101 Facts You Should Know About Food
UK £6.99,Canada $14.00,
UK Publication April 2007
ISBN 9781840467673
Paperback
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- One-third of all fruit and vegetables we eat contain pesticide residues
- 80% of 10-year-old American girls diet
- Blueberries may be more effective than drugs in protecting against heart disease
- The way fast food changes brain chemistry can make it as addictive as heroin
- Eating less could be the best way to stop growing old
- 75% of the salt in our diet comes from processed foods
- A typical family throws away 30-50 kg of food packaging a month
From the extraordinary distance our food can travel to reach our tables to the remarkable benefits of eating avocados, John Farndon shows the amazing, often shocking, truth behind the food we eat. Covering everything from the big businesses that control food production around the world to the dangers of food dyes, this book reveals the complex facts behind the simplest of meals.
Find out just what GM food is and how scientists are altering what you eat, how food gets its flavour, why some foods are not as nutritious as they should be, why bringing exotic foods to your table may literally cost the Earth, and much more.
This is an essential guide to the facts behind food, the one vital thing in your life besides air and water - and the world's biggest business.
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From the extraordinary figure that a third of all food in the UK is simply thrown away, to the remarkable benefits of eating blueberries and avocadoes, [Farndon] shows the amazing, often shocking, truth behind the foods we eat. You'll never look at things the same way again.' - Cambridgeshire Journal
'When it comes to food, it pays to be better informed. John Farndon’s book lists some frightening facts' - Marylebone Express
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John Farndon is the author of many popular reference books on a wide range of topics, including the best-selling Dorling Kindersley Pocket Encyclopaedia and the Collins Children's Encyclopaedia. He has been short-listed three times for the Aventis Science Book junior prize.
See more books by: John Farndon
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101 Facts You Should Know About Food (EBOOK: PDF)
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