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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (Volume 3)
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This addresses food regulation issues, including supplements.

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Beth
Jan 27, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: health-food
As far as I’m concerned, this book is required reading for anyone who is interested in:
- how the food pyramid and government food guidelines came to be (and, obviously, the political influence that shaped them)
-supplement regulation
-all the silly rules about what schools can feed kids
-food industry lobbying
-Olestra (so you probably don’t care about Olestra anymore, but it’s still interesting to read about)

I love Marion Nestle’s writing because she is truly an expert on the topic (a professor at
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Kim
Apr 15, 2025 marked it as to-read