Book Reviews
THE OMEGA PRINCIPLE:SEAFOOD AND THE QUEST FOR A LONG LIFE AND A HEALTHIER PLANET
PAUL GREENBERG
PUBLISHER: PENGUIN PRESS 2018
ISBN: 978-1594206344
HARDBACK £20.81
The book cover to The Omega Principle is vanilla-plain. The title: long-winded and unremarkable. But don’t let cover or title deceive you. This book is firecracker amazing: a beautiful, shimmering text about omega-3s and the bait-ball of complexity around finding fish and eating fish...
AUTHOR: TIM NOAKES AND MARIKA SBOROS
PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS 2017
ISBN: 978-1776092611
AMAZON: KINDLE £9.99, PAPERBACK £14.99
"Never has reviewing a book left me so sad and confused. It is a very difficult book for dietitians, (although difficult is never a reason not to do something, of course.) The Lore of Nutrition is a pivotal text for any within our profession who want to delve deeper into many of the debates on diet.... "
AUTHOR: ROXANE GAY
PUBLISHER: CORSAIR (LITTLE BROWN
BOOK GROUP), 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1472151117 (PAPERBACK)
PRICE: £13.99
“No matter where I am, I wonder about where I stand and how I look. I think, I am the fattest person in this apartment building. I am the fattest person at this university. I am the fattest person in this airport. I am the fattest person in this city . . . This is a constant,destructive refrain and I cannot escape it.”
THE ANGRY CHEF: BAD SCIENCE AND THE TRUTH ABOUT HEALTHY EATING
AUTHOR: ANTHONY WARNER
PUBLISHER: ONE WORLD BOOKS; 2017
ISBN: 978-1786072160 (PAPERBACK)
PRICE: £12.99
Mr Warner, aka Angry Chef, is a blogger. Like,it seems, most chefs, he enjoys sweary words; words which in print have a first and last letter and lots of ***s in the middle. Unlike, probably, most chefs, he studied biochemistry at university and really loves the language and methods of science.
CONSULTANT EDITOR: DR SARAH BREWER
PUBLISHER: DORLING KINDERSLEY,
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, 2017
ISBN: 978-1465461193 (HARDBACK)
PRICE: £14.99
This is a stunning book which I recommend with great enthusiasm. Dorling Kindersley is a British publisher specialising in visual reference books, yet again showing a mastery in translating complex information into gorgeous pictures. And most importantly, retaining detail and accuracy of the subject, without drift and dilution. This book provides lots of great science about food and nutrition, presented beautifully.
AUTHORS: PAMELA MASON AND TIM LANG
PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE, JANUARY 2017
ISBN: 978-0-415-74472-0 (PAPERBACK)
PRICE: Paperback £28.94
This is a mighty beast of a book, dedicated to the elephant in the room of nutrition science. Meaning the big and grey and trumpeting elephant of environmental threat . . .
AUTHOR: LOUISE GREEN
PUBLISHER: GREYSTONE BOOKS, 2017
ISBN: 1771642122, 9781771642125
PRICE: £9.83
In Big Fit Girl, Louise Green describes how the fitness industry fails to meet the needs of plus-size women and thus prevents them from improving their health and fitness. By telling her own story of how she stopped dieting, got off the couch, and unleashed her inner athlete--as well as showcasing similar stories from other women--Green inspires other plus-size women to do the same.Green also provides concrete advice, based on the latest research, about how to get started, how to establish a support team, how to choose an activity, what kind of clothing and gear work best.
AUTHORS: GEORGE C DAVIS & ELENA L SERRANO
PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016
ISBN: 978-0199379118
PRICE: Paperback £32.99
This is a book for nutritionists who want to understand the principles and practices of economics. And perhaps also a book for economists who want to relate their skills to a better understanding of nutrition.
AUTHOR: SANDER L GILMAN
PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-955797-4
PRICE: Hardback £12.99
Professor Gilman presents a dazzling tapestry of past and present confusions around our attitudes towards obese people.
Author: Paige Nick
Publisher: Bookstorm April 2016
isbn: 978-0620674355
Price: Paperback £11.21
Tim Noakes is a not-shy professor of exercise physiology from Cape Town in South Africa and has lots to say on diet. More on this later. However, it is amazing that he has just become the main murder victim in a crime fiction book, despite being very much alive. It is some tribute to him that there are enough South African readers of the completely made-up plot of his murder, to put the book into the Top 10 sales list for March 2016. The book Death by Carbs bizarrely describes the fictionalised characters involved and affected by the unreal death of a real nutritionist.