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Death by Supermarket: The Fattening, Dumbing Down, and Poisoning of America |  | Author: Nancy Deville
Publisher: Barricade Books
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1569803323
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.19639800973
EAN: 9781569803325
ASIN: 1569803323
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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Although Americans worship youth and beauty, we are aging rapidly. Death by Supermarket makes a compelling case that the epidemic of obesity and degenerative and neurological diseases in the US is the result of a new form of malnutrition. Since World War II, factory produced food, diets, and drugs have caused a new type of malnutrition that manifests in obesity, depression, lowered IQ, disease
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The truth about food November 12, 2009
Author of Tender Grassfed Meat, "Stanley Fishman" (California, USA)
Nancy explains exactly what factory food is and why none of us should ever eat it. She explains, clearly and concisely, why the factory version of a particular food lacks nutritive value, and why the traditionally made version of the same food is nourishing and healthy.
I particularly liked her chapter on saturated animal fat. We have all been told that saturated animal fat is unhealthy. Nancy explains that saturated animal fat is bad only if it comes from factory animals. The unhealthiness comes from the toxins stored in the fat. The toxins are there because of the way factory animals are fed and raised. Naturally raised animals do not have those toxins, and their fat is nutritious and vital for good health. Nancy also explains that the scientific community refuses to make a distinction between factory animals and naturally raised animals. Since most of the animal fat in the United States comes from factory animals, the studies claim that animal fat is unhealthy, while they should be focusing on the fact that it is factory farming that creates the problem.
There is an excellent chapter detailing the terrible ways that factory animals are raised, treated, and fed. This chapter clearly shows why so many people will not eat factory meat. In contrast, grassfed animals are raised humanely, and live a natural, leisurely life on pasture, eating what they were made to eat.
I also liked the chapter that exposes the truth about soy foods (they are toxic, not healthy). Nancy also points out the problems with high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, polyunsaturated vegetable oils, and other ingredients that are commonly added to factory foods.
Fortunately, Nancy not only tells us what not to eat, but what is good for us to eat. As consumers, we can make choices by refusing to buy factory food, and by purchasing real food, such as grassfed meat from animals raised humanely and naturally on a pasture, eggs from chickens that are naturally raised in the open, raw milk from healthy cows, organically grown vegetables, and other such healthy foods.
This book is so important that my wife and I keep buying extra copies to give to friends.
Review is by Stanley A. Fishman, author of Tender Grassfed Meat: Traditional Ways to Cook Healthy Meat.
 A little dry. October 26, 2009
K. Mase (Boston, MA)
I bought this book hoping to get some good information on making better choices in the grocery store, but also to get a book that is somewhat enjoyable to read. This book, like many books with the same topic, feels like a text book. It has the info you are looking for but it is fed to you in a dry, flat manner. It has been taking me quiet a while to get through, I wish she could have spiced it up a little.
An eye opening book! October 8, 2009
Lisa Gaughan (Maryland)
A friend bought me this book and what a great gift it was! This book really does stick it to the FDA and the food factories that consistently pushes consumers to buy these processed food and drugs, only to make them more susceptible to so many illnesses. We shouldn't have to feel coerced into buying these products, yet every day there are more commercials, more "news coverage" and "research" that put the fear of death or suffering from some disorder or disease into us and it sends us rushing to the doctor's office and/or grocery stores. It's this fear that truly prevents us from realizing our full healthy potential. This book is a must have in every household! Like Ms. Deville says, to survive, "All it takes is to turn the page."
Most Complete Nutrition Book Out There July 17, 2009
L. Holmes (Bangor, Maine)
I am so glad I read this book at such an early age. It has truly changed my life. My hobby is studying nutrition and out of all the books (Food, INC, Politics of Food, In Defense of Food, etc) I've read, this book is the most powerful. It doesn't hold back and therefore scare readers into doing what's right.
I stopped eating meat and dairy last year, mainly for the large negative environmental impacts. I now welcomed raw milk and local meat back into my diet. I have consumed a lot of soy in the past year, but am so happy that I am armed with this knowledge before I consumed too much. It's so horrible that our government would allow this. We need a separation of food and state.
I also agree with being mentally healthy too and love the dessert recipes on the website:[...] and her blog also contains a BUNCH of helpful information.
She thoroughly covers everything from HFCS, aspartame, the FDA, soy, low fat and low calorie diets, dairy, and meat.
I bought two copies and loan them to my friends.
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Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! April 6, 2009
K. Smith
I have read many books on the subject of food and health but this is absoultely the best book I've ever read on the subject. The book is so well written, that I could not put it down. I highly recommended this book - it will save your life!
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