Reddit reviews Nutrition

I haven't read some of these books, but they seem to come from credible sources and be generally well-received. Anyone with personal experience with them should chime in.

From professional organizations, if that is your thing:

The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating

American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide

A more in-depth textbook style book with a focus on accessibility and practical application:

Nutrition

Sports Nutrition/Geared towards active lifestyles:

Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook (One of the books that kicked off my interest in nutrition many years ago)

[The Men's Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition] (http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Health-Book-Food-Nutrition/dp/1605293105/ref=tmm_pap_title_0) (not perfect, but probably one of the simplest and most straight-forward options, with recipes included)

Precision Nutrition (Personal favorite. Complete toolkit, amazing recipes, easy to understand, can't say enough good things about it. Best 50 bucks you could spend.)

I hope that helps you at least get started thinking about it, and I hope others have more suggestions.

I recommend an academic textbook on nutrition. There is a diet industry out there, and it makes money mostly by disseminating faulty information. Something like this will cut out the BS:

http://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Paul-Insel/dp/0763776637/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420497380&sr=1-2&keywords=nutrition+textbook

It'll teach you about the macronutrients (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates), what they are and how your body handles them; vitamins and minerals, and what foods give the most bang for your caloric buck; and how to burn fat and lose weight in a healthy way, and how to keep it off.

Try this.

When it comes to learning about nutrition, a textbook is your best bet. Much more science-heavy, but engineered for someone who doesn't know the material, and not full of bullshit pseudoscience and fad diets.

[EDIT]: Just because i'm killing time at work: There is a big difference between learning about nutrition and learning about diet/eating habits. The two are very very connected, but often you'll find diets and eating habit information/books are just so much bullshit. It really pays off to ground yourself in the science so you can differentiate between what is real and what is not.