Re: need a good book on nutrition

From: Jeffrey Turner (jturner_at_localnet.com)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:53:33 -0500

Danny wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> You all have made a great recomendation for a book for me a while ago. I
> was wondering if you could help me with this one.
>
> my brother is into losing weight and eating better. He was lookng for a
> book that will tell you the number of calories are in the common foods we
> eat, and also the nutrients in the food and how it will help you, ie. like
> brocolli has vitamin A nad that is good for ...etc. and why it may be BAD
> for you, and also how much excercise is needed to take burn the food off.

If you want nutritional data on all sorts of foods, try this site:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/sr17.html

--Jeff 

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