Book Review: Ingredients

This book provides insight regarding how scientific data is collected, disseminated, and consumed regarding ingredients. The author shares the journey of uncovering information about what we eat, drink, inhale, and put on our bodies.

He offers this summation: “Pay attention to safety alerts from the CDC or the FDA. Other than that, if you read something about food and health—especially individual foods, like kale and eggs—on the Internet, treat it like a kitten: have fun playing with it, but don’t let it change your life” (245).

I would only recommend this book to someone who wants the details on why you cannot believe every headline or study that comes out, especially regarding food.

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Zaidan, G. (2020). Ingredients: The strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us. New York: Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC.

Book Review: Feeding You Lies

Before you unwrap that food and ingest, you may want to ask yourself: what are the ingredients, are these ingredients nutritious, and where do these ingredients come from. I recommend this book and appreciate all of Vani Hari's efforts to make our food safer for our health and environment.

The book is full of well-documented research. You don’t have to read it cover-to-cover; you can skip around to the areas that interest you. The 48-hour toxin takedown is not complicated and thoroughly explained. The author (founder of FoodBabe.com) inspires you to do your part, vote with your wallet, and get involved where and when you can. The best resource is the Appendix, with all questionable ingredients identified and explained. 

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Hari, V. (2019). Feeding You Lies: How to unravel the food industry's playbook and reclaim your health. New York City: Hay House, Inc.