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Warning: Shock and outrage will grip you as you dive into this one-of-a-kind exposé. 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 following federal advice and corporate manipulation 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.
Minger 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 your future, into your own hands.
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Reviewer: Chris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Brilliant Researcher, Brilliant Book: This Coming from a Fellow Nutrition Researcher
Review: I am a physician/ophthalmologist, turned full-time nutrition researcher, as of nearly five years ago. Most of the last 8 years of my life has been spent trying to ferret out the truth as to what makes us healthy versus what causes chronic disease, such as heart disease, cancer, strokes, hypertension, obesity, and age-related macular degeneration. The bottom line? Researchers like Denise Minger are as rare as they come. I tell ya, this young lady is not only astonishingly brilliant, but her conclusions are spot on. She challenges conventional dogma with unparalleled style and wit, making striking conclusions about so-called “research,” like the China Study, that pushes a hidden agenda.Now the best part: there are no author’s on the planet who write in a more entertaining style, than Denise Minger, in my opinion. None. I could read anything she writes all day. My only critique of her book, “Death by Food Pyramid,” is that Denise was apparently forced by her publisher to use an editor. I know this, only from reading both her blog (RawFoodSOS.com) and the book. No one had to tell me. I thought to myself, “Why in the world would anyone, ever, ever, ever try to editorialize what Denise Minger has written?” That, to me, is absurd. So, unfortunately, the book doesn’t have the entertainment value that it would have otherwise had it been left in Denise’s original words, but the content is otherwise the same and the conclusions are the same. I cannot give a higher recommendation for this book. And I cannot give a higher recommendation for any author, than Denise Minger. She proves, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that you don’t need an MD, PhD, or even necessarily a science background to come to the correct conclusions about nutrition. You just need an open mind, sheer determination, the time, and enough scientific intellect to understand scientific papers. No one has any greater degree of such qualities than Denise Minger.—– Chris A. Knobbe, MD
Reviewer: Bill Gonch
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An intelligent nutrition book that avoids quick fixes
Review: This is a really fine book on the topic of nutrition. Minger, whose health was injured seriously at a young age by well meaning but ill considered nutrition choices, looks at the science of nutrition through the prism of various failed government attempts to recommend good nutrition. As there have been more and more government attempts across the world to recommend nutrition, our health has become worse. While many of the people involved in these attempts may have been well meaning, the outcome of these attempts (from the old nutrition pyramid to the current efforts for nutritional labeling of packaged foods, have generally failed. There has never been more interest in nutritional labeling than in the last 40 years and there has never been a higher incidence of deterioration of health based on poor nutrition than in the past 40 years. That conundrum is the focus of this fine book.The book includes a brief primer on how to read and research the actual science of nutrition. I found this very useful. In addition, Minger does an excellent job of citing the actual science and then explaining what it means in non scientific terms.As Minger sees it, there have been some real problems with focusing research into the effects of nutrition on a single macronutrient (be it fat. carbohydrate, protein, etc.) and in trying to study these macronutrients in isolation without trying to understand how all of the nutrients we consume interact. In addition, Minger highlights the failure to appreciate the genetic diversity within how different people process nutrients and the effort to study nutrition in isolation to other lifestyle factors as fundamental flaws in the science that led us to where we are.Minger makes an important point in observing that research into nutrition really remains a work in progress, we really do not fully understand how some of the processes work and anyone who claims complete knowledge of nutrition is either mistaken or misleading. At our present level of knowledge, there really are no silver bullets out there.Minger does make some specific recommendations that I think bear repeating. These include:Be very suspect of industrial heavily processed food and the products of industrial farmingBe very suspect of the use of heavily processed vegetable oilsBe very suspect of the health claims made by industrial food producersBe aware that government nutrition recommendations are as often based on a political process more than a scientific processBe aware that the various areas of the world that have a very low incidence of food related illness tend to have some very different dietsDon’t be afraid of animal based fats (in moderation)Remember that animals have other edible parts besides the ‘prime’ muscle meatsBalance your diet to make sure you are getting enough of the fat soluble vitamins (very important because these effect so much else)Balance nutrition with other elements of a healthy lifestyle including stress control, appropriate physical activity and other factorsA very good read. Strongly recommended.
Reviewer: martprest
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Validation
Review: This book validates what I have learned through personal experience. While is a bit technical, it is well thought out, and well written. After being put on medication for high blood pressure and being told to watch my fat intake, I started eating low fat high carb foods which made me prediabetic. Along with the high blood pressure I was on my way to the metabolic syndrome and heart disease. The problem with the old food pyramid and current practices of recommending this type of diet is that it makes you sicker than you were before you started. I was at my worse when I tried going vegan. I added meat back into my diet, and stopped eating processed foods, and gluten. I have never felt better! I bike to work now,which helps my blood pressure and my back. I eat a lot more fresh vegetables, and splurge on high quality grass fed or organic meats. I am no longer prediabetic, my blood pressure is normal, and I maintain a healthy weight. Two other books that I would highly recommend are “Wheat Belly” by William Davis MD, and “The Primal Blueprint” by Mark Sisson. Both of these books helped me turn my life around and figure out which foods work best for me. After reading Death by Food Pyramid, I know I am on the right course.
Reviewer: HGSinzato
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: O envolvimento dos interesses econômicos e a ganância do ser humano podem levar a sociedade para um caminho de total perda de saúde e dependente de um sistema perverso de atendimento às doenças.
Reviewer: Dr.Garry Lee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A great book full of history facts and commonsense. I’ve read loads of books in this area. This is really good even though more than 10y old.
Reviewer: Maryham
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: esta muy bueno el libro y resistente grande y llegó en erfects condiciones
Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A book that everyone should read, at home, in schools, in hospitals, everywhere. You will have to reconsider your eating habits: you thought you ate healthy but have you ever questioned where did those dogmas you bear in mind while shopping for food and cooking for your family come from?? You wont read about nutrition in the news or watch nutrition debates on tv with the same eyes again. Thank you denise minger.
Reviewer: Tala
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Dieses Buch stellt sehr ausführlich die geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge dar, wie unsere aktuelle Ernährungspyramide mit den entsprechenden Empfehlungen zustande gekommen ist und welche Manipulations- und Lobbyarbeit da mit reingespielt hat. Wirklich spannend zu lesen, Denise Minger hat hier groÃartig recherchiert. Im Grunde will uns dieses Buch dazu anregen (die Autorin liefert dazu viele Infos, die einen dazu befähigen sollen), selbstständig anfangen zu denken, sich selbst mit Studien auseinanderzusetzen und sie auch mal zu hinterfragen, genauso wie etablierte Ernährungsautoritäten, seien es rohvegane Gurus oder die DGE. Ich liebe an der Autorin, dass sie sich nicht mit einfach Antworten, die ihrem Weltbild entsprechen, zufrieden gibt, sondern sich nicht davor fürchtet, auch unangenehme Fragen zu stellen und ihr eigenes Weltbild zu zerschlagen, und dabei mit einem völlig frischen Blickwinkel oft zu erstaunlichen Erkenntnissen gelangt. Klar weià sie auch noch nicht alles, aber sie zeigt, dass es auf diese Grundeinstellung ankommt. Sie und ich haben einen sehr ähnlichen Gesundheits- und Ernährungsweg hinter uns (ich habe jetzt auch meine eigene Ernährungsform entwickelt und sage niemandem, dass er sie annehmen soll, da ich mittlerweile verstanden habe, dass wir aufgrund unserer Herkunft, Gene, Darmflora und individuellem Gesundheitsstatus vollkommen unterschiedlich sind und dass sich emotionale Fragen und Gesundheit manchmal leider nicht vereinbaren lassen), und ich möchte auch jedem ihren Blog sehr ans Herz legen. Sagen wir es so, Denise sagt nur etwas, wenn es auch etwas Wichtiges zu sagen gibt und dann kann man sich darauf verlassen, dass sie zuvor jeden Stein nach versteckten Informationen umgedreht hat, was man sich von mehr Bloggern wünschen würde. Man merkt, dass es ihr wirklich um die Wahrheit geht und nicht darum, einem irgendetwas zu verkaufen (Ideologie + dazugehörige Produkte).
