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Author: Joseph Schwarcz
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
ISBN: 9781851687268
ISBN 10: 1851687262
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 February 2010
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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An entertaining guide through the tangle of conflicting research studies, advertising claims, special interest groups, age-old myths and popular opinion that make diet a cloudy subject. ... leaves readers with a rational framework for evaluating the complex nature of foods and how they affect health. Library Journal Readers will not need a PhD in chemistry to follow along; Schwarcz wisely limits technical terms to the minimum while explaining the chemistry involved in digestion. Publishers Weekly A great book. A reference every eater might want to have on hand, especially to help debunk annoying and fuilt-inducing myths. Toronto Star A sensible, rational overview of the natural chemistry of what we eat. BBC Focus food science is made comprehensible, the fads deflated and the truth established Lovereading.co.uk Fascinating The Good Book Guide
A sensible, rational overview of the natural chemistry of what we eat. * BBC Focus * food science is made comprehensible, the fads deflated and the truth established * Lovereading.co.uk * An entertaining guide through the tangle of conflicting research studies, advertising claims, special interest groups, age-old myths and popular opinion that make diet a cloudy subject. ... leaves readers with a rational framework for evaluating the complex nature of foods and how they affect health. * Library Journal * Readers will not need a PhD in chemistry to follow along; Schwarcz wisely limits technical terms to the minimum while explaining the chemistry involved in digestion. * Publishers Weekly * A great book. A reference every eater might want to have on hand, especially to help debunk annoying and fuilt-inducing myths. * Toronto Star * Fascinating * The Good Book Guide *
.,. Empowering science for the people, complete with a muckraking angle... <br>- Rachel M. Minkin, Library Journal<br> <br>.,. an entertaining guide through the tangle of conflicting research studies, advertising claims, special interest groups, age-old myths and popular opinion that make diet a cloudy subject. ... leaves readers with a rational framework for evaluating the complex nature of foods and how they affect health. - Publishers Weekly<br>
Author Information
Dr Joseph Schwarcz is director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society, Canada. He is the only non-American to win the American Chemical Society's prestigious Grady-Stack Award. Schwarcz is the author of six books and regularly appears on television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a columnist for The Gazette (Montreal).
