Vegetarian Food Guide and Nutrition Counter

by Susan Havala and Suzanne Havala Hobbs

Written by a registered dietician who specializes in vegetarian nutrition, this book is a consumer's guide to vegetarian foods with information on fat, fiber, protein and other nutrients; Vegan,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425160459
• ISBN13: 9780425160459
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A Vegetarian Smorgasbord of Information

Sometimes trying to live vegan feels like walking through a minefield. Even grocery stores and health food stores can be difficult but the real problems come when trying to eat out or plan a diet. Often, those other food counters aren't helpful at all. I travel a lot and often I can't find anything other than fast food places to stop at. Until now I assumed that they were totally off limits to me. Then my sister bought me this book. Problem solved! I can flip through the pages, find the fast food section and spot the vegan items at a glance by checking the last column of every entry. Suzanne Havala has marked each item with a V, L, or L-O to indicate whether it is vegan (no animal products), lacto-vegetarian (includes dairy but not eggs), or lacto-ovo vegetarian (includes dairy and eggs). For this alone I am grateful! However, she didn't stop there. This is a full nutrition counter. It includes information on protein, fat, fiber, sodium, cholesterol, calories, and vitamins and minerals for every item. Since it doesn't cover all those icky meat things I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot fork, she has plenty of room for the really important things: like every variety of veggie burger, frozen entree, soy milk and vegan cheese on the market. If it is sold in your local health food store, it's probably covered in this book. What that means is that I can sit home and plan my latest diet with accurate information. (I hope this doesn't mean I have to stick to it.)In addition to the nutrition counter section, she also includes sample menus, information on vegetarian nutrition, and information on food additives that aren't vegetarian. Did you know that the food color carmine is made from crushed up insects? Yuck!It's a great book and I'm delighted to have it. Just a few nits to pick: 1) It's hard sometimes to see where each category starts and ends. The book either needs an index or little tabs. 2) Since it's a standard paperback the crease makes reading the tables a bit difficult. It would have been nicer if this book had been spiral bound. Suzanne Havala is one of the stable vegetarian voices in our community. She's been part of the Vegetarian Resource Group forever and has both the contacts and the credibility to produce a book like this. This book easily meets the high expectations I have of her work. I want to know when she's going to come out with the vegetarian diet log for my computer. I'll be the first to buy it.