tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post3358484795718175919..comments2024-03-07T12:48:21.070+00:00Comments on MAGONIA REVIEW: FEEL THE FEAR – AND EAT IT ANYWAYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-964028001794972992013-10-01T09:21:08.126+01:002013-10-01T09:21:08.126+01:00Thanks for the review. Yes one has to draw a middl...Thanks for the review. Yes one has to draw a middling line here, and am glad to see the author acknowledges the cholesterol fiasco for what it is, yet doctors are effectively drug salesmen and cholesterol drugs are big business. The problem with diet though is also not so much only what we eat, but how it is prepared, processed and preserved, and how we farm these foods in the first place. <br /><br />The thing with meat is not so much that we eat it, but that we eat too much of it and there are numerous problems down the supply line, from the ranches to the slaughter houses and meat packaging. What are we feeding the cows, are they packed like sardines in their feedlots, what is going on in the slaughterhouses, is the meat being contaminated in numerous ways? How much land is given over for cattle grazing, that could be used more optimally for growing fruit and vegetables, or just plain wilderness (what about the forests destroyed in Latin America in this regard for example), how much land is given over to grow alfalfa, sugar cane and cereal crops for cattle, sheep that we eat in turn? There are numerous problems in food processing, that have their advent with the industrial revolution. One sees this especially with cereals, ie we eat less whole foods, instead too much white bread, white flour, white sugar, where the real nutrients have been removed. What role has all this in things like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stomach problems etc? What about pesticides, and chemical fertilizers in agriculture (what about GMOs?), what role does that have in not only contributing to poor human health, but how does it erode ecosystems? These are big and troubling issues and I have no idea whether Levenstein gets to grips with them. And any book about what we eat and its associated controversies actually needs to do so, if it has pretensions at being comprehensive on these issues. <br /><br />With that said, Levenstein's book appears to be an important addition to what is a crucial debate. Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531198239870181089noreply@blogger.com