The Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Good Health (2nd edition)

We are what we eat. According to this book, “the average American consumes an estimated 50 tons of food in a lifetime”. It does not, unfortunately, seem to say anywhere what the world average is but, even if the rest of us get by on a lot less than that, there is still a staggering opportunity for us to make mistakes during a lifetime that will affect our health, temporarily or permanently. It is regrettable that virtually all of the facts and figures in this book relate solely to the USA. The modern US diet is so abnormal when considered...