left side data only in two table code example
Example 1: how to select all the field of the left join table
SELECT nutrients.*, measures.colX
FROM nutrients
LEFT JOIN measures ON nutrients.name=measures.name
Example 2: multiple left join mysql
SELECT news.id, users.username, news.title, news.date, news.body, COUNT(comments.id)
FROM news
LEFT JOIN users
ON news.user_id = users.id
LEFT JOIN comments
ON comments.news_id = news.id
GROUP BY news.id