- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary (1 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 065802115X
- ISBN-13: 978-0658021152
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.1 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 521,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is the ultimate health-defense guide for eating wisely and safely. Contaminated beef, orange juice carrying salmonella, genetically engineered food, unidentified product additives - do you really know what's in the food you eat? Millions of Americans today are totally unaware of how many of the foods they rely on cannot be trusted - and that they may be unwittingly undermining their health at every meal. Dr. Earl Mindell's "Unsafe at Any Meal", a bestseller in its previous edition, is the ultimate self-defense guide for navigating the minefield of hidden hazards in the foods we eat, the meals we serve, the water we drink, and the medicines we take. One of America's leading nutrition experts, Dr. Earl Mindell exposes the food industry's chemical cover-ups and provides crucial information on what to look out for when shopping, cooking, and taking medications.This essential guide gives you the lowdown on: the truth about 'labelese,' the deceptive but legal liberties manufacturers take when listing ingredients; pros and cons of new products such as cholesterol-lowering margarine and natural food fortified with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants; genetically modified foods and definitions of biotech terms; functional foods that provide health benefits above and beyond their nutritional value; and, much more. Equipped with Dr. Earl Mindell's "Unsafe at Any Meal", you'll learn how to make the right food choices to help you and your family lead longer, healthier, and happier lives.
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The ultimate health-defense guide for eating wisely and safely
Contaminated beef, orange juice carrying salmonella, genetically engineered food, unidentified product additives--do you really know what's in the food you eat? Millions of Americans today are totally unaware of how many of the foods they rely on cannot be trusted--and that they may be unwittingly undermining their health at every meal.
Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal, a bestseller in its previous edition, is the ultimate self-defense guide for navigating the minefield of hidden hazards in the foods we eat, the meals we serve, the water we drink, and the medicines we take. One of America's leading nutrition experts, Dr. Earl Mindell exposes the food industry's chemical cover-ups and provides crucial information on what to look out for when shopping, cooking, and taking medications.
This essential guide gives you the lowdown on:
- The truth about "labelese," the deceptive but legal liberties manufacturers take when listing ingredients
- Pros and cons of new products such as cholesterol-lowering margarine and natural food fortified with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants
- Genetically modified foods and definitions of biotech terms
- Functional foods that provide health benefits above and beyond their nutritional value and much more
Equipped with Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal, you'll learn how to make the right food choices to help you and your family lead longer, healthier, and happier lives.
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Unless you know what to look for, food labels can be inadequate, confusing, and dangerously misleading sources of dietary information. Read the first page
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent information, but...
24 Sep 2005
Format:Paperback
This book gave some real and excellent information about the literal abundance of crap that is manufactured into our food. Unfortunately, after reading it, you are left wondering: What is left to eat if I avoid all of the foods that he talks about?
Unlike the first reviewer, I was actually pleased that he didn't talk about trans fats, as that is a very obvious and well publicized ingredient in most foods. I wanted to know what was in my food that no one would talk about, and Allen Smith goes into great detail about ALL of these other things, including artificial colors, flavors, MSG, genetically modified foods, fortified foods and more. You'll be amazed at the number of chemicals that are routinely put into many foods, but you'll also be overwhelmed at the thought of elimininating so many of the foods that you currently eat. It just isn't possible. Good for information, but unrealistic for real life (except for those who need this info for health problems).
Unlike the first reviewer, I was actually pleased that he didn't talk about trans fats, as that is a very obvious and well publicized ingredient in most foods. I wanted to know what was in my food that no one would talk about, and Allen Smith goes into great detail about ALL of these other things, including artificial colors, flavors, MSG, genetically modified foods, fortified foods and more. You'll be amazed at the number of chemicals that are routinely put into many foods, but you'll also be overwhelmed at the thought of elimininating so many of the foods that you currently eat. It just isn't possible. Good for information, but unrealistic for real life (except for those who need this info for health problems).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Map of a minefield - your grocery store.
30 Nov 2007
Format:Paperback
I have only read the 1986 edition, but the focus of the book is not to tell you exactly what to eat or what not to eat, it's primarily to inform you of a basic underlying problem in the U.S. food industry. Mindell puts the responsibility on the reader to change how they shop and eat, because the government isn't putting that responsibility on companies.
The way the government does and does not regulate our food production and labels leaves huge holes for companies to slip dangerous, unnatural, unregulated, untested, and unhealthy substances onto store shelves and into our bodies. If you are predisposed to this premise, you will find the book very informative and a useful guide and tool when you go grocery shopping. Mindell doesn't expect people to stop eating processed food or fast food immediately after reading the book, but if you will start reading the ingredients list on foods you buy, this book will really help you decode what you are consuming.
For those looking for a healthy living and cooking guide, subscribe to Cooking Light or any of a number of health magazines or get some cook books. Mindell does give a pretty comprehensive list of foods you should eat and additives and foods to avoid if at all possible. He does not weigh in heavily on issues like organic, fair trade, buy local, or slow food, even exercise. The book simply aims to arm the reader with information about hidden dangers in food processing and labels that would otherwise take years to learn by doing your own research.
The way the government does and does not regulate our food production and labels leaves huge holes for companies to slip dangerous, unnatural, unregulated, untested, and unhealthy substances onto store shelves and into our bodies. If you are predisposed to this premise, you will find the book very informative and a useful guide and tool when you go grocery shopping. Mindell doesn't expect people to stop eating processed food or fast food immediately after reading the book, but if you will start reading the ingredients list on foods you buy, this book will really help you decode what you are consuming.
For those looking for a healthy living and cooking guide, subscribe to Cooking Light or any of a number of health magazines or get some cook books. Mindell does give a pretty comprehensive list of foods you should eat and additives and foods to avoid if at all possible. He does not weigh in heavily on issues like organic, fair trade, buy local, or slow food, even exercise. The book simply aims to arm the reader with information about hidden dangers in food processing and labels that would otherwise take years to learn by doing your own research.
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