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Author Price, Catherine, 1978-

Title Vitamania : our obsessive quest for nutritional perfection / Catherine Price.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2015.

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  612.399 PRI    Storage
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Description xv, 318 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-306) and index.
Contents High seas and Hi-C -- Plants and plants -- Death by deficiency -- The journey into food -- From A to Zeitgeist -- Nutritional blindness -- From pure food to pure chaos -- The people's pills -- Foods with benefits -- The nutritional frontier -- Appendix A. The vitamins -- Appendix B. Abbreviations and definitions -- Recommended dietary allowances chart.
Summary An award-winning journalist delves into the big business of synthetic vitamins and dietary supplements and uncovers the truths about the long-held nutritional myths the industry has been championing for the past century.
Subject Vitamins in human nutrition -- Social aspects -- United States.
Dietary supplements -- Social aspects -- United States.
Nutrition -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Food -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Vitamins -- History.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Nutrition.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
MEDICAL / Nutrition.
ISBN 9781594205040
1594205043
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