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Archive | Book Reviews

Why the SOLE Food Movement is Failing

Tue, Oct 12, 2010 | By: nutrition

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Why the SOLE Food Movement is Failing
friend of mine sent me an article from a publication called Zocalo that reviews American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields by Rowan Jacobsen. A good book but it only makes things harder I’m not going to review this title (you can read the one from the Zocalo here) nor am I going to…
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Book Review: The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson

Wed, Mar 24, 2010 | By: nutrition

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Book Review: The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson
“Pain in the abdomen. Splitting Headache. Nausea and vomiting. Choking and couldn’t get their breath. Coughing up blood.” Phone calls like these broke the dawn of a fall day in the mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania back in October, 1948. Already two had died and another 18 were soon to follow. The death toll would…
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Book Review: FoodSmart: Understanding Nutrition in the 21st Century

Mon, Dec 7, 2009 | By: nutrition

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Book Review: FoodSmart: Understanding Nutrition in the 21st Century
FoodSmart Quickfacts FoodSmart: Understanding Nutrition in the 21st Century is a brand new book from award-winning author Diana Hunter that is designed to help navigate the complex world of nutrition. It explains basics like terminology and types of food with ease and, yet, is still able to present the various sides of much more complex topics…
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Book Review: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | By: nutrition

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Book Review: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Book Review: The Botany Of Desire   Quick Facts on The Botany of Desire When looking for books about nutrition and eating, it’s hard not to stumble up Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food. But this is not a review of those books. While both interesting and worth the a read by anyone nutrition-conscious, it…
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Book Review: Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink

Wed, Aug 26, 2009 | By: nutrition

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Book Review: Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink
pon searching for research for my last article about the social aspects of eating, I stumbled upon a book with a very intriguing title. It’s called “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think“, and is written by a nutritional scientist by the name of Brian Wansink. He studies the psychology of eating, and has…
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Book Review: Safe Food by Marion Nestle

Mon, Mar 30, 2009 | By: nutrition

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Book Review: Safe Food by Marion Nestle
What if this latest peanut-salmonella outbreak in 2009 was completely preventable?  What if the procedures to prevent it were already in place?  Even worse, what if we didn’t even have a food safety system at all? NOTE: This article is the 2nd part of a series about Food Safety in the United States. You may want…
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Book Review: The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD

Thu, Jan 15, 2009 | By: nutrition

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Book Review: The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD
A recent study from the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the death rate from heart disease has fallen by over 50% during the period from 1980-2000.  The authors concluded that the dramatic drop can be equally attributed to medical advancements in treatment and better management of heart disease risk factors, respectively. Cholesterol Myths in…
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