Subjects:  1. Analysis    2. Chemistry - Industrial & Technical    3. Food Science    4. Food additives    5. Health Care Issues    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Standards    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. United States   

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Character Assassins Love Anonymity
When I see a book review from an anonymous self-styled critic impugning the motives or integrity or background of a book author,I am reminded of the adage that 'cowards hide in the shadows of their own dark spirits.'
Junk science of the worst kind
Randall Fitzgerald is a senior editor of Phenomena magazine, a publication which deals with extraterrestrial life and the supernatural.
This book should be manditory reading for the human race!
This book is to theprocessed foods industry what Al Gores, "An Inconvenient Truth" is to global warming. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Drugs    4. Food    5. Food And Beverage Additives    6. Food Science    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Nutrition    10. Popular Culture - General    11. Popular works    12. Safety    13. Toxicology    14. Family & Health    15. Health & Fitness / Nutrition   

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Why Your Child is Hyperactive
It may have been written 25 years ago but my son was a totally different child within a week of following the Feingold Diet! It's been weeks now and even he is willing to follow the diet because he says he likes the way he feels. I am so glad I will not have to put my 5 year old child on drugs that will alter his personality. This is a must read for anyone looking for a way to fix the problem and the long term affects of hyperactivity. Doping your child may be the easy way out but doesn't address the cause. This may not help all cases but it's worth a try.

The Feingold diet saved my child's life
Dr Feingold's theory is that bad behaviour and/or learning disabilities in otherwise bright children is caused by artifical colors and flavors. Although it may seem too simplistic, it is the answer IF you, as a parent, are willing to alter your lifestyle by reading ingredient labels and preparing food that is normal, natural and healthy. A child cannot do this on their own! But you will save your child's future and maybe your own sanity. A must buy!

MIRACULOUS TOOL NEEDED BY PARENTS/GUARDIANS
Dr. Feingold's book saved my sanity in 1985 through this book!My daughter who was absolutely unable to follow directions, orlisten for more than one minute is just the beginning of descibing her challanging behavior before applying this book to her life!She was so hyperactive it meant a day of running around in circles, running up a wall, jumping off of furniture, absolutely "crazy" actions constantly.Our lives with her were sheer he--: trying to go out in public, attend religious events, visit friends/relatives, go to the park or groucery store meant an exhausting, unpleasant experience!I had taken her to a nutrionist, allergist, & psychiatrist to find an anwer and help.No specialist was able to help.I bought this book figuring that we were running out of hope; let's try it. I read this book and began following Dr. Feingold's methods exactly as he writes.Within four days my daughter's behavior changed into a normal functioning small child.My mother came to visit us on the fourth day of the Feingold Diet and was upset thinking that I had heavily medicated my daughter because her behavior was totally normal for a child her age!!!!!I explained what I did:exliminating all foods and starting fresh from scratch and slowly reintroducing foods.My daughter has NEVER been medicated for hyperactivity or any behavior disorder.We only fed her what was well tolerated.THIS BOOK IS A MIRACLE TO OUR LIVES!!!!!!!From 1985 to today has been a wonderful experience with my daughter!!!!!!She has been very successful in school (including college), sports, popular, and a pleasure to be around!!!!!This is the complete truth.I hope that other parents will take the time to get the book for the child who is "uncontrollabe, hyperactive, or unfocused" and follow it!The initial few weeks are difficult but it is worth every ounce of energy utilized!!!!!Please, for your sanity and your child's acceptance get and practice Dr. Feingold's methods to your child's life; it works!!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Attention-deficit hyperactivit    2. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder    3. Child Care/Parenting    4. Developmental - Child    5. Diet therapy    6. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    7. Food additives    8. Nutrition    9. Nutritional aspects    10. Parenting - General    11. Popular works    12. Toxicology    13. Body & health    14. Health & Fitness / Nutrition    15. Human biology    16. Medicine & nursing   

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Food Additives--Please Update
The size of this book is excellent for carrying in your pocket or handbag, and facilitates use in the supermarket.The contents are generally good, and very helpful, but I believe the author should review it with an eye for being under-critical about some listings.For example, there are those of us who, due to recent reports, believe that the yellow artificial sweetener should be consumed with great caution, if at all, but the book does not address this.Considering the fact that this is a book concerned with health, I would strongly urge the author to be more critical in the evaluation of food ingredients.Those of us who are highly sensitive to food additives require stringent guidelines.

food additives; a shopper's guide to what's safe and what's not
this book is fabulous and every one should not only read it but carry it with them when they shop.

Dr. Christine Farlow's books are the TICKET TO SAFETY in living!
In order for people today to protect themselves from harmful ingredients, even walking through a so-called "Natural Foods" or health foods store is not enough.
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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Nutrition    3. Reference   

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Subjects:  1. Allergies    2. Consumer Health    3. Food Additives    4. Food Hypersensitivity    5. Food Science    6. Food allergy    7. General    8. Health aspects    9. Immunology    10. Medical    11. Nutrition    12. Dietetics & nutrition    13. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

Editorial Review

We already worry that our food makes us fat, dull, disease-prone, and sleepy. Now we have to worry that it also makes us crazy. According to certified clinical nutritionist Carol Simontacchi, the food industries that give us packaged, processed, artificially flavored, chemical-ridden, artificially colored, nutrient-stripped pseudo foods such as sodas, processed soups, sugared cereals, and fiberless bread "wantonly destroy our bodies and our brains, all in the name of profit." We Americans (adults and children) eat 200 pounds of sugar and artificial sweeteners each year. Our children's test scores and grades drop. We become violent, illogical, moody, depressed, drug-addicted, and crazy. The reason, according to the author, who is pursuing a doctorate in brain nutrition, is that we're starving our brains with lack of nutrition.Read more

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Excellent book on nutrition in today's world.
The book describes the essentials to providing excellent nutrition for babies, children and teens specifically when it comes to brain development and health. It details the dangers of allowing the food industry to decide what your kids should eat.If you want your kids or future kids to thrive and succeed in life, this is book hits the importance of doing it right from the start.

Good Book
I really enjoyed this book.
This book is awesome!
Not only does it get the sensationalist words "crazy" and "destroying'worked into the title, but it also ties them into other such sensitive topics as (1) our brains and, (2) our children.The only other things it could have mentioned is (1) the elderly, (2) kitty-cats, (3) puppies, (4) rainbows, (5) gumdrops and sugarplums, and, (6) Jesus.Maybe the author can re-think the title to work all those things in to make it more dramatic and appealing to the masses.
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Subjects:  1. American    2. Consumer Health    3. Food additives    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Neurotoxicology    8. Nutrition    9. Toxicology    10. Fitness & diet    11. Health & Fitness / Nutrition    12. Popular medicine    13. USA   

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Maybe in England; but not the U.S.
I had the opportunity to examine this book.As someone in the food industry I was disappointed by Food Chemical Safety.Only one chapter deals specifically with the United States.Food safety is food safety; but when you buy a book on the subject; you want one which is applicable to you.The book is narrowly focussed on the U.K. food industry. Beyond the geographical location;the book lacked depth.Short paragraphs (which made for an impressive Table of Contents) provided no substance. If you are reading about food chemical safety; you want information beyond ashort paragraph which assumes you know nothing to begin with. As the book is written, I could see its only use as a text in a library for college or high school students with a paper to write. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Food And Beverage Additives    2. Food Science    3. Food adulteration and inspecti    4. Food adulteration and inspection    5. General    6. Industrial Health & Safety    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Standards    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Toxicology    12. Food & beverage technology    13. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

Subjects:  1. Food And Beverage Additives    2. Food Content Guides    3. Food Science    4. Food additives    5. General    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Food & beverage technology    10. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

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Healthy shopper guide made easy
This is an easy read and excellent explaination of how to shop the healthy way. The book explains food additives, chemical contaminants, pesticides in our food, understanding food labesl, pathogens, processed foods, comparison shopping and organically grown foods.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diets - General    3. Food additives    4. General    5. Grocery shopping    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Healthy Living    9. Nutrition    10. Diets & dieting   

Subjects:  1. Food    2. Food Additives    3. Food Analysis    4. Food Science    5. Manufacturing    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Toxicology    10. adverse effects    11. Medical toxicology    12. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

Subjects:  1. Beverages - Bartending    2. Beverages - Wine & Spirits    3. Cocktails    4. Cooking    5. Cooking / Wine    6. Food And Beverage Additives    7. General    8. Liqueurs    9. Cooking / Wine & Spirits    10. Spirits & cocktails   

Editorial Review

Jean Anderson and Barbara Deskins have put together a food reference that is much more than just another calorie counter. From vitamin A, corn dogs, and durum wheat to flounder, nondairy creamers, and zwieback, the Read more

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very helpful
I can reccomend this book . It has never let me down when I wanted to see the value of a certain food.

Comprehensive A-Z listing but slightly lacking in depth.
I read this book while staying at a cousin's. Of course I didn't read it page by page, but in encyclopaedic format you probably wouldn't read it cover to cover anyway. Recently I've started to really watch what I eat,counting fat grams, protein grams and salt intake on a rigourousweightlifting program. This book is probably one of the better I've seenfor helping me learn about different foods, additives, etc. but all at acursory level. For example some entries contain no more than a paragraph, adefinition...nothing more, but enough I suppose to address one's curiosity.I looked up Arrowroot which I'm using for thickening the broth that comeswith my Seitan (wheat gluten) when making stir fry...it's in there! I alsolooked up things like soy, linseed oil, brussel sprouts, all in there. Itested the book throughout a weekend and not once found it missing at leastsome entry on the topic. They must have gone through every ingredient onevery store shelf....though probably missing something, I couldn't findanything. For select foods, most of them in fact there is a small tableindicating the basic nutritional content. I found this very helpful. Myarrowroot contributes almost NOTHING to my meals! I wish the book containedmore specific page by page bibliographies for further reading, but Ibelieve there was a selected bibliography in the back, can't remember. Thisbook is great to have on hand to answer a quick question when you comeacross something and wonder what the heck it is: partially hydrogenatedvegetable oil? Answered. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Dispersing agents    2. Food And Beverage Additives    3. Food Content Guides    4. Food Science    5. Food additives    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Food & beverage technology    10. Health & Fitness-Food Content Guides    11. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

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Thought-Provoking
As a former marketing assistant for a small publisher, this interesting work caught my attention.It is a highly informative reference, which addresses health and environmental issues that will be of interest to everyone.The information is indispensable to anyone concerned with their heath and provides details on prescription drugs, vitamins and herbal medicines, along with some possible dangers or side effects of popular herbs.Where misconceptions abound or confusion arises due to conflicting information in the popular press, this resource provides a logical viewpoint. Some interesting info, some not
Well, he opens the section on Organic Foods with "Organic food, promoted by 'political correctness' and some scientific misunderstandings..." I guess my chance for an objective view on this subject just flew out the window. Naturally Dangerous
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Ecology    3. Food additives    4. Food contamination    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. Nutrition    8. Reference    9. Popular science   

Subjects:  1. Food Science    2. Food additives    3. Handbooks & Manuals    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Reference    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Toxicology    10. Food & beverage technology    11. Reference-Handbooks & Manuals    12. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

Subjects:  1. Food And Beverage Additives    2. Food Science    3. Food additives    4. Food contamination    5. Health risk assessment    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Toxicology    10. Chemistry    11. Food & beverage technology    12. Public health & preventive medicine    13. Technology / Food Industry & Science   

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Very helpful, worth the read.
I was having thryoid problems after my second daughter was born. I was drinking Diet Dr. Pepper for an energy boost every day. This book caught my attention because of the author's thryoid disfunction. I read the book and stopped using aspartame.
Aspartame: The Poison They Don't Want You To Know About
For the past 2 years or so I had been feeling worse and worse as time went on.Headaches, neurological symptoms such as losing feeling in my arm and face, and the scariest of all, I was having trouble thinking straight.I really was beginning to feel like a different person and there were times that I felt like I was going insane.
Here's a thought...
Hmmmm- just as a wild off the cuff idea before you get too wrapped up in the author's opinions, why not just drink water? I haven't heard of too many people becoming ill from it - unless they're drowning, of course. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aspartame    2. Biography    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Food additives    6. General    7. Graves' diseases    8. Health    9. Health & Fitness    10. Health Care Issues    11. Health/Fitness    12. Hull, Janet Starr    13. Nutrition    14. Patients    15. Safety    16. Toxicology