[bksvol-discuss] Re: nutritional info
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:30:20 -0500
Sarah,
I was thinking the same thing about the possible irrelevance of the
information.. Ideas about nutrition have changed a lot since that book was
written. I wouldn't refer to it at allk because it is so old.
Sue S.
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From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: nutritional info
> I hope the book still has some relevant information in it. If it is so
old
> maybe it isn't worth putting on bookshare. I would probably like the
> charts in the back more than the rest of the book, but if they are either
a
> mess or unlikely to be correct then there isn't much point in working on
> them. If the foods are things like meat fruit and vegetables then the
> information would be very useful to have. Prepared foods are much more
> likely to change.
>
> I'd actually love to have a book with a readable chart in it pointed out
to
> me, so if anyone has found one please let me know where it is.
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carrie Karnos" <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Bookshare Vol Group" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:31 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] nutritional info
>
>
> > I'm validating a book called Let's Have Healthy Children by Adelle
Davis,
> > an expert on nutrition back in the 50s and 60s. I'm all done editing
the
> > book except for a 34-page chart at the back, that lists the nutritional
> > content of hundreds of foods, specifically the calories, protein,
> > carbohydrates, fiber, fat, saturated fat, linoleic acid, iron, calcium,
> > phosphorus, potassium, sodium, vitamins A, B1, B2, niacin and C, of a
> > typical serving of each food. The book is old, but I doubt that the
> > nutritional content of food has changed since then. The recommendations
> > of what to eat has certainly changed, so I'd take her advice on that
> > subject with a grain of salt (so to speak).
> >
> > My question is: is anyone interested in this chart? If someone is, I'll
> > fix it up, but if no one cares about it, I won't spend hours fixing
> > something that will be unread.
> >
> > Thanks for your input, Carrie
> >
> >
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