Christin R. (raksha38) reviewed on 9/19/2013 + 203 more book reviews

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I enjoyed this book a lot. It put into words far better than I could many of the thoughts and feelings I've been having about "Nutritionism" (thinking of food in terms of being a composition of individual micronutrients instead of as, well, an actual whole food that's part of a larger food chain). He very clearly lays out the shortcomings of and damage done by this line of thinking and offers a more helpful alternative. It also plainly stated a lot of the problems and shortcomings of the kinds of research nutritional scientists either prefer or are forced by circumstances to use. Our food system and ways of eating in this country are so screwed up and it's going to take a lot more than individual effort to change that, but his advice to "Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much" is a good place to start.

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