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lilith89ibz 's review for:
Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
by George Zaidan
This was an interesting read but I feel like the author assumed everybody reading this book was, above all, American, and mostly white, and it felt a little weird.
While this book is called "Ingredients", and the topic is certainly explored, it's more about whether or not scientific studies are reliable, and the answer seems to be "Maybe?? Sometimes? Actually, most of the time, not really. Expect for smoking. Smoking will give you cancer." If you want a definite answer about whether or not eating Cheetos will kill you faster, we don't seem to have enough evidence to tell one way or the other, but it's probably a good idea to err on the side of caution. And exercise. And not smoke. And eat vegetables. So not particularly groundbreaking conclusions.
What this book is good for is dissuading you from the assumption that you should pay attention to every single headline you see about what this or that food is doing to improve your health or kill you, depending on the day.
While this book is called "Ingredients", and the topic is certainly explored, it's more about whether or not scientific studies are reliable, and the answer seems to be "Maybe?? Sometimes? Actually, most of the time, not really. Expect for smoking. Smoking will give you cancer." If you want a definite answer about whether or not eating Cheetos will kill you faster, we don't seem to have enough evidence to tell one way or the other, but it's probably a good idea to err on the side of caution. And exercise. And not smoke. And eat vegetables. So not particularly groundbreaking conclusions.
What this book is good for is dissuading you from the assumption that you should pay attention to every single headline you see about what this or that food is doing to improve your health or kill you, depending on the day.