Food And Nutrition Controversies Today: A Reference Guide
By Myrna Chandler Goldstein and Mark A. Goldstein, M.D.
Since my mother passed away this past December I have become really focused on environmental health. She was a breast cancer survivor but succumbed to complications with lymphoma—both cancers deeply linked with the environment.
My role as a dietitian is not to merely play with food models and educate patients on how to lower their cholesterol or keep their blood sugar in check; that is symptomatic medicine. I am here to teach preventative medicine.What does this have to do with anything? Well after reading Food and Nutrition Controversies Today it is apparent that everything is really working against us, but most of it comes down too one thing: $. This book gives some clear insight into the ‘dark side’ of food production and manufacturing.
Discussed in the book are some interesting topics greatly affecting the
environment from farm-raising leading to a weakened wild salmon population, the bottled water debate, Polisac used in cow’s, GMO foods, and much more.
While some of the information can be scary at times I feel it is important to know these things. Now considering cancer or autism—are any of these controversies responsible or at least partly? Without direct clinical evidence (cancer doesn’t occur over night) we are left with only correlations, but no cause and effect. If you want to be informed about where nutrition is headed today, read Food and Nutrition Controversies Today. We may not be able to stop the damage already done, but we can prevent further damage, or can we?
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