Should I Scoop Out My Bagel?: And 99 Other Answers to Your Everyday Diet and Nutrition Questions to Help You Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Live Healthy

By Ilyse Schapiro, Hallie Rich and Michelle Beadle

"This fun, breezy guide positions the authors as both experts and the reader’s best friends, encouraging, advising, and cheering on." Publisher's Weekly


As a registered dietitian and a health industry expert, Ilyse Schapiro and Hallie Rich are Dear Abby” meets Sex and the City meets Dr. Oz. They’re realistic in their approach with¬out getting too technical. They know people will cheat on their diets, dine out, consume alcohol, and have (hopefully plenty of) sex. They also know people have questions about it all. (Who doesn’t?) While many people may feel comfortable asking their best friend, they really want expert advice. That’s where Should I Scoop Out My Bagel? will help.

Based on their twenty-five years of combined experience in the health field, Schapiro and Rich are able to cover the multitude of questions that constantly top the list, including:

Is eating a wrap healthier than eating a bagel sandwich?
Is it time to get on the gluten-free bandwagon?
I have salads for lunch every day, and I’m still not losing weight. What am I doing wrong?
I’m tired of feeling tired. What can I do to lose the urge to snooze?
I eat well, so what’s the point of a multivitamin?

They reveal the secrets of the experts and the tricks of their respective trades. With so much information and so many rules” out there, this book gives readers the tools to sort through the BS and know what is truly important and actually relevant to their health.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Release date: Jan 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781510700697

Reviews for Should I Scoop Out My Bagel?

[dcoward_6 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Breezy and informative

[skinglist · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I love the authors' look at these dietary questions and their tone in writing about them. It felt like a conversation with friends and they covered some interesting themes: insides of bagels, blotting pizza, the myth of veggie chips and pasta, among others. I thought this book started stronger than it finished. By the end the authors seemed to have run out of topics to make the 100 (how many vitamin line items do we need) and resorted to some well busted myths. Intermittent fasting isn't going to destroy your body and there's good science behind how it works. Overall, a good, light read.