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How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal
Scribner
March 2013
On Sale: February 26, 2013
288 pages
ISBN: 145166673X
EAN: 9781451666731
Kindle: B009K54F48
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Non-Fiction
In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivoreβs Dilemma a fascinating and cutting-edge look at the scary truth about what really goes into our food. If a piece of individually wrapped cheese retains its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed our children? Former New York Times business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that takes her to research labs, food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-openingβand sometimes disturbingβaccount of what weβre really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest, most abundant, most addictive, and most nutritionally devastating food in the world, and she uncovers startling evidence about the profound health implications of the packaged and fast foods that we eat on a daily basis. From breakfast cereal to chicken subs to nutrition bars, processed foods account for roughly 70 percent of our nationβs calories. Despite the growing presence of farmersβ markets and organic produce, strange food additives are nearly impossible to avoid. Combining meticulous research, vivid writing, and cultural analysis, Warner blows the lid off the largely undocumentedβand lightly regulatedβworld of chemically treated and processed foods and lays bare the potential price we may pay for consuming even so-called βhealthyβ foods.
 Media BuzzMarketplace - PRI - March 12, 2013
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - February 28, 2013
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