good.  Anything by Joe Schwarcz is a good read too.  His earlier books were on science in general (with food sections); more recently, he's focussed on food (e.g. An Apple a Day, Let Them Eat Flax).  They're not diet books in the sense of laying out specifically what to eat and not to eat, but they give you enough info. to decide that for yourself.

I am currently reading The Omnivore's Dilemma. It is an outstanding read and yes, you will definitely make better food choices after reading that. Will also get the rest Pollan has done.

I like the first book by Dr. Howard Shapiro - Picture Perfect Weight Loss. His follow up books are not as good, but the first one is a gem. Photos of food comparisons ie: on the left will be two pieces of cheese pizza at 900 calories. On the right is one piece of cheese pizza, 1 1/2 C minestrone soup, and a salad made with artichoke hearts and tomatoes at 600 calories. Eat more with fewer calories. He would love for everyone to be a pescatarian, but if you are not into that he still puts a lot of tremendous information in the book - again the first book, not the rest although his cook book is good.

If you do not have a convenient library to check books out for free before buying, there are a lot of great used book websites like abebooks.com which will offer books for just a couple dollars!

Thanks everyone for your recommendations!- I have written them all down and will investigate them...

Thanks also for reminding me about the local library- I'm not a member, I shall join and see what they have available.  It has also given me another good idea- there is an awful lot of Charity Shops where I live- I shall check them out too- see if I can pick up a bargain.

I've read the American Dietitic Association's Complete Guide to Diet and Nutrition, and it's really good.  It's actual scientific information so that you can learn about what your body needs and what foods/calories/macronutrients/vitamins/etc do to your body.  I found it easier to make my own plan that worked for me (fad free) with straight forward, non-biased information like this.

Warning, it's basically a textbook.  Plus you can likely find similar, textbooky, sources from your library.

I loved Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Drink-Be-Healthy-Ha rvard/dp/0743266420/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s= books&qid=1243636674&sr=8-1).  It changed it me.  I've included the link to Amazon.

For a little light reading, ask your library to get you a copy of 'French Women Don't Get Fat' by Mireille Guiliano.  Once you've read up on the dry bones of nutrition & calories it would be a good way to reset the balance and rediscover the joy of eating sensibly, moderately, healthily but at the same time for pleasure.

I also loved 'French Women Don't Get Fat' !!!!  It gives you a whole new outlook on eating.  It is probably not the diet and nutrition you are looking for,  but really worth a read.

There was a blog a few weeks ago about diet books.  Here is the link to check it out:

http://caloriecount.about.com/my-favorite-die t-books-b277210