The future of nutrition : an insider's look at the science, why we keep getting it wrong, and how to start getting it right / T. Colin Campbell, PHD ; with Nelson Disla.
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TextPublisher: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2020]Description: xxii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9781950665709
- 1950665704
- Insider's look at the science, why we keep getting it wrong, and how to start getting it right
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2020 Foreword Indie Award Winner in the "Health" Category
From the coauthor of The China Study and author of the New York Times bestselling follow-up, Whole
Despite extensive research and overwhelming public information on nutrition and health science, we are more confused than ever-about the foods we eat, what good nutrition looks like, and what it can do for our health.
In The Future of Nutrition , T. Colin Campbell cuts through the noise with an in-depth analysis of our historical relationship to the food we eat, the source of our present information overload, and what our current path means for the future-both for individual health and society as a whole.
In these pages, Campbell takes on the institution of nutrition itself, unpacking-
.Why the institutional emphasis on individual nutrients (instead of whole foods) as a means to explain nutrition has had catastrophic consequences
.How our reverence for "high quality" animal protein has distorted our understanding of cholesterol, saturated fat, unsaturated fat, environmental carcinogens, and more
.Why mainstream food and nutrient recommendations and public policy favor corporate interests over that of personal and planetary health
.How we can ensure that public nutrition literacy can prevent and treat personal illness more effectively and economically
The Future of Nutrition offers a fascinating deep-dive behind the curtain of the field of nutrition-with implications both for our health and for the practice of science itself.
Disease care today -- The hidden history of nutrition and disease -- Disease care institutionalized -- The state of nutrition -- The cult of animal protein -- Related myths, debates, and diversions -- A radical challenge to science -- The limits of reductionist nutrition -- A case study of wholistic science -- Recommendations.
Campbell takes on the institution of nutrition itself: the history of how we got locked in to focusing on "disease care" over health care; the widespread impact of our reverence of animal protein on our interpretation of scientific evidence; the way even well-meaning organizations can limit what science is and is not taken seriously; and what we can do to ensure the future of nutrition is different than its past.
"Colin Campbell, author of The China Study (3M sold across all formats and editions) and New York Times bestseller Whole, returns with The Future of Nutrition, a book examining the shortcomings and confusion within the nutrition industry and outlining steps to improve"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.