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Eat Salmon. It's Full Of Good Omega-3 Fats. Don't Eat Salmon. It's Full Of Pcbs And Mercury. Eat More Veggies. They're Full Of Good Antioxidants. Don't Eat More Veggies. The Pesticides Will Give You Cancer. Forget Your Dinner Jacket And Put On Your Lab Coat: You Have To Be A Nutritional Scientist These Days Before You Sit Down To Eat, Which Is Why We Need This Author, The Expert In Connecting Chemistry To Everyday Life. In This Book He Has Taken His Thorough Knowledge Of Food Chemistry, Applied It To Today's Top Food Fears, Trends, And Questions, And Leavened It With His Trademark Lighthearted Approach. The Result Is Both An Entertaining Revelation Of The Miracles Of Science Happening In Our Bodies Every Time We Bite Into A Morsel Of Food, And A Telling Exploration Of The Myths, Claims, And Misconceptions Surrounding Our Obsession With Diets, Nutrition, And Weight. Looking First At How Food Affects Our Health, He Examines What's In Tomatoes, Soy, And Broccoli That Can Keep Us Healthy And How The Hundreds Of Compounds In A Single Food React When They Hit Our Bodies. Then He Investigates How We Manipulate Our Food Supply, Delving Into The Science Of Food Additives And What Benefits W

Who reads An Apple a Day : The Myths, Misconceptions, and Truths About the Foods We Eat?

Author

Joseph A. Schwarcz

Publisher

Other Press; Other Press, LLC

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590513118

Category

science

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Cooking, Social Science

Rating

3.59 / 5 (28 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14