Food Myth

As consumers become increasingly aware of the animal agriculture industry’s cruelty and environmental devastation, clever industry marketers are adapting with alternative “humane” and “sustainable” labeling and marketing campaigns. In the absence of accurate information, it has never been more important to educate people on the realities behind the industry lies, and people are hungry for the truth.

Parenting was never easy. While loving, teaching and nourishing children, parents also seek to protect them from harm. The past few generations, however, have been silently attacked by thousands of manmade, poisonous chemicals carried into homes and children's bodies in our food supply. The chemical-based conventional agriculture industry claims that the synthesized concoctions they sell as pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides are safe when used as directed, but does the scientific evidence truly support their assertions? When pesticide residues are found in 77 percent of all foods in ...

Most of us take for granted the extreme role food has in our health. We eat habitually and not intentionally. Unfortunately, the media and large corporations have sent so many mixed messages regarding diet and nutrition, that most people are confused about the truth. Our selection of food may often be far from the best. As a culture, we tend to generally accept that, some foods are good and some are bad for us. But beyond this level of understanding, there is no deeper meaning behind the way we eat. The concept of humans eating is largely limited to tastes, which can be developed and thus ...

Licensed nutritionist and dedicated myth-buster Monica Reinagel (aka the Nutrition Diva) drives a stake through the heart of 10 persistent nutrition myths - so that you can get on with the business of eating well and feeling fabulous. Eating healthy isn't as difficult (or as joyless) as you've been led to believe. In this brief but fact-filled audiobook, Monica sifts through the science and the silliness, separates food fact from food fiction, and offers her unique spin on the art of eating well.