Arcadia Public Library

Mama Bear starts a campaign to convince her family that they are eating too much junk food.

"Fast food is far more than just the burgers, fries, and burritos served at chain restaurants; it is also the toxic, human-engineered products found in every grocery store across America. These include: cold breakfast cereals; commercial and preserved (deli) meats and cheeses; sandwich breads and buns; chips, pretzels, and crackers; fried foods; energy bars; and soft drinks. Fast foods have become the primary source of calories in the United States...

Explains why junk and snack foods taste so good and why they can cause health problems, and describes what kinds of foods one should eat as part of a healthy diet.

Mientras que la comida contaminada mata en toda la región europea a unas 5.000 personas al año, la chatarra comestible provoca anualmente, solo por enfermedades cardiovasculares, 2,1 millones de fallecimientos. ¿Te imaginas cuántos kilos de ultraprocesados consumimos al año? Ante una tragedia de tal magnitud, Julio Basulto justifica que si la palabra «mierda» se define como «cosa mal hecha o de mala calidad» (según la Real Academia Española...

"Factory foods--or processed foods--are a part of most people's diets to some degree. How are they made? Why do we eat them? What nutritional value do they have? These and many other questions about factory foods are answered in this helpful guide to health and nutrition. With an emphasis on facts rather than judgments about food, readers are encouraged to learn about what they're eating with the help of accessible text, sidebars, and graphic organizers...