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John Humphrys, author and broadcaster
A richly absorbing account of the food industry, our health and our vulnerability.
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A series of original mini-essays help create an easy-to-read insight into the politics and reality of food in the 21st century. Across the world, people are becoming increasingly concerned about the way food is mass produced - from battery chickens and farmed salmon, to genetically modified crops, irradiated ingredients and the use of growth hormones. In the UK alone, 25,000,000 kilos of pesticides are sprayed on food every year, all adding to a growing belief that the food we produce is no longer safe to eat. The Little Food Book provides insight into all of these issues, developing powerful arguments chapter by chapter, although each chapter also stands alone as a concise outline of a particular issue.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A Little Earth Book just for food,
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This review is from: The Little Food Book: An Explosive Account of the Food We Eat Today (Alastair Sawday's Fragile Earth) (Paperback)
As a nutrition and weight management advice specialist i found this book packed with independent articles on the scams in agrigulture and the food industry, advertising, and excellent studies into poor health caused by our attitudes towards food. There were insightful articles on the dangers of food additives, processing, and certain preperation methods, which were very useful for my clients as well. Everything is written clearly, concisely, but to the point, very much as in the Little Earth Book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Life changing book,
By vikingraider (Denmark) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Little Food Book: An Explosive Account of the Food We Eat Today (Alastair Sawday's Fragile Earth) (Paperback)
An absolute classic, this book revolutionised the way my family and I regarded food. This book is a small and easy to read, explaining each topic clearly and concisely. It's also very easy to just dip into as you feel like and pick a chapter at random.
Previously, we were naive to many of the dangerous items hidden within our food, actually often believing that we were eating healthily when in fact we were polluting our bodies and it soon became a hobby to read the food labels when shopping to discover if something you once regarded as a healthy staple really is or not. Worth noting that we also lost a lot of weight by adjusting our eating habits after reading this book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Mixed feelings,
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This review is from: The Little Food Book: An Explosive Account of the Food We Eat Today (Alastair Sawday's Fragile Earth) (Paperback)
Considering that this book is part of series of 'ecobooks' I was surprised at how much 'me-first-nutritionism' there was to be found between its covers especially in realtion to organics and supermarkets. Surely the central benefit of organics is ecological (preservation of biodiversity etc.)and not just the fact that one isn't consuming poison with every mouthful. Same on supermarkets: barely a whisper about their role in wrecking sustainable systems of food production and distribution. Ho hum.... but then this is written by Craig Sams who has created organic brands in the past and then sold them to the corporate giants.
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