Synopses & Reviews
Food shopping should be fun, but these days its downright confusing. Just trying to eat well and make healthy and nutritious meals for our families has gotten more and more complicated. Hormones, pesticides, antibiotics, mad cow disease, genetic modification - what impact do these issues have on our diet, our health, our waterways, our soil? How can the average person sift through confusing labeling, conflicting news reports, and unfamiliar terminology in order to select foods that are truly healthy and nutritious?
With The Organic Food Guide, Steve Meyerowitz, aka “Sproutman,” author of nine other books on diet and nutrition, guides you through this maze of tough health issues and new food choices. He steers you to healthier foods and shows you how to find the bargains, too.
Learn the answers to these and other questions:
• How can you save money buying organic foods?
• Is there a difference between “organic” and “all natural”?
• Are organic foods really healthier? Safer?
• Do organic foods contain more vitamins and minerals?
• Can pesticides in conventional foods cause cancer?
• Are organic meats lower in fat?
• Is the USDA organic seal required on all organic foods?
Synopsis
This handy guide provides a quick introduction to organic food: what "organic" and related terms like "locally grown" and "all natural" mean, how to read food labels, and how organic foods are related to nutrition and health.
About the Author
Steve Meyerowitz has been a leading voice for natural foods in the United States since the 1970s. Dubbed "Sproutman" by
Vegetarian Times in 1979, he is the author of
Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook and eight other books about food and health. He has been featured on PBS and the TV Food Network, and his work has been featured in such magazines as
Prevention and
Organic Gardening. Steve lives with his family in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
(1) Introduction (2) What's Organic? Some Other Natural Alternatives (3) Reading the Labels: What Do They Mean? (4) How It All Began: Origins of Organic Agriculture (5)
Organic Foods: Healthier or Not? (6) Nutrition: Are Organic Foods More Nutritious? (7) Taste: Do Organic Foods Taste Better? (8) Price: Real Costs and Value of Organic Foods (9)
How to Get Started Eating Organic (10) Notes (11) Resources: Where to Get More Information (12) Index