Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

By Marion Nestle

"Is chocolate heart-healthy. Does yogurt prevent type 2 diabetes. Do pomegranates help cheat death. News accounts bombard us with such. . . claims, report them as science, and influence what we eat. . . Marion Nestle [believes that] these studies are more about marketing than science: they are often paid for by companies that sell those foods"--.

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Book Information

Publisher: Basic Books
Publish Date: 10/30/2018
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781541697119
ISBN-10: 1541697111
Language: English

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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.

About the Author

Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health, emerita, at New York University, and Visiting Professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell.

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