The Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children - From Birth through Adolescence

By page 7, I was diving into my cupboards and discarding all the foods with hydrogenated oil. I devoured this book, and found this to be the easiest book on nutrition that I have ever read. Cut into bite-size sections, this book was a delight to read. I was able to make consise, informed decisions without feeling pressured into one lifestyle over another. I purschased this book for my Mother-In-Law, who is as far apart from me on the eating spectrum as possible, but who will still be able to glean wonderful and relevant information from this book.My favorite section was the top twelve food list, honorable mention food list, and top-ten foods for each vitmin, mineral, and food classification. By implementing these foods into my family's lifestyle, I have increased the diversity of our meals, while feeling confident that my family of six is getting all the nutritional requirements that they need. I used the food circle as a guide to create a weekly nutrition plan for my family, and using that, I prepare weekly meal plans using the tops foods for each category. This also helps when it is time to do the shopping, as I only need to get the items on the mealplan, minus what I already have in the pantry. It sure helps for me in the kitchen! As a Mom who doesn't relish her time spent in the kitchen, this book helps me to maximize the nutritional efficiency of the time that I do spend in there!This book helped me to take the final step into vegetarianism, and introduced me to the world of whole foods. Thanks, Dr. and Martha Sears!

Having a baby last year made me realize how little I really understood about good nutrition. After over a year of breast-feeding my son, I felt a great sense of responsibility that I must continue this fabulous start I'd given my little boy.For years, I've been relying on the nutritional know-how I received from my mother as a child and teen-ager. Although she was before her time (named my sister after nutritionist Adele Davis), I was in dire need of an update.Dr. Sears wrote this book with his wife Martha Sears, RN). This book is a good premier on nutrition for anyone with mouths to feed -- even if it starts with a small baby step such as getting your husband to switch from whole to low-fat milk. Now if I can only get him to forget those junko honey nut cornflakes and diet cokes ...I love the three healthy looking kids on the hardcover jacket! I display this book in my kitchen to inspire me.

This is a great starting point and has many usable points in this book. I love that the author takes research and incorporates it into the book rather than going off opinion. They seem open to every angle. It is an easy to read the book and the reader can skip around from chapter to chapter and not get lost. They do a wonderful job putting it together. I would strongly recommend purchasing this book to give parents a starting point and strong educated base for nutrition. After all nutrition is the most important aspect to ones life!However, I do wish they would put out an updated version out there so we can have the most current research. Maybe there is an updated version out there but I have not come across it yet.

Biblical health ...Its a great book for your whole family. Take a time off in your busy day to day living in focusing more of your health and your family . I recommend this book for your healthy living. It helped me understand more of how food works in our body. Live healthy Live happy live a biblical healthy life . God created our body ,life and family. Read this book which is totally based on biblical health. An eternal freedom in healthy life instruction manual .Its really a disciplining approach towards having a healthy life. Although at the end of the day you will be rewarded with healthy blessings ,and whatever blessings that comes with it...peace of mind ..happiness...Joy...active lifestyle...lesser stress...know the truth...i truly recommend this book..May it also bless your family...The truth is to live healthily which starts in your body.

I have not finished this book. Since it is quite big. But so far from what I have read, I love it. It breaks down every thing so you can understand. How to get good fats instead of bad fats. What food to stay away from and so on and so on. I wish I would have bought this book a long time ago. This society needs to start being more healthy, and this book is a start. Well for me it is. I'm glad that I found it.

It is such a wealth of information this book.Bought it shortly after my daughter was born. Just went for her 6 year annual check up and the Pediatrician complimented me on the diet and my knowledge of nutrition. I turn to it all the time when trying to figure out what is what on the labels.

This book is a great book for any family. WOnderful resource on what to eat and what to not eat at any age.

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dieses buch ueber ernaehrung liefert umfangreiche und grundlegende informationen ueber alle wichtigen naehrstoffe, verdauungssystem und wie man eine gesunde und ausgewogene ernaehrung fuer die gesamte familie umsetzen kann. es enthaelt ebenfalls praktische tips wie man kinder zu gesunder ernaehrung animiert.es bezieht sich auf ernaehrungsgewohnheiten in den usa, wo es ja geschrieben wurde, trifft aber in den meisten faellen auch auf die deutsche ernaehrungsweise zu.

Love this series by Dr Sears! Excellent ! Excellent !

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