Fast food genocide : how processed food is killing us and what we can do about it
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062571212
- ISBN: 0062571214
- ISBN: 9780062695086
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Physical Description:
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342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-327) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Participants in our own destruction -- Fast food and disease -- The brain on fast food -- Let food be thy medicine -- The lessons of history -- DNA, social energy, and fast food -- Making desserts green again -- Food for the heart and soul -- Eating our way to health -- Frequently asked questions. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Nutrition Junk food Health aspects Processed foods Health aspects Diet |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | TX 357 .F84 2017 | 30775305527302 | General Collection | Available | - |
BookList Review
Fast Food Genocide : How Processed Food Is Killing Us and What We Can Do about It
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Is it fair to label fast food a genocide? Fuhrman (The End of Heart Disease, 2016) says, Yes, as he cites the dictionary definition, the deliberate destruction of an entire race or nation, and ticks off the ways fast-food malnutrition causes weight gain and chronic inflammation. Fuhrman calls on readers to eat foods in their unprocessed states and to beware of additives, even supposedly healthy ones like folic acid, a petroleum-derived, synthetic form of the B vitamin folate that's added to commercial baked goods and to vitamins and which studies associate with a higher incidence of cancer. After reading his passionate case for why we need to eat leafy greens rather than relying on supplements, health-conscious eaters will find much to validate their beliefs and will undoubtedly enjoy the doctor's decision to devote 52 pages to recipes. The biggest fans of fries and burgers may change their ways and try to keep only healthy food in their houses, even if they turn up their noses at adding spinach to a chocolate smoothie.--Springen, Karen Copyright 2017 Booklist