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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Food politics is certainly growing as an issue of importance, especially in more progressive circles. I highly recommend this book as an introduction into the topic. It walks the reader through a typical grocery store and describes many of the issues a curious person may wonder about. Is there really a difference between certified organic and just organic? what does it mean to say something is organic? What is the difference between trans fats, hydrogenated oil, vegetable oil and any other oil or fat? And what do those fats mean to me? Are things like granola healthy or not? What about yogurt? These questions and many many others are all answered in this book, written by a nutrition professor. I recommend it for everyone. Especially parents and adults concerned with diets and nutrition (which should be everyone!). (  ) ieJasonW | Jul 9, 2009 |  A couple of years ago I realized my food choices were most likely connected to health problems I was having at the time. I wasn't eating a lot of sweets or junk food, but I lived off of pre-packaged, processed foods. I sought this book out to help me better understand what I was eating. This book is an extremely informative, objective presentation of nutrition and food facts. There are food politics and opinions included from the author, but she clearly lets you know which parts are her opinion. For example, she will say something like "Here are the facts about this food. I wouldn't eat this if I were you because of these reasons, but a lot of people do eat this for these reasons." This also appears to be one of the most researched books I've ever read. As you read it, you pick up on the fact that the author called tons of people, wrote hundreds of letters, and researched endlessly to find answers to questions she had. But it wasn't until I finished the book and saw the annotated bibliography with more than 400 sources at the end that I knew she was thorough. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about what they're eating. ( ) dfreeman2809 | Dec 14, 2008 | Life changing!! Very well organized and exceptionally informative. ptzop | Nov 28, 2008 | Life changing!! Very well organized and exceptionally informative. ptzop | Nov 27, 2008 | kated | Jan 13, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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Nestle walks readers through every supermarket section--produce, meat, fish, dairy, packaged foods, bottled waters, and more--decoding labels and clarifying nutritional and other claims (in supermarket-speak, for example, "fresh" means most likely to spoil first, not recently picked or prepared), and in so doing explores issues like the effects of food production on our environment, the way pricing works, and additives and their effect on nutrition.
What Nestle reveals is both discouraging and empowering. Through ubiquitous advertising, almost universal food availability, the growth of portion size, and unchecked marketing to kids, we’re encouraged to eat more than we need, with consequent negative impact on our health. Knowledge is indeed power, and Nestle's lively, witty, and thoroughly enlightening book--the work, readers quickly see, of a food lover intent on increasing sensual satisfaction at table as well as promoting health--will help its readers become completely cognizant about food shopping. It's a must for anyone who eats and buys food and wants to do both better. --Arthur Boehm
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