An Apple A Day
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1554683998 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Eat salmon. It’s full of PCBs and mercury. Don’t eat more veggies. Eat more veggies. The result is both an entertaining revelation of the miracles of science happening in our bodies every time we bite into a morsel of food, and a telling exploration of the myths, claims and misconceptions surrounding our obsession with diets, nutrition and weight. Looking first at how food affects our health, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, the expert who’s famous for connecting chemistry to everyday life. And he takes a studied look at the science of calories and weighs in on popular diets. An Apple a Day is a must-read book for anyone who looks forward to digesting the truth about what we eat.. He clears up the confusion about contaminants, examining everything from pesticide residues, remnants of antibiotics, the dreaded trans fats and chemicals that may leach from cookware. In An Apple a Day, he’s taken his thorough knowledge of food chemistry, applied it to today’s top food fears, trends and questions, and leavened it with his trademark lighthearted approach. Don’t eat salmon. The pesticides will give you cancer. Forget your dinner jacket and put on your lab coat: you have to be a nutritional scientist these days before you sit down to eat—which is why we need Dr. It’s full of good omega-3 fats.
Schwarcz has received numerous awards, including the Royal Society of Canada’s McNeil Award, and is the only non-American to win the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Grady-Stack Award. A regular guest on Daily Planet, CBC, CTV and TVO, and the host of a weekly radio show on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal, Schwarcz also writes a weekly column for The Gazette (Montreal). His informative and entertaining public lectures range from nutritional controversies to the chemistry of love. He teaches courses on nutrition and the applications of chemistry to everyday life. He lives in Montreal.. He was also the chief consultant for the blockbuster titles Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal and The Healing Power of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs. He is the author of five titles, including Let Them Eat Flax. About the Auth
A regular guest on Daily Planet, CBC, CTV and TVO, and the host of a weekly radio show on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal, Schwarcz also writes a weekly column for The Gazette (Montreal). He was also the chief consultant for the blockbuster titles Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal and The Healing Power of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs. He is the author of five titles, including Let Them Eat Flax. H
"Adventurer" according to Adventurer. Everyone that tries to live a healthier and better life should read this book. This book is very informative and help you make your own opinion of diet fads. I enjoyed this book very much. It was entertaining. The fact that Dr. Schwarz uses data from studies conducted outside the US should not affect your interest in the book. This is how science and politics work; sometimes money in the US is not donated to fund researc. Liz Lee said over all look at this. Several things were not detailed enough--for instance; talking about high fructose corn syrup there are Lots of studies that indicate how bad this is he barely talked about any of that. He mentioned a study about soft drinks in Norway, or somewhere THEY don't use this stuff; so it was not relevant. WE, Us American's are the only people that use this in like, 80 or 90 percent of our canned/processed food.AND he believed t