Question from Leslie Adams
HI Debra- I did pull the books out this morning and have them here – will list them out.
1. Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats, by Steve Ettlinger. This was MOST disturbing and the first I had read and learned about how our foods are manufactured, including vitamins. I have yellow sticking throughout this book – Ch 4 has the most – this was a very disturbing book to read…pg 31 I have marked as explaining role of China in vitamin industry. Am sure there are other references but am trying to get this done before the kids arrive! The ENTIRE book is worthy of your reading – yikes!
2.Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers – by Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston. It includes very important info on GMO (which is not required even as yet, to be labeled on foods – YIKES – and includes not only pertinent info on the industry itself, but what to buy and how to shop wisely. Again, many yellow stickies in this book!
3. The End of Food: How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Food Supply–And What We Can Do About It, by Thomas F. Pawlick – again, I have yellow stickies throughout – ch 5 I think is very important, and second part of book gives “Solutions”.
4. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser. VERY interesting and enlightening – again, YIKES. Lots of yellow stickies in this one also.
I also have three books on food not read yet – but here they are, strongly recommended for me to read due to reactions to things like canola oil (rapeseed – genetically modified entirely now, for food industry – CANOLA OIL – it was GM to begin with because the rapeseed itself gave many people who used it bad cardiac irregularities – some acid in it – now GM to be a lower level and cause fewer problems. However, many remain sensitive to it – and one local bakery told me that he doesn’t know of ANY bakeries here who DON’T use it – because Canola oil allows all that is in it to remain well in suspension, not separating out – it is great for baking! Well, not great for me as it gives me premature ventricular contractions (PVC’s) when I eat anything with that in it!!)
