E for Additives
eBook - ePub

E for Additives

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

E for Additives

About this book

The award-winning million copy seller, now available as an ebook.

The book shows you how to tell the difference between the additives you need in food and wine and those you don't (after all, by no means the majority of additives are bad for you).

  • when preservatives, colourings and flavourings have a place in our food
  • GM foods – which issues should cause concern
  • Additives in unexpected places – even in a glass of wine
  • facts on pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics and growth hormones

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Information

Publisher
Thorsons
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780722515624
eBook ISBN
9780007381562
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nutrition, Dietics & Bariatrics

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Lord Enrols
  6. Foreword to First Edition by Leslie Kenton
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. How to Read the Label
  9. 2. Why Are There Still Secret Ingredients?
  10. 3. Golden Eggs and Pink-Fleshed Fish
  11. 4. The Colour Problem
  12. 5. Flavourings
  13. 6. P for Pesticides
  14. 7. Is It Kosher?
  15. 8. Do Additives Affect Ability?
  16. 9. Hyperactivity in Children
  17. 10. The Avoidable 57 Additives
  18. 11. The Natural Opportunity for Profit
  19. 12. The E Number Categories
  20. Appendix I An Introduction to the Safety Assessment (Toxicity) of Additives by R. D. Combes, PhD (London), M.I.Biol.
  21. Appendix II Warning: Dangerous Food Additives—The Villejuif List
  22. Appendix III The Regulation of Food Additives
  23. References
  24. Bibliography
  25. Useful Addresses
  26. Index
  27. About the Publisher

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