Death By Food Pyramid, Denise Minger
Death By Food Pyramid, Denise Minger
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Death By Food Pyramid
How Shoddy Science, Sketchy Politics and Shady Special Interests Have Ruined Our Health...And How To Reclaim It

Author: Denise Minger

Narrator: David Minger

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2014

Synopsis

Warning: Shock and outrage will grip you as you dive into this one-of-a-kind exposé. Shoddy science, sketchy politics, and shady special interests have shaped American Dietary recommendations - and destroyed our nation's health - over recent decades. The phrase "Death by Food Pyramid" isn't shock-value sensationalism, but the tragic consequence of following federal advice and corporate manipulation in pursuit of health.In Death by Food Pyramid, Denise Minger exposes the forces that overrode common sense and solid science to launch a pyramid phenomenon that bled far beyond US borders to taint the eating habits of the entire developed world.Minger explores how generations of flawed pyramids and plates endure as part of the national consciousness, and how the "one size fits all" diet mentality these icons convey pushes us deeper into the throes of obesity and disease. Regardless of whether you're an omnivore or vegan, research junkie or science-phobe, health novice or seasoned dieter, Death by Food Pyramid will reframe your understanding of nutrition science - and inspire you to take your health, and your future, into your own hands. Minger is a highly-respected blogger and researcher who has built a strong following at DeniseMinger.com for her extremely lengthy essays challenging conventional wisdom and flawed science. Her single-handed takedown of the bestselling book, The China Study, has made her the David fighting back against mainstream Goliath.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam on December 30, 2013

"Death by Food Pyramid" is both educative and entertaining. I remember being taught the Food Pyramid around the time it first came out, in my 8th-grade "home ec" class. While learning essential adult skills like keeping a budget and baking cookies, we had to keep a food diary, and I scored points by......more

Goodreads review by Lena on November 29, 2015

Denise Minger was a teenager when she discovered an online community extolling the virtues of raw food veganism. Based on the advice on these seemingly scientific websites, she radically revamped her diet and began to experience boundless energy and the disappearance of many chronic problems, includ......more

Goodreads review by Becky on March 24, 2016

While I'm not so patiently waiting to read my library's copy of Eat Fat, Get Thin, I decided to read Denise Minger's Death by Food Pyramid. It was quite refreshing after reading Hank Cardello's Stuffed. Here are a few things I loved about Death by Food Pyramid. That the goal of the book was to educat......more

Goodreads review by Robin on November 24, 2014

If you do even a moderate amount of reading on the topic of food and health, you can quickly become exasperated with the preponderance of belief-systems, each with its own quiver of scientific proofs. As a statistician by trade, I have always been skeptical of many of the studies used in defense of......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on July 02, 2014

I feel conflicted about this book. Denise Minger is a brilliant writer, and in my view her work is better suited to book form than the long blog entries she posts a few times per year. The beginning of this book does a great job of laying out how we got where we are today, and though this has been d......more

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