table of contents | Food and Nutrition

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PREFACE. Confused About What to Eat for Good Health and a Green Planet? The Truth is Out There

Part I. Introduction to the State of Food, Nutrition, and the Environment

1. Setting the Stage: Who Grows Food, What are We Eating, and Why is Science So Important?

2. Diet and Disease: New and Continuing Public Health Threats

3. Big Food Costs: Environmental Damage, Resource Depletion, and Climate Change 

Part II . Dining Throughout Human History: Science, Technology, Eater, Environment

4. How Revolutions, Discoveries, and Inventions Shape our Diets: Paleo to Present

5. Contemporary Food Production: Eating Local to Ultra-Processed Foods

6. Pop Nutrition and Buzzwords: Sorting Science-Based Evidence From Misinformation

7. Taste, Cost, and Culture: Cooking and Eating in Today’s Food Environment

Part III. Nutrition 101: Essential Chemical Building Blocks, Ecological Context

8. Water: Hydration, Fluoridation, and Plastic Contamination

9. Vitamins, Minerals, and Phytonutrients: Are You Getting Enough?

10. Crash Course on Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Fiber

11. On Fats: Fiction, Facts, and Environmental Impacts 

12. All About Protein: Animal, Plant, and Are You Sure You Need More? 

13. Alcohol and Drinking: Heart-Healthy or Cancer Risk Factor?

Part IV. Food, Glorious Food: The Powers and Pleasures of Plant-Based Diets

14. Spilling the Beans on Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate

15. Vegetables and Fruits: Devour the Rainbow 

16. Whole Grains, Refined Grains, and Gluten-Free Diets

17. Nuts, Beans, and a Shout-out to Soy

Part V. All about Animal Foods: Megafactory Farm to Fork

18. Making the Meat You Eat: There’s Nothing Natural About It

19. Meat and eggs: Are some choices better than others? 

20. Milk, Dairy, and Yogurt: Nutritional Benefits and Risks

21. Fishy Matters: Wild-Caught, Farmed, and Health Considerations

Part VI. The Food Revolution: Creating Healthy and Sustainable Diets for All

22. Solving Food and Nutrition Problems: Strategies, Goals, and Gaps

23. Best Evidence for Losing Weight and Living Longer

24. Step Up Your Food Game and Stay in the Know

25. The Intertwined Future of Food and Nutrition

Notes

Selected References

Index