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Shoddy science, sketchy politics and shady special interests have shaped American dietary recommendations-and destroyed our nation’s health-over recent decades. The phrase Death by Food Pyramid isn’t shock-value sensationalism, but the tragic consequence of simply doing what we have been told to do by our own government – and giant food profiteers – in pursuit of health. In Death by Food Pyramid, Denise Minger exposes the forces that overrode common sense and solid science to launch a pyramid phenomenon that bled far beyond US borders to taint the eating habits of the entire developed world. Denise explores how generations of flawed pyramids and plates endure as part of the national consciousness, and how the “one-size-fits-all” diet mentality these icons convey pushes us deeper into the throes of obesity and disease. Regardless of whether you’re an omnivore or vegan, research junkie or science-phobe, health novice or seasoned dieter, Death by Food Pyramid will reframe your understanding of nutrition science, and inspire you to take your health, and future, into your own hands.”Mark’s daily apple” wrote:What You’ll Learn from This Book:    How our current nutritional guidelines evolved and entered the realm of accepted truths    How the worst kind of collusion between government and industry sent us down the low-fat, Frankenfood-laden path to obesity    How to read and parse a scientific study, think like a scientist, and sniff out bad science    How to decode confusing science jargon and understand studies relevant to your health    How to determine whom and what to trust for health information    How to spot a charlatan and run for the hills away from poor nutritional advice    Why the most confident and self-promoting “health experts” are often the least competent    How “artery-clogging” became forever wedded to “saturated fat” – and whether that marriage was truly legitimate    Why cholesterol, both in food and in your blood, became the bad guy in the flawed “lipid hypothesis” heart disease saga    The limits – and strengths – of epidemiology    How to discern between causation and correlation (and why the latter isn’t always totally useless)    Why nearly everyone, including those in the low-carb and Primal/Paleo communities, misunderstands the truth about researcher Ancel Keys    What the media will never tell you about the “real” Mediterranean diet    How the rise of vegetable oil killed lard and coconut oil (and is killing us!)    How Crisco captured America’s heart (in an embrace tight enough to impair the heart’s pumping)    How 20 years of Big Agra industry interference prevented the release of research condemning trans-fats    How the much-ballyhooed controlled trials appearing to show the heart health benefits of vegetable oils over animal fats are deeply flawed and inaccurate    How the way we treat, cook, and select our meat may not be doing us any favors – even if we’re Primal    How to minimize the formation of carcinogens when cooking meat    Vegetarianism’s long and fascinating history in America, rooted in one woman’s brain trauma and one man’s quest to kill the nation’s libidos    How vegetarian and vegan diets may actually be healthy despite – not because of – their avoidance of animal foods    Why some people do better on high-starch diets than others – and why you can blame your parents for it    How to get the best of both plant-based and omnivorous diets    Where seemingly disparate dietary paradigms intersect, and what we can glean from their commonalities    The big takeaways from the work of Weston A. Price, particularly the diversity of diets that can sustain human health    How to transcend conventional (and not so conventional) nutritional advice to find a style of eating that works for you and your bodyAuthor’s websiite: http://rawfoodsos.com/tag/death-by-food-pyramid/Review: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/introducing-death-by-food-pyr…Review: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18054967-death-by-food-py…