Vitamania Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection

Name: Vitamania Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection
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ISBN: 9781594205040

ISBN-10: 1594205043

ISBN-13: 9781594205040

Edition: 2015

Authors: Catherine Price

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The startling story of America’s devotion to vitamins—and how it keeps us from good healthHealth-conscious Americans seek out vitamins any way they can, whether in a morning glass of orange juice, a piece of vitamin-enriched bread, or a daily multivitamin. We believe that vitamins are always beneficial and that the more we can get, the better—and yet despite this familiarity, few of us could explain what vitamins actually are. Instead, we outsource our questions to experts and interpret “vitamin” as shorthand for “health.”What we don’t realize—and what Vitamania reveals—is that the experts themselves are surprisingly short on answers. Yes, we need vitamins; without them, we would die. Yet…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/24/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English