1st Edition
Nutritionism The science and politics of dietary advice
By Gyorgy Scrinis
Copyright 2013
362 Pages
by
Routledge
362 Pages
by
Routledge
362 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Gyorgy Scrinis exposes the folly of the reductionist approach and proposes an alternative food quality paradigm, based on respecting traditional dietary patterns and reducing technological processing. It may offend nutritionists and will upset the food industry, but it could also herald a delicious revolution in our ability to eat well.' - Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM, Nutritionist From the fear of... Read more
List of Abbreviations
1. A Clash of Nutritional Ideologies
2. The Nutritionism Paradigm: Reductive Approaches to Nutrients, Food, and the Body
3. The Era of Quantifying Nutritionism: Protective Nutrients, Caloric Reductionism, and Vitamania
4.The Era of Good - and - Bad Nutritionism: Bad Nutrients and Nutricentric Dietary Guidelines
5. The Macronutrient Diet Wars: From the Low-Fat Campaign to Low-Calorie, Low-Carb, and Low-GI Diets
6. Margarine, Butter, and the Trans-Fats Fiasco
7. The Era of Functional Nutritionism: Functional Nutrients, Superfoods, and Optimal Dietary Patterns
8. Functional Foods: Nutritional Engineering, Nutritional Marketing, and Corporate Nutritionism
9. The Food Quality Paradigm: Alternative Approaches to Food and the Body
10. After Nutritionism
Acknowledgments
Appendix: The Nutritionism and Food Quality Lexicon
Notes
Index
1. A Clash of Nutritional Ideologies
2. The Nutritionism Paradigm: Reductive Approaches to Nutrients, Food, and the Body
3. The Era of Quantifying Nutritionism: Protective Nutrients, Caloric Reductionism, and Vitamania
4.The Era of Good - and - Bad Nutritionism: Bad Nutrients and Nutricentric Dietary Guidelines
5. The Macronutrient Diet Wars: From the Low-Fat Campaign to Low-Calorie, Low-Carb, and Low-GI Diets
6. Margarine, Butter, and the Trans-Fats Fiasco
7. The Era of Functional Nutritionism: Functional Nutrients, Superfoods, and Optimal Dietary Patterns
8. Functional Foods: Nutritional Engineering, Nutritional Marketing, and Corporate Nutritionism
9. The Food Quality Paradigm: Alternative Approaches to Food and the Body
10. After Nutritionism
Acknowledgments
Appendix: The Nutritionism and Food Quality Lexicon
Notes
Index
Biography
Dr Gyorgy Scrinis lectures in food politics at the University of Melbourne.
