You Are What You Eat

Download or read book You are what You Eat : Stories of Food in Modern Time written by David DeRocco and published by Full Blast Productions. This book was released on 2006 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Are What You Eat: Stories about Food in Modern Times is a reproducible book that includes 25 stories about issues relating to food and modern food production. The stories are written at an intermediate level. The 25 topics are: Food labels, Nanotechnology and food, Food allergies, Food borne illnesses, Type 2 diabetes, Factory farming, BMI (Body Mass Index), Pesticides and food, Pollinator decline, Seedbanks, Agricultural monoculture, Water, Globalization food, Food preservatives, Obesity, Famine, Factory food, New Food Pyramid: MyPyramid, Organic food, Fast food, Slow food, White whole wheat, Genetically modified foods, Good vs. Bad Carbs, and Nutraceuticals, Each unit is complimented by a variety of exercises covering most skill areas.