Precision Nutrition and Advanced Culinary Medicine

Reviewed by Sara M Reyna, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on 5/14/24

Comprehensiveness rating: 3

The text does cover all areas and ideas of the subject; however, there is no index and glossary. Links are provided to access other books and/or websites for more information.

Content Accuracy rating: 4

The textbook provides links to mostly recent literature to support the claims in the text.

Relevance/Longevity rating: 5

The book can be quickly updated by performing literary search and re-writing to include new knowledge.

Clarity rating: 5

The book is written in a friendly manner for a non-scientist person to read and understand.

Consistency rating: 5

The text is very consistent. Acronyms are defined when they first appear.

Modularity rating: 5

Overall, the text is easily and readily divisible into smaller reading sections/paragraphs. The "story" of each section is easy to follow.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 2

The book starts with tables and figures, and the reader has to scroll through to find the introduction. Initially, it is confusing in trying to logically follow the book.

Interface rating: 3

There are links that don't work. Probably, it needs to be updated.

Grammatical Errors rating: 5

There are no noticeable grammatical errors.

Cultural Relevance rating: 2

The book lacked examples of a variety of races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. For example, the text discusses the Mediterranean diet; however, this diet is not part of many cultures.

Comments

Although the textbook provides recent information on culinary medicine, it lacks organization and examples of culinary styles of nutrition from different cultures.