The Best Things You Can Eat

For Everything from Aches to Zzzz, the Definitive Guide to the Nutrition-Packed Foods that Energize, Heal, and Help You Look Great

  • Language:
    Publisher:
  • English
    DaCapo Lifelong Books
  • Spanish
    Grijalbo
About The Best Things You Can Eat:
Is an orange or a guava the best source of vitamin C? Is farm-raised or wild salmon higher in omega 3 fats? If you’ve always wondered what foods to turn to when you need more fiber in your diet or which foods you can count on when you’ve got an upset stomach, The Best Things You Can Eat as the answers, and even a few surprises. Registered Dietitian and bestselling author David Grotto draws on the latest nutritional and scientific research to assemble the most authoritative compilation of food rankings ever produced. Here are just some of the useful lists you’ll find inside:
  • 8 Best Foods for Lowering Cholesterol
  • Top 6 Foods to Control Your Blood Pressure
  • 7 Best Foods for Stopping Bad Breath
  • 5 Best Foods to Slow Down Aging
  • Top 5 Foods for Numbing Aches and Pains

Critical Praise:

The Best Things You Can Eat is like a Fortune 500 for food—a who's who in nutritional wealth that celebrates the healthy bounty delicious real food provides. It's chock-full of smart, useful information written in an engaging, fun way that makes you want to pick it up for pleasure as well as knowledge.

Ellie Krieger, Host of The Food Network`s Healthy Appetite and author of Comfort Food Fix


Dave has created the ultimate nutrition dictionary – he's boiled down all the confusing science into a handy, compact health resource that's incredibly easy to navigate. This book enables you to feel top of your game by helping you choose the very best foods to meet your specific health goals!

Joy Bauer, Joy Bauer, MS RD CDN, Health and Nutrition Expert for NBC's Today Show


An objective and highly readable cornucopia of advice and information…Readers will find real answers about the nutrient content of all kinds of readily available foods, become aware of surprisingly healthy ‘shocker foods,' and emerge more educated about food's health benefits—whether they're new to choosing healthier foods or not. This exhaustively researched book should be a top pick for any nutrition-conscious foodie.

Philadelphia Tribune


About the Author(s):

David Grotto, RD, LDN, is a former national media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, and president and founder of Nutrition Housecall, LLC, a nutrition consulting firm that offers personalized at-home and group dietary guidance. He is also the author of 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life (Bantam Dell/Random House). Grotto lives in Elmhurst, Illinois.


Other Editions:
  • Spanish


Other Books by David Grotto:
  • 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life

  • 101 Optimal Life Foods