What I like most about Dr Rosemary Stanton is that she writes sensible books on nutrition. In an age where people are more confused than ever about what to eat, where personal trainers primary education is internet sites, blogs and short courses run by educators who have no qualifications in nutrition, Dr Stanton is a breath of fresh air to the the pseudo-science, nonsense and ever restricting lists of 'what not to eat because it will kill you' approach to food that is so pervasive in our industry. She has a simple evidence-based, environmentally sustainable and health oriented approach to nutrition. 

More and more I see trainers recommending high red meat diets to clients; diets that are low carbohydrate, no soy, no gluten, no diary, no grain, no legume. These diets then go hand-in-hand with a bag of supplements that will apparently cure every health condition and solve every weight management problem. 

Where are these ideas coming from? Are trainers reading through piles of diverse peer reviewed papers to inform and update their information on what to recommend to clients? 

Dr Stanton's The Choice Guide to Food summarises an enormous amount of published research and represents the majority position held by real experts in nutrition and public health. This is a must read for personal trainers. The chapters on red meat, whole grains, legumes and diary gives the whole picture: positives and negatives and should clear up the confusion we trainers have about what to eat and recommend to clients.

Another reason why this book is required reading for Australian personal trainers is that the author is Australian. I can recall being embarrassed several times when I was corrected by experts when making statements about nutrition that I thought was true, only to find out that it was only true in America because Australian laws, regulations or farming practices were sometimes not the same as the US! The majority of my education in the past was from educators from the USA and I have learned over and over that does not necessarily translate to what goes on in Australia. Choose Australian Made applies not only to food but also to health experts too!