Kitchen

[barc43]

I read that David's new cookbook will not contain a nutritional analysis or breakdown for the recipes. This is a disservice to foodies like myself who have special dietary requirements. Just saying something is light or heart healthy or USDA organic is deceptive without the nutritional facts to back it up.

I recommend that everyone push David to add this vital nutritional information as a PDF to the QVC.com site. Others on QVC have done this as a public service. Even fast food restaurants have responded to this demand.

If I am wrong, please accept my apology. If I am right, please take appropriate action so we can all do a safe and healthy Happy Dance!

[jackthebear]

True is it an oversight not to have this info there, but there are probably websites that you can use to calculate this yourself.

[Danielle46]

David is not known for healthy cooking. I suspect most of his recipes are high calorie, high sodium and loaded with fat which is probably the reason he did not include nutritional information.

[Nightowlz]

You can use this site to analyze the ingredients. http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php

[barc43]

I appreciate your replies but it IMHO still leaves a very uninformed and gullible public in a state of health confusion and potential endangerment. David is a great showman and many will buy the new book based on his charisma. When they receive it , however,they will find that they will have to guess on how to convert the quantities and ingredients to suit their special diets. My physician strongly recommended that I NOT buy this new book based on little knowledge it provides as to amounts of fats and cholesterol. I don't even know how much constitutes a serving, etc.

I sure many of you remember Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet, who turned an unhealthy diet into a healthy one using the MiniMax concept. He showed a before and after nutritional analysis of every item he cooked and carried it over to his cookbooks. Let's demand that every QVC food presentation provide this information. Fast food outlets are providing it, so what is QVC afraid of?

It should not be about selling books. It should be about keeping people healthy.

Comments welcome.

[catlover53]

I have posted before about how David's cookbook will never have nutritional values listed. I once heard a caller ask him if his new book would have them and he looked like a deer caught in headlights. He brushed off the question. David's books will NEVER list the nutritional info unless publishers make it a requirement which it should be.

David has stumbled onto a goldmine. Behind his southern charm and childish antics, he has found an audience who will pour money into his pockets by blindly buying, cooking, and eating some of the most unhealthy food ever promoted. If he were required to list the fat, sugar, cholesterol, and calories of his recipes, people would see just what they are feeding their families and sales would take a dive.

I also remember Graham Kerr and how he changed his cooking habits after his wife Trina almost died of a heart attack. Even Paula Deen changed her way of cooking after her diabetes diagnosis. I'm afraid it will take a.medical crisis for David to change his recipes.

[PamelaSue72]

Uninformed? Gullible? Really? I believe that the only truly uninformed and gullible public these days are those who purposely choose to be.

Quite frankly, it's quite easy to figure nutritional information out myself. I don't expect any cookbook author to do anything like this.

As far as the recipes being unhealthy, if you really feel that way (and it's obvious you do), then you simply don't buy the book. Problem solved. I don't understand making a huge mountain out of something so insignificant. If you really want to know the nutritional info, you can easily figure it out. Or just don't buy it. (Have your physician recommend a healthier cookbook.)

And there are ways to work on recipes to make them healthier. I do it all the time.

[jackthebear]

On 8/3/2014 barc43 said:

I appreciate your replies but it IMHO still leaves a very uninformed and gullible public in a state of health confusion and potential endangerment. David is a great showman and many will buy the new book based on his charisma. When they receive it , however,they will find that they will have to guess on how to convert the quantities and ingredients to suit their special diets. My physician strongly recommended that I NOT buy this new book based on little knowledge it provides as to amounts of fats and cholesterol. I don't even know how much constitutes a serving, etc.

I sure many of you remember Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet, who turned an unhealthy diet into a healthy one using the MiniMax concept. He showed a before and after nutritional analysis of every item he cooked and carried it over to his cookbooks. Let's demand that every QVC food presentation provide this information. Fast food outlets are providing it, so what is QVC afraid of?

It should not be about selling books. It should be about keeping people healthy.

Comments welcome.

People can also keep themselves healthy.

As Cookie Monsters tells us there are "sometimes foods"

[PINKdogWOOD]

It's not a cookbook that's he's putting out there to line his pockets - it's unhealthy, fattening, full of sodium, recipes he's getting money for. Hate me if you will, DV is about one of the most UNhealthy person out there. If you're one to have watched him through the years since Bob Bowersox left, DV has done nothing but gain HUGE poundage from what he cooks/eats. He used to profess he works out, NOT!!!!!

[house_cat]

Most of us who are nutrition conscious can, by now, do the math in our heads. If you're looking for healthy recipes, you might want to look for a different book.