{"product_id":"9781477101285","title":"Basic Food: A Theory of Nutrition","description":"\u003cp\u003eI find the rudderless nutrition and food industries in the calamity of an obesity epidemic appalling, and therefore I have made an effort to explain what has previously been unexplained.  Basic Food takes an evolutionary look at the assimilation to foods by mammals and by inductive reasoning brings us forward to a paleo - like limitation on what we may eat.  In the process explanations ere offered for the failures of all diets and all  intellectual and scientific approaches to nutrition.  Also explained is the difference in obesity rates by different races and people of different ethnic background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere are considered to be about five thousand species of mammals, and only one applies intelligence to the choices of food consumed.  We are the only specie to consistently get it wrong.  To get it right, look for the naturalness of foods,instead of calories and nutrients.  I define 'natural' very narrowly as being the food available during our evolution over thousands of generations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt became obvious with this analysis that all forms of life have a special relationship with their traditional food and would be unlikely to survive without that relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI take a position that is 180 degrees opposite to the American Academy of Science, the Dietary Advisory Committee and the Department of Agriculture and find myself in agreement with the paleo and low carbohydrate enthusiasts and now also the new diet recommendations from the Swedish Government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy essay is the only comprehensive explanation of the causes of the obesity epidemic and holds it's most promising cure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180177113328,"sku":"9781477101285","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477101285_p0.jpg?v=1763611076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477101285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}