I just finished reading Food Politics by Marion Nestle, and highly recommend it. She provides an extremely thorough explanation of how our nation's food and political systems are intertwined and interact. Do you know...- How nutrition guidelines get developed?
- Where the food pyramid came from?
- Why we all learned about the 4 food groups growing up?
- Why some sugar cereals are labeled as "heart smart" and others are not?
- Why dietary guidelines never say to "eat less" of anything?
- That there is a Western Pistachio Association? (who knew??)
- How olestra got produced?
- That enough soda is produced in this country for every person (man, woman, child, baby) to drink 556 12-oz servings a year?
If any of these topics and issues are of interest to you, Food Politics is definitely worth the read!
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