Food and Politics

Who really decides what food ends up on our plates? Check out the book Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health by Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH. This exposé examines how the food industry uses lobbying, advertising and even co-opting so called “experts” to influence our diet—often to the detriment of our health.
Even if you aren’t a food activist, you can learn ways to make better decisions for your health and that of your family. "If we want to encourage people to eat better diets," says Nestle, "we need to target societal means to counter food industry lobbying and marketing practices as well as the education of individuals."
She has a blog with current topics on nutrition at: http://whattoeatbook.com and another excellent book titled What to Eat that walks readers through a supermarket demystifying what constitutes health food to help you make the best decisions for your health. With so much information out there, people become so confused that they just give up. Nestle empowers readers to take their health back into their own hands, while exploring the sensual enjoyment of food itself. A Foodie must-read!