Death by food pyramid
By: Denise Minger
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780984755127
Subjects: Nutrition; Food; Food habits; Food industry and trade; Composition; Political activity
Description: Argues against the implementation of the USDA food guide pyramid and the study that inspired it.
Notes: "How shoddy science, sketchy politics and shady special interests ruined your health... ...and how to reclaim it!"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pyramid is the new paradigm; title: Design by committee; title: Amber waves of shame; title: Evaluating the experts; title: The hitchhiker's guide to nutritional research; title: Reopening the case against saturated fat; title: Ancel keys and the diet-heart hypothesis; title: A little town in Massachusetts; title: PUFA-rama : the rise of vegetable oils; title: Meet your meat; title: Herbivore's dilemma; title: A future informed by the past.