Unsavory Truth, Marion Nestle
Unsavory Truth, Marion Nestle
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Unsavory Truth
How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

Author: Marion Nestle

Narrator: Norah Tocci

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 10/30/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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.

About Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, emerita, at New York University, and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She has a PhD in molecular biology and an MPH in public health nutrition from UC Berkeley. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on December 10, 2018

*3-3.5 stars. A very well-researched, documented and presented discussion of how the food industry influences nutritional studies. It is perhaps geared more towards scientists, college professors, dietitians and nutritionists, meaning it's a tough read for someone like me, just a reader who is inter......more

Goodreads review by Quintin on July 11, 2018

The aptly named Unsavory Truth is an exhaustive account of the pervasive influence of the food industry, more particularly their monetary largesse, upon nutritional science and research. The simple truth in a nutshell (pun intended) is that there is no such thing as superfoods, sugar is bad and plan......more

Goodreads review by Mystereity Reviews on October 24, 2018

I requested Unsavory Truth by Marion Nestle from Netgalley because I was interested in learning more about just how the unsuspecting and trusting public is being manipulated by companies. I've known for years how news articles about health have been manipulated, ever since an article I read years ag......more

Goodreads review by Kara on July 06, 2021

I’ve been intrigued by food science for a while. We have all at one point or another tried some kind of fad, whether it’s a specific diet or overloading on a superfood or something like that, I’m sure. Some of us fall harder than others. The more I tried to research and understand nutrition and food......more

Goodreads review by David on July 09, 2018

Conflict of Interest as a career If you have followed Marion Nestle’s books as I have, you will note not so much a progression, as a regression. They started with the nutritional value of foods in the body, worked their way back to manufacturing and chemicals, and now with Unsavory Truth, there is al......more

Quotes

One of Nature's Best Science Books of the Year (2018)

"In her latest book, Unsavory Truth, Nestle levels a withering fusillade of criticism against food and beverage companies that use questionable science and marketing to push their own agendas about what should end up on our dinner tables...There is indeed something rotten in the state of dietary science, but books like this show us that we consumers also hold a great deal of power."—Science

"A remorseless dissection of the corruption of science by industry."—Nature

"The links and conflicts of interest between the food industry and the world of nutrition professionals are, in Nestle's telling, perhaps even wilder and more egregiously tangled."—New York Magazine, The Cut

"Nestle writes in simple and informative language, diving into history, university politics, and failed government policies to improve people's health."—Vice, Tonic

"Through her investigation into how money flows from companies and trade groups to labs, [Nestle] shows how pervasive the problem is--and why it's distorting how we think about health."—Vox

"Unsavory Truth is fascinating, and wherever you fall on the spectrum of worrying about food industry conflicts, a worthwhile read."—Weighty Matters

"Nestle reveals not only how the food industry manipulates nutrition science, but how readers can reclaim their health from these marketing schemes."—Foodtank

"Nestle delivers a groundbreaking look at how food corporations influence nutrition research and public policy...General and specialist readers alike will appreciate this important message for consumers."—Publishers Weekly

"Nestle proves yet again that she is a unique, valuable voice for engaged food consumers."—Kirkus

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