Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Nutrition

by David Reuben and M.D. Reuben, David

Book Overview

From Wikipedia: David R. Reuben (b. November 29, 1933) is a California psychiatrist, sex expert, and author of several books, such as Any Woman Can! and How to Get More out of Sex. He is most famous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380443708
• ISBN13: 9780380443703
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Everything You Always Wanted To Know-Nutrition by Reuben MD

The author is a proponent of the health food diet regimen.He recommends not to consume junk food in order to minimize vitamin deficiencies. The work explains the following aboutvitamins, cooking and canning:o 30% of vitamins are lost in cooking/canningo 25% of the vitamin content is lost in sterilizationo 27% of vitamins are lost in sterilizationo 12% is lost when you heat the contents of a canIn addition, the book promotes Vitamin B. Fried liver providesvitamin A. Lemon juice is a good source of the vitamin C.Brewer's yeast and B12 magnifies the B 12 vitamin. He explainsthat natural vitamins are better than synthetic vitamins.Soil impacts vitamins. Too much iron can produce fatal E-coliwhereas too little dietary vitamin can result in general lethargy. Dietary iron is in meat, whole wheat and whole bran.This book is an excellent value for any health professionalor enthusiast.

Incredibly Good Book on Nutrition with Diet Tips Added

THe book is 256 pages long and it takes the form of Dr. Reuban's previous sex books (Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask.etc). A person basically asks a questions in bold headings and he answers it with a wide variet of wit and style. It feels just like Dr. Reuban is right there talking to you the person.The book premise is very simple. The majority of the things the media tells us is wrong. Very wrong. So wrong that he tells us that much of our diseases and troubles involving the body (cancer, diabetes,etc) can be prevented if we simply take the precautinos he tells us in this book. His diet, or what you can do to be healthy can be summed up in one sentence:Eat food in their natural form, these being fruits and vegetables, and other forms of food in their natural form. He rants on the FDA and The Food Industry. He makes the Food Industry into monsters. The book is good. Very good in fact that I gave it five stars for I totally agree with the premise that the main thing causing for Americans, including me, to become unhealthy is simply the additives and preservatives added. Reuban goes on to say that the chemicals found in our food cause cancer and even sperm count. He also says in the book that the reason non-industrialized countries like Georgia have much less of cancer and diabetes is because their food is natural.To sum up his diet: Eat things in their natural form regardless of the fat. Don't buy food where the ingrediants are unpronunciable. Don't buy refined sugar, or enriched bread. Don't drink soda. I recommend you also get his other book: The Save-Your-Life Diet. Don't worry if its out of print. It can probaby be found in a used book store.

A family bible for 20 years

I bought this book in college, and it still circulates among my family members. It changed the way I eat, and time has only proven the book's concepts. It is a little zealous, but truly a wonderful book.

A truth-packed book with facts & no fiction about nutrition.

I read Dr. Reuben's book 20 years ago to answer some questions I had about the big vitamin fad that was happening. Unfortunately, I did not read his book in its entirety, but got the answers I was searching for - - mainly that I did not need suppliments, but that a year's supply of vitamins would fill a thimble. Today I am in a nutritional Ph.d. program, and thought I should revisit Dr. Reuben's book. I could not put the book down. It has humor and an honest approach to a subject that it is impossible to find the truth because everyone wants a piece of my pocketbook! I laughed, I cried in horror at the things I read. I am grateful that Dr. Reuben was brave enough to tell the Emerior he had no clothes. You will regret NOT reading this book!

the best book i have ever read on nutrition.

Everything you always wanted to know about nutrition. by davud reuben