What to eat
| Main Author: | Nestle, Marion. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
North Point Press,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- PRODUCE SECTION: Fruits & vegetables: the price of fresh
- Organics: hype or hope
- Produce: safe at any price
- Genetically modified, irradiated, and politicized
- DAIRY 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
- BEVERAGE 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.