A Grain of Salt Front
EATING HAS BECOME A CONFUSING EXPERIENCE.
Should we follow a keto diet? Is sugar the next tobacco? Does fermented cabbage juice cure disease? Are lectins toxic? Is drinking poppy seed tea risky? What's with probiotics? Can packaging contaminate food? Should our nuts be activated? What is cockroach milk?
We all have questions, and Dr. Joe Schwarcz has the answers, some of which will astonish you. This collection is guaranteed to satisfy your hunger for palatable and relevant scientific information as Dr. Joe separates fact from fiction with an assortment of new and updated articles about what to eat, what not to eat, and how to recognize the scientific basis of food chemistry.
“Huzzah! Dr. Joe does it again! Another masterwork of demarcating non-science from science and more generally, nonsense from sense. The world needs his discernment.” - DR. BRIAN ALTERS, PROFESSOR, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ON A FEAST OF SCIENCE
Should we follow a keto diet? Is sugar the next tobacco? Does fermented cabbage juice cure disease? Are lectins toxic? Is drinking poppy seed tea risky? What's with probiotics? Can packaging contaminate food? Should our nuts be activated? What is cockroach milk?
We all have questions, and Dr. Joe Schwarcz has the answers, some of which will astonish you. This collection is guaranteed to satisfy your hunger for palatable and relevant scientific information as Dr. Joe separates fact from fiction with an assortment of new and updated articles about what to eat, what not to eat, and how to recognize the scientific basis of food chemistry.
“Huzzah! Dr. Joe does it again! Another masterwork of demarcating non-science from science and more generally, nonsense from sense. The world needs his discernment.” - DR. BRIAN ALTERS, PROFESSOR, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ON A FEAST OF SCIENCE
DR. JOE SCHWARCZ is director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, dedicated to demystifying science and separating sense from nonsense. He is a popular lecturer, both to students and to
the larger public. He hosts The Dr. Joe Show on Montreal radio and is the author of sixteen bestselling titles.
Dr. Joe lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.