Food and Nutrition by P.K. Newby Summary
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Decode nutrition's truth with Harvard scientist P.K. Newby's guide that reveals how 80% of chronic diseases are preventable through diet. Where health meets sustainability, this evidence-based compass cuts through junk science, empowering your most delicious, planet-friendly life choices.
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What If Everything You Thought About Food Was Wrong?
Walk into any grocery store and you're bombarded with contradictions. Organic kale sits next to genetically modified corn. Grass-fed beef competes with plant-based burgers. Labels scream "natural," "clean," and "superfood" while offering zero actual nutritional guidance. We live in an age of unprecedented food abundance yet face epidemics of both starvation and obesity-often within the same communities. How did we get here? More importantly, how do navigate this chaos? The answer requires understanding not just what's on our plate, but the entire system that put it there. From ancient agricultural revolutions to tomorrow's lab-grown steaks, our relationship with food reflects humanity's greatest triumphs and most troubling failures. What we eat shapes our bodies, societies, and the planet itself in ways most of us never consider when grabbing lunch.
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