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Publisher:
New York - North Point Press
Pages:
611
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
0865477043, 0865477388, 9780865477384
Language:
English
Contents:
PRODUCE SECTION: Fruits & vegetables: the price of fresh
Organics: hype or hope
Produce: safe at any price
Genetically modified, irradiated, and politicized
DAIR SECTION: Milk and more milk: subject to debate
Dairy foods: raw and cooked
Yogurt: health food or dessert
DAIRY SUBSTITUTES: Margarine: accept no substitutes
You CAN believe it's not butter
Soy milk: panacea or just another food
MEAT SECTION: A range of meaty issues
Questions of safety
Organic vs. "natural"
FISH COUNTER: Dilemmas and quandaries
The methylmercury dilemma
The fish-farming dilemma
The fish-labeling dilemma
Safely and sustainability
CENTER AISLES: COOL AND FROZEN: Eggs: the "incredible" edibles
Eggs and the salmonella problem
Frozen foods: decoding ingredients
A digression into calories and diets
Frozen foods: reading nutrition facts
CENTER AISLES: PROCESSED: Wheat flour and the glycemic index
Sugars
Cereals: sweet and supposedly healthy
Packaged foods: health endorsements
Snack foods: sweet, salty, and caloric
Foods just for kids
Oils: fat and more fat
BEVEAGE AISLE: Water everywhere: bottled and not
"Healthy" drinks: sugared and artificially sweetened
Teas and coffees: caffeine to eco-labels
SPECIAL SECTIONS: Infant formula and baby food
Supplements & health food
Bread: the bakery
Prepared foods: salads and more
Tacking action
Conversion tables
Terms used to describe fats in oils and foods
Organics: hype or hope
Produce: safe at any price
Genetically modified, irradiated, and politicized
DAIR SECTION: Milk and more milk: subject to debate
Dairy foods: raw and cooked
Yogurt: health food or dessert
DAIRY SUBSTITUTES: Margarine: accept no substitutes
You CAN believe it's not butter
Soy milk: panacea or just another food
MEAT SECTION: A range of meaty issues
Questions of safety
Organic vs. "natural"
FISH COUNTER: Dilemmas and quandaries
The methylmercury dilemma
The fish-farming dilemma
The fish-labeling dilemma
Safely and sustainability
CENTER AISLES: COOL AND FROZEN: Eggs: the "incredible" edibles
Eggs and the salmonella problem
Frozen foods: decoding ingredients
A digression into calories and diets
Frozen foods: reading nutrition facts
CENTER AISLES: PROCESSED: Wheat flour and the glycemic index
Sugars
Cereals: sweet and supposedly healthy
Packaged foods: health endorsements
Snack foods: sweet, salty, and caloric
Foods just for kids
Oils: fat and more fat
BEVEAGE AISLE: Water everywhere: bottled and not
"Healthy" drinks: sugared and artificially sweetened
Teas and coffees: caffeine to eco-labels
SPECIAL SECTIONS: Infant formula and baby food
Supplements & health food
Bread: the bakery
Prepared foods: salads and more
Tacking action
Conversion tables
Terms used to describe fats in oils and foods
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-587) and index
Statement of Responsibility:
Marion Nestle
Physical Description:
ix, 611 p. ; 24 cm
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Add a CommentFantastic book! So much information in here! Sad I had to return it, definitely will be buying this book! Really appreciate all the research done for this one, and all the resources for where the information came from can be found in the back which is fantastic!! Definitely a worthwhile read!!! Highly recommended!!