Nutritionism :
Scrinis, Gyorgy.
Nutritionism : the science and politics of dietary advice / Gyorgy Scrinis. - 1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations. - Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history . - Arts and traditions of the table. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A clash of nutritional ideologies -- The nutritionism paradigm : reductive approaches to nutrients, food, and the body -- The era of quantifying nutritionism : protective nutrients, caloric reductionism, and vitamania -- The era of good-and-bad nutritionism : bad nutrients and nutricentric dietary guidelines -- The macronutrient diet wars : from the low-fat campaign to low-calorie, low-carb, and low-GI diets -- Margarine, butter, and the trans-fats fiasco -- The era of functional nutritionism : functional nutrients, superfoods, and optimal dietary patterns -- Functional foods : nutritional engineering, nutritional marketing, and corporate nutritionism -- The food quality paradigm : alternative approaches to food and the body -- After nutritionism.
9780231527149 (ebook)
Food--Composition.
Functional foods.
Nutrition--Public opinion.
Public health--Political aspects.
Electronic books.
RA784 / .S435 2013
613.2
Nutritionism : the science and politics of dietary advice / Gyorgy Scrinis. - 1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations. - Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history . - Arts and traditions of the table. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A clash of nutritional ideologies -- The nutritionism paradigm : reductive approaches to nutrients, food, and the body -- The era of quantifying nutritionism : protective nutrients, caloric reductionism, and vitamania -- The era of good-and-bad nutritionism : bad nutrients and nutricentric dietary guidelines -- The macronutrient diet wars : from the low-fat campaign to low-calorie, low-carb, and low-GI diets -- Margarine, butter, and the trans-fats fiasco -- The era of functional nutritionism : functional nutrients, superfoods, and optimal dietary patterns -- Functional foods : nutritional engineering, nutritional marketing, and corporate nutritionism -- The food quality paradigm : alternative approaches to food and the body -- After nutritionism.
9780231527149 (ebook)
Food--Composition.
Functional foods.
Nutrition--Public opinion.
Public health--Political aspects.
Electronic books.
RA784 / .S435 2013
613.2