The Bad Food Bible: Why You Can (and Maybe Should) Eat Everything You Thought You Couldn't - Softcover

Carroll, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1328505774 ISBN 13: 9781328505774

Publisher: Harvest, 2019

Synopsis

Physician and popular New York Times contributor Aaron Carroll mines the latest evidence to show that many “bad” ingredients actually aren’t unhealthy, and in some cases are essential to our well-being.

Advice about food can be confusing. There’s usually only one thing experts can agree on: some ingredients—often the most enjoyable ones—are bad for you, full stop. But as Aaron Carroll explains, if we stop consuming some of our most demonized foods, it may actually hurt us. Examining troves of studies on dietary health, Carroll separates hard truths from hype, showing that you can
 

• Eat red meat several times a week. Its effects are negligible for most people, and actually positive if you’re 65 or older.
• Have a drink or two a day. In moderation, alcohol may protect you against cardiovascular disease without much risk.
• Enjoy a gluten-loaded bagel from time to time. It has less fat and sugar, fewer calories, and more fiber than a gluten-free one.
• Eat more salt. If your blood pressure is normal, you may be getting too little sodium, not too much.

 
Full of counterintuitive, deeply researched lessons about food we hate to love, The Bad Food Bible is for anyone who wants to forge eating habits that are sensible, sustainable, and occasionally indulgent.
 

About this title

From the Author:

DR. AARON CARROLL is a professor of pediatrics and the director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research at Indiana University School of Medicine. Coauthor of three previous books, he hosts YouTube’s popular “Healthcare Triage” channel and contributes to the New York Times at the Upshot blog. 

About the Author:

Dr. Aaron Carroll is a Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at Indiana University’s School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Comparative Effectiveness Research. His research focuses on the study of information technology to improve pediatric care, health care policy, and health care reform.
 
In addition to his scholarly activities, he has written about health, research, and policy for CNN, Bloomberg News, the JAMA Forum, and the Wall Street Journal. He has co-authored three popular books debunking medical myths, has a popular YouTube show called Healthcare Triage, and is a regular contributor to the New York Times’ The Upshot.

Nina Teicholz is an investigative journalist and author of the International (and New York Times) bestseller The Big Fat Surprise. The Economist named it a top science book of 2014, and it was also named a 2014 “Best Book” by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Mother Jones, and Library Journal. Before taking a deep dive into researching nutrition science, Teicholz was a reporter for National Public Radio and also contributed to many publications, including the Wall Street Journal,the New York Times, the Washington Post, The New Yorker, and the Economist. She attended Yale and Stanford where she studied biology and majored in American Studies. She has a master’s degree from Oxford University and served as associate director of the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at Columbia University. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvest
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1328505774
• ISBN 13: 9781328505774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272