Saturday, February 5, 2011

Current List of AWESOME food policy books I am reading...reviews to follow

1) Safe food: The Politics of Food Safety by Marion Nestle - It is disturbing enough that it is almost a diet book. Best line so far, "Irradiated poop is still poop"

2) The End of Overeating by David Kessler - Once again disturbing, but because of its descriptions of how the food industry entices us to eat fatty, salty, sugary food, you will gain 10 pounds while reading

this book.

3) The World is Fat by Barry Popkin - obesity rates in America have gone from 8% to almost 30% in the last 30 years, this book will apparently tell me why. I vote for poverty and high food prices(but I am a liberal, so of course that is what I believe).

4) Food and Philosophy - Haven't gotten into it, we shall see if it is as bad as the other "Philosophy and __________" books

5) The Way we Eat by Peter Singer and Jim Mason - Peter Singer does not eat meat and is a utilitarian (In short: the greatest good for the greatest number), I eat meat and am not a utilitarian, but he writes interesting books.


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