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| Genre/Form: | Popular works Popular Works |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marion Nestle |
| ISBN: | 0865477043 9780865477049 9780865477384 0865477388 |
| OCLC Number: | 64688551 |
| Description: | ix, 611 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | The supermarket: prime real estate -- THE PRODUCE SECTION : -- Fruits and vegetables: the price of fresh -- Organics: hype or hope -- Produce: safe at any price -- Genetically modified, irradiated, and politicized ; -- THE DAIRY SECTION : -- Milk and more milk -- Milk: subject to debate -- Dairy foods: the raw and the cooked -- Yogurt: health food or dessert ; -- THE DAIRY SUBSTITUTES : -- Margarine: accept no substitutes -- Margarine: you CAN believe it's not butter -- Soy milk: panacea or just another food ; -- THE MEAT SECTION : -- A range of meaty issues -- Meat: questions of safety -- Meat: organic versus "natural" ; -- THE FISH COUNTER : -- Fish: dilemmas and quandaries -- Fish: the methylmercury dilemma -- The fish-farming dilemma -- The fish-labeling dilemma -- More seafood dilemmas: safety and sustainability ; -- THE CENTER AISLES: COOL AND FROZEN : -- Eggs: the "incredible" edibles -- Eggs and the salmonella problem -- Frozen foods: decoding ingredient lists -- A digression into calories and diets -- Frozen foods: reading nutrition facts ; -- THE CENTER AISLES: PROCESSED : -- Processed foods: wheat flour and the glycemic index -- Sugar(s) -- Cereals: sweet and supposedly healthy -- Packaged foods: health endorsements -- Snack foods: sweet, salty, and caloric -- Foods just for kids -- Oils: fat and more fat ; -- THE BEVERAGE AISLES : -- Water, water everywhere: bottled and not -- "Healthy" drinks: sugared and artificially sweetened -- Teas and coffees: caffeine to eco-labels ; -- THE SPECIAL SECTIONS : -- Infant formula and baby food -- Supplements and health food -- Bread: the bakery -- Prepared foods: salads and more -- Conclusion: taking action ; -- Appendix 1: Food measures: conversion factors -- Appendix 2: Terms used to describe fats and oils in foods. |
| Responsibility: | Marion Nestle. |
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"According to nutritionist Nestle, the increasing confusion among the general public about what to eat comes from two sources: experts who fail to create a holistic view by isolating food components and health issues, and a food industry that markets items on the basis of profits alone. She suggests that, often, research findings are deliberately obscure to placate special interests. Nestle says that simple, common-sense guidelines available decades ago still hold true: consume fewer calories, exercise more, eat more fruits and vegetables and, for today's consumers, less junk food. The key to eating well, Nestle advises, is to learn to navigate through the aisles (and thousands of items) in large supermarkets. To that end, she gives readers a virtual tour, highlighting the main concerns of each food group, including baby, health and prepared foods, and supplements. Nestle's prose is informative and entertaining; she takes on the role of detective, searching for clues to the puzzle of healthy and satisfying nutrition. Her intelligent and reassuring approach will likely make readers venture more confidently through the jungle of today's super-sized stores." --Publishers Weekly"Nutritionist Nestle's newest volume aims to help the American consumer determine what best to eat to improve or to maintain good health. Pursuing what she hopes is a unique and beneficial approach, she surveys a supermarket on a food-by-food basis, noting for each category what nutritional benefits are claimed and what really are the advantages and dangers in consuming any grocery offering. She documents how food industry concerns have perverted nutritional and origin labeling, dismayed that economics has once more trumped open information. She assesses the roles of trans-fats in processed food, methylmercury in fish, calcium in dairy products, salmonella in fresh eggs, sugar in cereals, and genetic modification. Nestle is particularly concerned that consumers understand all the implications, good and bad, of the perennially contentious "organic" label." --Booklist"[This] book is for anyone who has read a food label; been annoyed at how often their children nag them for certain cereals; wondered about the difference between natural and organic; or questioned who is minding the store when it comes to nutrition and food safety." --Marian Burros, The New York Times Read more...
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