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2) Food matters
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
With nutritionally depleted foods, chemical additives, and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what's wrong with our malnourished bodies, it's no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. Food matters sets about uncovering the trillion-dollar worldwide 'sickness industry' and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for curing disease naturally.
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A rousing call to transform the global food system by choosing what's on our plates. The implausible truth: Over one billion people in the world are hungry and over one billion are overweight. Far from complete opposites, hunger and obesity are in fact different manifestations of the same problem: It's increasingly difficult to find and eat nutritious food. By examining the global industrial food system using the deceptively simple template of a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Watts
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Describes the contemporary paradox of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, one of the richest countries in the world. Also discusses some solutions to eliminate this problem including government programs and public education.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
One hundred years ago, a mysterious and alarming illness spread across America's South, striking tens of thousands of victims. No one knew what caused it or how to treat it. People were left weak, disfigured, insane, and in some cases, dead. Award winning science and history writer Gail Jarrow tracks this disease, commonly known as pellagra, and highlights how doctors, scientists, and public health officials finally defeated it. Illustrated with 100...
8) Five fingers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Martijn is an idealistic Dutch pianist who travels to Morocco to help start a food bank program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under the threat of death, Martijn engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat who is trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate." --
