The One-hundred-percent natural, purely organic, cholesterol-free, megavitamin, low-carbohydrate nutrition hoax. 1st ed.
1983
Whelan Elizabeth M. | Stare Fredrick John
Arguments and statements by the myth-makers, the food faddists, and profiteers who encourage people to spend unnecessary millions of dollars on health (nutritional) cures are refuted by scientific evidence. Topics examined are: eating 100% natural foods, avoiding sugar and salt, eating more fiber and fewer eggs; consuming only well-done meat (and little of it), filling up on special vitamins and minerals to maintain health, and going on bizarre diets to lose or gain weight. Hucksters deceive many people using food and health misinformation. Ultimately, the consumer pays in 2 ways: the cost of a useless product and incomplete benefits. Politics, economics, and emotions are responsible for the current distortion of the nutritional scene. Topics covered include: the nutrition (mis) information explosion; obesity; diet and disease; poisons in the food supply; the controversy over sugar; diet and cancer; vitamins; nutrition and behavior; how to recognize reliable nutrition information; and what is good nutrition. (kbc).
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