num_pages: 320
description: A James Beard Award-winner and the author of What to Eat and Soda Politics  leading nutritionist Marion Nestle exposes how the food industry corrupts scientific research for profit.Is chocolate heart-healthy? Does yogurt prevent type 2 diabetes? Do pomegranates help cheat death? News accounts bombard us with such amazing claims report them as science and influence what we eat. Yet as Marion Nestle explains these studies are more about marketing than science; they are often paid for by companies that sell those foods. Whether it's a Coca-Cola-backed study hailing light exercise as a calorie neutralizer or blueberry-sponsored investigators proclaiming that this fruit prevents erectile dysfunction every corner of the food industry knows how to turn conflicted research into big profit. As Nestle argues it's time to put public health first. Written with unmatched rigor and insight Unsavory Truth reveals how the food industry manipulates nutrition science -- and suggests what we can do about it.
language: English
title: Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat
publisher: Basic Books