The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585426261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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S. Thomas said Five Stars. Very helpful book.. Excellent in many ways Kcorn I read this one with great interest and found much that made me think (and re-think) my family's diet. However, there were also some sections of this book that could have been omitted, many repetitions and more than a few recipes that my family wouldn't touch (and for good . "Enough to Drive Anyone Crazy" according to Gregory R. Ziegler. A review of The Crazy Makers, How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children, by Carol SimontacchiBy Gregory ZieglerProfessor of Food SciencePenn State UniversityRational thought is not what you will find in The Crazy Makers, How the Food Industry i
Based on extensive research, epidemiological evidence, and a formal study of schoolchildren's eating habits, The Crazy Makers identifies how the latest food products may be literally driving us crazy. Carol Simontacchi offers the reader nutritional primers and recipes to help counteract the problems facing us and our children every time we sit down to eat.. This updated edition includes a new chapter on autism, as well as revised material that illustrates just how much the industry has changed in a few short years. An unprecedented and impeccably reported look at how American food manufacturers and their "products" may be endangering our minds. With obesity becoming one of the fastest-growing worldwide epidemics, and manufactured food fueling that trend, The Crazy Makers is timelier than ever
Simontacchi also skewers prepared foods, additives, over-processed grains, school vending machines, and fast-food chains. Rather, this nutrition deprivation starts in the womb: mom doesn't get the right nutrition (essential fatty acids, high-quality protein, unrefined carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water), so baby is born already brain-nutrient deficient, says the author. According to certified clinical nutritionist Carol Simontacchi, the food industries that give us packaged, processed, artificially flavored, chemical-ridden, artificially colored, nutrient-stripped pseudo foods such as sodas, processed soups, sugared cereals, and fiberless bread "wantonly destroy our bodies and our brains, all in the name of profit." We Americans (adults and children) eat 200 p