Top 6 Diet & Nutrition books Shocking Insider

It's not easy choosing a good nutrition and diet book, especially given how many are on the bookstore shelves these days. Not to worry. We've done the work for you and highlighted 6 of our favorites. Some have been around a little while; others, however, are relatively new. Yet they all offer the same good thing: Good, solid information to keep you no your path to healthy living.


1. The 15o Healthiest Foods on Earth

Nutrition expert Bowen reveals the latest research on 150 foods you should be eating. Not only does he discuss how these foods affect your health, but he also shows you how to add them to your diet. You'll know many of these foods, like blueberries, yogurt and walnuts- but some will surprise you. There's a good chance this book will wind up in your nightstand.

2. The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook

Fans of this magazine will recognize the Oxygen columnist in her follow-up to the Eat-Clean Diet. Here, Reno shares 150 of her tastiest recipes, accompanied by full- color photos, to keep you healthy and trim. Every base is covered from soups and salads to one dish meals and yes, even desserts. Includes tips from Reno to help you maximize your nutrition. There's even a section on holiday eating.

3. Healing with whole foods

At more than 700 pages, this book is loaded with information about the healing power of Chinese medicine and how to use whole foods to alleviate various physical symptoms. Even if you don't have any health issues, this book will still teach you how to eat wholesome and avoid the dangers of the typical American diet.

4. Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook

Theres a reason why this books is in its fourth edition: It's one of the best books for fitness fanatics, authored by a leading experts in sports nutrition. Everything you want to know about how to eat to maintain your active lifestyle is here.

5. In Defense of Food

Pollan's message in this book is simple: Eat food, but not to much, and mostly plants. As Pollen explains, foods have undergone a transformation in the last few decades to the point that your grandmother wouldn't recognize foods in stores today, and that's not a good thing because the industrialization of food my be harmful to your health.

6. The super Food Rx Diet

The Bestselling authors are to show you how 14 nutrition-rich foods ( including beans, blueberries, oats, salmon, tomatoes, walnuts, and yogurt) can boost your health and slim you down. It has info about how to stock your pantry, eyeballing portion sizes, planning meals with these 14 foods and exercising ( although we suspect that part my be too basic for most oxygen readers). The best part? The wealth of recipes, many of which are vegetarian.