Your food and you.Rampant misconceptions Misconceptions is an American sitcom television series for The WB Network for the 2005-2006 season that never aired. It features Jane Leeves, formerly of Frasier, and French Stewart, formerly of 3rd Rock From the Sun. and a barrage of fads surrounding "healthful health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. " foods have left many confused about their diets. The Little Food Book: You Are What You Eat (The Disinformation dis·in·for·ma·tion n. 1. Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the government in another nation: Company, $9.95) offers up the bare-bones facts about food, its production, and its effects on our lives in a fun, easy-to-digest format. The book backs up its claims with thought-provoking statistics and lists sources at the end of each chapter for further research. This hand-sized guide covers the spectrum from fast foods to organics. Author Craig Sams became involved with organic food production and started the Whole Earth organic grocery brand after, he says, being cured of hepatitis through eating a macrobiotic diet macrobiotic diet Alternative nutrition A diet of whole grains, vegetables–eg, barley, millet, oats, rice, wheat, comprising 50% of dietary intake–DI, vegetables–freshly picked in season, 20-30% DI, soups–eg, vegetables, seaweed, grains, . |
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