Food Myth

A popular and respected blogger in Québec, Canada, Élise Desaulniers is a food ethics and animal rights advocate who is also interested in public policy, philosophy, and feminism. In Cash Cow, she takes a hard look at the dairy industry, and how it has persuaded the general public of the naturalness and value of cows’ milk in the human diet. Desaulniers asks just who really benefits from the promotion of dairy and just how effectively animal welfare and small farming operations can be protected in an age of consolidation and confinement.

Licensed nutritionist and dedicated myth-buster Monica Reinagel (aka the Nutrition Diva) drives a stake through the heart of 10 persistent nutrition myths - so that you can get on with the business of eating well and feeling fabulous. Eating healthy isn't as difficult (or as joyless) as you've been led to believe. In this brief but fact-filled audiobook, Monica sifts through the science and the silliness, separates food fact from food fiction, and offers her unique spin on the art of eating well.

Are you desperate to lose weight or feel more energised? Have you tried everything, but nothing has worked? There are some very simple steps you can take today that will turn your body around, and get you on a lasting road to health and vitality. Feeling and looking good is no longer a mystery. In this book, A.C Miller shares the secrets that will change your body forever. You'll discover: • Which foods to eat, and which foods to avoid. • Free and easy ways to get fit, lean and strong. • A simple method for fighting disease and ageing.

En un momento en el que palabras como natural, ecológico o sin conservantes inundan el etiquetado de los productos que compramos, Comer sin miedo ofrece un análisis científico y documentado de la realidad de los alimentos y de sus supuestas virtudes. J. M. Mulet, experto en bioquímica y biología molecular, revela en este audiolibro narrado por él mismo qué hay de cierto y qué hay de mito en la información que circula sobre lo que nos llevamos a la boca, desmontando con ironía y humor un sinfín de falacias y mitos.

Most of us take for granted the extreme role food has in our health. We eat habitually and not intentionally. Unfortunately, the media and large corporations have sent so many mixed messages regarding diet and nutrition, that most people are confused about the truth. Our selection of food may often be far from the best. As a culture, we tend to generally accept that, some foods are good and some are bad for us. But beyond this level of understanding, there is no deeper meaning behind the way we eat. The concept of humans eating is largely limited to tastes, which can be developed and thus ...