What to eat / Marion Nestle.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-587) and index.

PRODUCE SECTION: Fruits & vegetables: the price of fresh -- Organics: hype or hope -- Produce: safe at any price -- Genetically modified, irradiated, and politicized -- DAIRY SECTION: Milk and more milk: subject to debate -- Dairy foods: raw and cooked -- Yogurt: health food or dessert -- DAIRY SUBSTITUTES: Margarine: accept no substitutes -- You CAN believe it's not butter -- Soy milk: panacea or just another food -- MEAT SECTION: A range of meaty issues -- Questions of safety -- Organic vs. "natural" -- FISH COUNTER: Dilemmas and quandaries -- The methylmercury dilemma -- The fish-farming dilemma -- The fish-labeling dilemma -- Safely and sustainability -- CENTER AISLES: COOL AND FROZEN: Eggs: the "incredible" edibles -- Eggs and the salmonella problem -- Frozen foods: decoding ingredients -- A digression into calories and diets -- Frozen foods: reading nutrition facts -- CENTER AISLES: PROCESSED: Wheat flour and the glycemic index -- Sugars -- Cereals: sweet and supposedly healthy -- Packaged foods: health endorsements -- Snack foods: sweet, salty, and caloric -- Foods just for kids -- Oils: fat and more fat -- BEVEAGE AISLE: Water everywhere: bottled and not -- "Healthy" drinks: sugared and artificially sweetened -- Teas and coffees: caffeine to eco-labels -- SPECIAL SECTIONS: Infant formula and baby food -- Supplements & health food -- Bread: the bakery -- Prepared foods: salads and more -- Taking action -- Conversion tables -- Terms used to describe fats in oils and foods.

From publisher description: With What to Eat, this renowned nutritionist takes us on a guided tour of the supermarket, explaining the issues with verve and wit as well as a scientist's expertise and a food lover's experience. Today's supermarket is ground zero for the food industry, a place where the giants of agribusiness compete for sales with profits, not nutrition or health, in mind. Nestle walks us through the supermarket, section by section: produce, dairy, meat, fish, packaged foods, breads, juices, bottled waters, and more. Along the way, she untangles the issues, decodes the labels, clarifies the health claims, and debunks the sales hype. She tells us how to make sensible choices based on freshness, taste, nutrition, health, effects on the environment, and, of course, price. With Nestle as our guide, we learn what it takes to make wise food choices and are inspired to act with confidence on that knowledge. What to Eat is the guide to healthy eating today: comprehensive, provocative, revealing, rich in common sense, informative, and a pleasure to read.