Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

By Marion Nestle

A James Beard Award-winner and the author of What to Eat and Soda Politics , leading nutritionist Marion Nestle exposes how the food industry corrupts scientific research for profit. Is chocolate heart-healthy? Does yogurt prevent type 2 diabetes? Do pomegranates help cheat death? News accounts bombard us with such amazing claims, report them as science, and influence what we eat. Yet, as Marion Nestle explains, these studies are more about marketing than science; they are often paid for by companies that sell those foods. Whether it's a Coca-Cola-backed study hailing light exercise as a calorie neutralizer, or blueberry-sponsored investigators proclaiming that this fruit prevents erectile dysfunction, every corner of the food industry knows how to turn conflicted research into big profit. As Nestle argues, it's time to put public health first. Written with unmatched rigor and insight, Unsavory Truth reveals how the food industry manipulates nutrition science -- and suggests what we can do about it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541697111
• ISBN13: 9781541697119
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Truth exposed

Marion Nestle is New York University professor of nutrition, food studies and public health. She wrote this book to awaken American consumers how food companies skew the science of what we eat. In this book, she spends many chapters in how food companies uses their economic power of money for write up favorable to their marketing products. Is it bribery in other name? Even government agencies are not exempted. Consumers are advised to seek truth whose behind these "objective" reports for a better consumer choice. It is a must read for the truth!