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ISBN13: 9780865477384
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Since its publication in hardcover last year, Marion Nestle’s What to Eat has become the definitive guide to making healthy and informed choices about food. Praised as “radiant with maxims to live by” in The New York Times Book Review and “accessible, reliable and comprehensive” in The Washington Post, What to Eat is an indispensable resource, packed with important information and useful advice from the acclaimed nutritionist who “has become to the food industry what . . . Ralph Nader [was] to the automobile industry” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
How we choose which foods to eat is growing more complicated by the day, and the straightforward, practical approach of What to Eat has been praised as welcome relief. As Nestle takes us through each supermarket section—produce, dairy, meat, fish—she explains the issues, cutting through foodie jargon and complicated nutrition labels, and debunking the misleading health claims made by big food companies. With Nestle as our guide, we are shown how to make wise food choices—and are inspired to eat sensibly and nutritiously.
Now in paperback, What to Eat is already a classic—“the perfect guidebook to help navigate through the confusion of which foods are good for us” (USA Today). Marion Nestle is the most respected nutritionist in America today. Her book Food Politics was given the James Beard Award, the top award for food writing; that book and its follow-up, Safe Food, are backlist classics for the University of California Press. A longtime nutritionist and former head of the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, Nestle lectures worldwide and was featured in the movie Super Size Me. A native New Yorker, she raised her family in California and now lives in Greenwich Village. Winner of the James Beard Foundation Award Since its publication in hardcover in 2006, Marion Nestle’s What to Eat has become the definitive guide to making healthy and informed choices about food. Praised as "accessible, reliable and comprehensive" in The Washington Post, What to Eat is a resource packed with important information and useful advice from the acclaimed nutritionist.
How we choose which foods to eat is growing more complicated, and the straightforward, practical approach of What to Eat has been praised as welcome relief. Nestle guides readers through the supermarket sections—produce, dairy, meat, fish, breads, and juices, and then to the "center aisles," where big profits are made. She uses clear language to reveal the big food companies' marketing practices and get to the heart of the real issues. She cuts through foodie jargon and complex nutrition labels and debunks the misleading health claims made by the major companies in the food industry. Nestle explains the differences between foods that are wild and those that are farm-raised; frozen and fresh; and organic, natural, and conventional. She tells us what we need to know about carbohydrates, omega-3s, and trans fats; pesticides and the environment; portion size, labeling, and nutrition claims; supplements, additives, and preservatives; and food safety. "Not only is What to Eat the most comprehensive guide to the political and nutritional choices we make shopping for food, but it's also full of up-to-date research on health."—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review "With this comprehensive guide, Nestle, a nutritionist, makes the weekly trip to the grocery less daunting and a healthy diet more attainable."—Science News “[This] book is for anyone who has read a food label; been annoyed at how often their children nag them for certain cereals; wondered about the difference between natural and organic; or questioned who is minding the store when it comes to nutrition and food safety.”—Marian Burros, The New York Times
“Nestle is simply one of the nation's smartest and most influential authorities on nutrition and food policy.”—Carol Ness, San Francisco Chronicle
“Meticulously researched, thorough, and indispensable—Marion Nestle's What to Eat delivers on its title. It's a reliable, riveting guide to the amazing truth about what we're sold by the American food distribution system. Refreshingly rigorous and fun to read.”—Alice Waters
"When it comes to the increasingly treacherous landscape of the American supermarket, with its marketing hype and competing health claims, Marion Nestle is an absolutely indispensable guide: knowledgeable, eminently sane—and wonderful company, too.”—Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore's Dilemma
"Part muckraking journalism, part reference book and part consumer guide, What to Eat is organized in the manner suggested by the subtitle: as a walk down each grocery store aisle with a companionable Ph. D. researcher as the guide. It is a simple, yet effective, concept for organizing what otherwise could have become a mind-numbing amount of information."—Steve Weinberg, St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The industry wants you to believe there are no good foods or bad foods. Well, that's not true. And I can't think of anyone who knows the difference better than Marion Nestle."—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
"According to nutritionist Nestle, the increasing confusion among the general public about what to eat comes from two sources: experts who fail to create a holistic view by isolating food components and health issues, and a food industry that markets items on the basis of profits alone. She suggests that, often, research findings are deliberately obscure to placate special interests. Nestle says that simple, common-sense guidelines available decades ago still hold true: consume fewer calories, exercise more, eat more fruits and vegetables and, for today's consumers, less junk food. The key to eating well, Nestle advises, is to learn to navigate through the aisles (and thousands of items) in large supermarkets. To that end, she gives readers a virtual tour, highlighting the main concerns of each food group, including baby, health and prepared foods, and supplements. Nestle's prose is informative and entertaining; she takes on the role of detective, searching for clues to the puzzle of healthy and satisfying nutrition. Her intelligent and reassuring approach will likely make readers venture more confidently through the jungle of today's super-sized stores."—Publishers Weekly
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It did not disappoint. It is not that hard to find and provides a lot of Omega-3 for its price compared to that of a decent wild or sustainably raised farmed fish. It is critical to vote with our dollars and get our produce directly from farmer's markets and from smaller local grocery stores. I accidentally picked up this book in the library when I came for something else. It is well worth the higher price and effort to support those who produce our food with integrity without trying to take advantage of their consumers. Why not try flax oil for a change.
Even though I consume foods discussed in only couple sections (my diet doesn't include any animal products and I am a member of a local Food Co-op, which has fairly strict standards on permissible ingredients in products that it sells), I was still captivated by the description of all of the intricacies and politics involved in the food market. While I have already made many changes to the food that I buy and farmers and companies from whom I buy, this book made my feelings about refusing to support the big corporate food producers even stronger. Especially the last few pages, were Nestle quotes industry advocating expanding business into wellness product with "fatter margins" and taking advantage of consumer doubts to sell bottled water. I could not put this book down. At certain points, reading about the tactics employed by the industry in an attempt to expand their market share made me sick to the stomach.
I have heard the author's name on several occasions and decided to give it a try. I also had no idea that the supplements market is unregulated and that we can only trust the producers of those products to put in those bottles everything that is listed on the labels outside. I remember seeing the warning labels for pregnant women in Trader Joe's, but I would have never guessed the extent of the problem with contamination of fish with methylmercury and PCBs. This is a very well written and researched book that provides plenty of practical knowledge that anyone can apply on a daily basis when making decisions in supermarkets or restaurants. I would agree with another reviewer that the five chapters on fish were simply superb.
It covers things like food labeling and how the US government is involved in our food processes, how supermarkets place foods throughout the store, and how to end up with the best quality foods in your shopping cart. I went organic in December 2009 partly because of the information contained in this book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and keep it on my desk for shopping-list reference. Every chapter ends with Nestle's personal "here's what I would do" advice. The next step in my journey is to start eating more locally produced foods, and this book will help me as I go. It's a long read, but is broken down by food categories which makes it useful as a reference guide. Marion Nestle's advice has been invaluable as I've started a journey toward eating more real food and less processed food.
and not critical enough of topics that deserve harsher criticism (rBST, polyunsatured oils, oxidized cholesterol in low-fat dairy). It's almost as if she drew conclusions by reading only the abstracts of many journal articles without reading the entire article. She offers a differing point of view in some regards- a view you likely have not heard and I think her arguments for doing so are compelling. I read this book after reading two of Michael Pollan's books and "Real Food: What to Eat and Why" by Nina Planck, and I have to say I was disappointed by this book. The ONE area where the two authors agree. She refers to studies generally, but not specifically. Eat your veggies.
And any one of the millions of women who eat yogurt to prevent yeast infections during antibiotic use can attest to the usefulness of probiotics. She covers quite a few (important) topics that Nestle's book doesn't and is impeccable about supporting her assertions with journal citations so you can research the original source. So I give her credit in this regard.Personally, I think Nina Planck's "Real Food" provides a much more detailed explanation of various foods, nutrients, and controversial health claims and guides. I also think she glosses over the nutritional differences between organic and non-organic produce, eggs and meat, which can be substantial. And she does explain some of the environmental and moral issues created by factory farms, fish farming and big agricultural.
I think she's too critical of things that don't merit criticism (probiotics, healthiness of fish, saturated fat from nutrient dense foods such as pastured chicken eggs etc). From personal experience I can tell you that a study may appear to be well -designed and conclusions may appear to be reasonable, but when you look at the specifics of the study, you often find other variables which completely negate the supposed conclusion.I do, however, think she's on target with regard to the overwhelming power exerted by big food producing companies and their lobbyists. Her sources for bold claims are rarely quoted. I think she missed an opportunity to inform people about what are very reasonable arguments questioning the validity of the importance of blood cholesterol levels. Explanations are somewhat simplistic and people with prior nutrition and/or science backgrounds will likely be frustrated by overly-simplified claims and explanations and the lack of detailed specific explanations about nutrients and why they are important.Overall, this book provides a very basic overview of nutrition according to the status quo and gives the impression that nutritionists have it all figured out now, when in fact they don't.
I knew this was to be a used book, but this was ridiculous.Bargain Books should not be permitted to sell via Amazon using the term (used-like new).it even had a $3 sticker on it.I wouldn't have paid that for a filthy (as in dusty dirt, not the pejorative)book.
She helps us see through the marketers hype and decode the labels and claims to find what is actually in that box we hold in our hands and determine if it will promote our health or undermine it. Ms. Nestle helps us run the gauntlet of our local grocery store. Serene and inviting with its row after row of inviting and tasty foods, the modern grocery store is the pinnacle of the marketer art and food manipulators science. What to Eat is a great book for anybody looking to escape from the standard American Diet of over processed food that is ruining our health, the health of this country, and due to our exporting of this diet the health of peoples around the world. Food companies and grocery stores goal is to get you to buy ever more and more food regardless of whether you really need all that food. Most items are designed to simultaneous appeal to your desires and pray upon your fears. In fact the limits of our actual calorie needs are viewed as obstacles to be overcome.
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