The British ate better, nutritionally speaking, in 1943, in the middle of the War, than they have since, and each adult today has at least 300 man-made chemicals sloshing around inside them, in potentially toxic combinations. James Fergusson tackles these issues in his exploration of what the British eat, where it comes from, and who dictates what chemicals lace our meals. Leading wartime nutritionist, Sir Jack Drummond - who gave us the term vitamin, and created a golden age of dietary health - was murdered in 1952. Fergusson studies Drummond’s efforts to combat the ‘chemicalisation’ of our food and tries to ascertain whether at the heart of his murder lurked a dark corporate assassination plot. The Vitamin Murders plunges you into a world of chemical technology, Cold War conspiracy theory and wartime effort and, in the end, it forces us to question what we are made of these days. 268pp, 128mm x 196mm, softback, 2008
Fluoride is more toxic than lead and only slightly less toxic than arsenic. Why, then, is our government so hell-bent on helping industry to get rid of this toxic waste cheaply by allowing it to be dumped right into our water supply?
Consumer power, once mobilised, can be a powerful force for change, perhaps even more powerful, nowadays, than our vote. So how happy we are to have found this book, which contains all the information needed to make even small shopping choices have a
The Truth About Food by Jill Fullerton-Smith tests the common myths about food and reveals the real and scientifically proven effects of food on our bodies, on the immune system, appetite, memory and libido.
From the Slow Food Campaign to Rick Stein’s food heroes, chefs, food writers and environmentalists increasingly equate ‘real’ food with local food – but where do you buy it, and what should you buy? In... [more]
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