Nutrition Made Clear

By: Roberta H. Anding, The Great Courses

Narrated by: Roberta H. Anding

Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

Nutrition is essential to living a healthy, happy, and successful life. Yet a world of misconceptions and promises of easy results too often stands in our way - and can even be harmful to our overall health.

The key is to cut through the noise and find the medically backed, statistically proven information about healthy eating and living. These 36 in-depth lectures explore the fundamentals of good nutrition and offer a practical guide for applying these fundamentals to your lifestyle. The power of nutrition lies not just in grasping the concepts behind it, but also in applying those concepts to daily living. This means learning where to find authoritative nutrition information, mastering the science behind nutrients and the body, recognizing what your personal daily requirements of each nutrient should be, building a distinct exercise regimen, and more.

A dietitian and award-winning lecturer, Professor Anding gives you a wealth of invaluable tips you can easily apply to your own eating habits. You'll learn how to calculate your own dietary needs, how to create your own nutrition and exercise plans, how to recognize when a product or service is really a health fraud, and more.

Crafted with the needs of individual people in mind, this course is both a fascinating learning experience and the perfect investment in your personal health - one that will educate you, motivate you, and reward you for the rest of your life.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2009 The Teaching Company, LLC (P)2009 The Great Courses

Clinical Dietician GIVES you Nutrition knowledge!

What did you love best about Nutrition Made Clear?

I love that this is an Evidence Based 36 lecture series on Nutrition by a Highly Educated, Qualified Clinical Dietician Professionally Registered and Accountable with 30 years of Clinical experience in the field! Apparently few of the highly opinionated could find the 182 page PDF Course guidebook in plain sight! Incredible! Packed with expertly sourced references thoughtfully organized by relevance and chapter! There is even a thorough Glossary and a 20 page bibliography! Right after and ending the Course Guidebook are six pages of Credible Nutrition Websites by Lecture! ÀALL THIS FOR A PALTRY $11.96 USD credit on Audible! Thank you TGC and Audible! Well Done!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Nutrition Made Clear?

When I realized Nutrition Made Clear with its' wonderful accompanying "182 page Course Guidebook PDF" delivered precisely what the title promised! It was an epiphany! Now I know why I go to a Professional Clinical Dietician such as the remarkable "Professor Roberta H. Anding, M.S., R.D./L.D., C.D.E., C.S.S.D. Director of Sports Nutrition and Clinical Dietitian, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital" being the consummate professional and dispeller of Quackery!" We live in a time of wonder and wonderful nearly free education available to all!

Have you listened to any of Professor Roberta H. Anding’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No I have not but I will look for all Roberta H. Anding’s performances, books, publications, addresses and wisdom in whatever form it takes and all that "The Great Courses" has created and carried by Audible!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

"Professor Roberta H. Anding goes forth and smites the evil Wizards and Sophist Babes of Food and Woo!"

Any additional comments?

If one desires to learn Evidence Based Nutrition then this is your course and at a shamefully low price as to humble the aware purchaser. However beware you will be the beneficiary of 30 years of a professional clinical Dietician's knowledge and insight. It is the disciplined thought processes only professional daily accountability creates that is heard through the entire 36 lectures. I did not think it possible to purchase professional competency. Yet here it is in "Nutrition Made Clear" and presented so thoughtfully. This course will change you. It does challenge you. You will see food and food shopping from a new perspective. Your Doctor will thank you! Although the information in this course is crucial it is the thinking processes and professional research discipline that you are actually buying here. Professor Roberta H. Anding is the consummate professional and is your personal mentor. I put off buying this course since I first saw it. THAT WAS A MISTAKE! This course gets into every aspect of Nutrition from chemistry, mathematics, anatomy, vitamins, minerals, supplements, interactions, nutritional relationships, practical shopping advice, there is far too much to list. Your knowledge will grow from working through the course guidebook and doing your own research. BUY NOW and ENJOY!

Amazing Class

What made the experience of listening to Nutrition Made Clear the most enjoyable?

Learn everything you need to know to get a better understanding of Nutrition as a whole. There are a lots of simple and complicated topics that are covered and Professor Anding does an amazing job of covering all those topics.

And again, narration matters

Lots of good information about nutrition and practical advice on how to implement changes for sustainable improvements.

The lecturer is a bit repetitive with a few key phrases, such as 'and again' among others. If you can tune that part out then it's decent.

Clearly explains what the body with your food

What did you love best about Nutrition Made Clear?

Dr Anding does an excellent job of breaking the humongous and complicated topic of Nutrition down into easily understood chunks that are just the right amount in length. Her explinations of how the body processes and makes use of the food we eat makes it real clear that it's more about how Nutrient Dense a food is and NOT simply a matter of amount of calories. She also helps in explaining portion size and how the perfect plate should look vs what we see in restaurants and what's marketed to us everyday.

Fantastic!

I learned so much. She explains things tthoroughly and in depth. She's very pleasant to listen to. Really glad I listened to this.

So much information!!

A lot of great nutrition information from a speaker who I thought was sensible and trustworthy. I especially appreciated that nutrition needs for athletes was specifically addressed at many points, as the speaker has a lot of experience as a sports dietitian.

Some of the chapters focusing on specific nutrients felt a little boring to me, compared to other chapters which looked at bigger health issues like obesity or diabetes as a whole. But overall I appreciated the wealth of information here!

Perfect for road trip learning

This got me from Arizona to Nebraska and almost all the way back. Sad when it ended halfway through Utah. Started it over. I loved listening to the reader. I learned a lot of things and highly recommend this to the average "nutritionist". I'm going to call myself that from now on!

Practical and Life Changing

Each chapter starts with a real life story that pertains to the topic. Difficult chemistry concepts relating to dietary needs and use are stated in every day, easy to understand terms. Basic, practical, and realistic nutritional makes principles of good nutrition easy to apply to everyday life. I struggle with weight loss and this helped me put some critical pieces together to help me make a better plan for me.

I've enjoyed this informative audiobook!

I've listened to this while driving and while at work. Roberta has a pleasant delivery style and is a very well qualified professional. I'm so glad I found a source for nutrition information I can trust! I will repeat this presentation over again until I know the material well. I've gained so much including a renewed enthusiasm for healthy eating.

Loved it!

Roberta is knowledgeable and very pleasant to listen to. I binged on this audible and was never bored. Thank you for the companion booklet, a must have on my bookshelf. Great Courses always get the best speakers and SMEs.