What to Eat
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: May 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780865477049
Subjects: Nutrition And Diet; Health/Fitness; Personal Health; Health & Fitness; Consumer Health; Popular works; Nutrition; Courses & Dishes - General; Health & Fitness / Nutrition; Diet; Diets - General; Health
First sentence: I am a nutrition professor, and as soon as people find out what I do, they ask: Why is nutrition so confusing?
Description: From publisher description: With What to Eat, this renowned nutritionist takes us on a guided tour of the supermarket, explaining the issues with verve and wit as well as a scientist's expertise and a food lover's experience. Today's supermarket is ground zero for the food industry, a place where the giants of agribusiness compete for sales with profits, not nutrition or health, in mind. Nestle walks us through the supermarket, section by section: produce, dairy, meat, fish, packaged foods, breads, juices, bottled waters, and more. Along the way, she untangles the issues, decodes the labels, clarifies the health claims, and debunks the sales hype. She tells us how to make sensible choices based on freshness, taste, nutrition, health, effects on the environment, and, of course, price. With Nestle as our guide, we learn what it takes to make wise food choices and are inspired to act with confidence on that knowledge. What to Eat is the guide to healthy eating today: comprehensive, provocative, revealing, rich in common sense, informative, and a pleasure to read.