The Vitamin Murders: Who Killed Healthy Eating In Britain?

The Vitamin Murders: Who Killed Healthy Eating In Britain?

by JamesFergusson (Author)

Synopsis

How can it be that the British ate better, nutritionally speaking, during the rationing years of WWII, than they have since? And how did we get to the point today where each of us has at least 300 man-made chemicals sloshing around inside our bodies, in untested and potentially toxic combinations? To find out how our food came to make us fat rather than healthy, James Fergusson looks back to the scientist who devised the wartime diet and follows a murky trail of industrial espionage, unsolved murder, and commercial greed right onto the plates we set before our families everyday.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Main
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 01 Feb 2008

ISBN 10: 1846271460
ISBN 13: 9781846271465

Media Reviews
'Deftly put together and compelling written, Fergusson interweaves an intriguing real-life murder mystery with the short, shameful history of the agrochemical industry that has made unwitting guinea pigs of us all.' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 'An intriguing and thought-provoking historical whodunnit that investigates the sinister roots of our 21st-century toxic legacy.' Joanna Blythman 'Thought-provoking and frightening in turns, but most of all utterly brilliant - This is an important book: read it and weep, and then get very, very angry.' Tim Smit, Director, Eden Project
Author Bio
JAMES FERGUSSON has covered international current affairs for many newspapers. His first book was the critically-acclaimed Kandahar Cockney (2004).