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Book Review of In Defense of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating

In Defense of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating
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Fantastic book. MUST READ! What an eye opener! My mom has been into nutrition her whole life and I was raised in the 50's & 60's eating whole foods, no wonder bread, though thru the years there are many times I have not of course. I am no angel. The information about imitation foods, the FDA, "food products" and "nutrition-ism" is so well stated, interesting, amazing actually and true! As he says...any "ism" is a ideology, not science or a fact!. We think our scientists have discovered all the vitamins that are .... important... critical... but they don't realize they don't know yet...what they don't know.... until they FIND IT! like electricity...it was always there, we just had to discover it. We have - overall- been turned into lab rats for the food companies and medical industry. How to get away from "diets" and normalize eating. Though may try with intermittent fasting. to cleanse the gunk out I think the intermittent fasting could help and then just eating "real food," not too much and more mindfully." Will read this again . am getting a copy to send to my mother & daughter-in-law. Everyone should read this book.