A Bone to Pick by Bittman, Mark -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Other Titles Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction

A Food Manifesto for the Future

1: Big Ag, Sustainability, and What’s in Between

How to Feed the World Sustainable Farming Can Feed the World Pesticides: Now More Than Ever That Flawed Stanford Study A Simple Fix for Farming Not All Industrial Food Is Evil Local Food: No Elitist Plot Lawns into Gardens Celebrate the Farmer! Abundance Doesn’t Mean Health

2: What’s Wrong with Meat?

Rethinking the Meat Guzzler We’re Eating Less Meat. Why? Banned from the Barn Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others On Becoming China’s Farm Team Should You Eat Chicken? A Chicken Without Guilt

3: What Is Food? And What Is Not?

Make Food Choices Simple: Cook Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? What Is Food? Is “Eat Real Food” Unthinkable? Why Won’t McDonald’s Really Lead? Parasites, Killing Their Host Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible? It’s the Sugar, Folks Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 Diabetes? Cereal? Cookies? Oh, What’s the Diff? Farmers’ Market Values

4: The Truth About Diet(s)

(Only) Two Rules for a Good Diet What Causes Weight Gain Which Diet Works? Will China Defeat Obesity? Butter Is Back Can You Eat Too Little Salt? Got Milk? You Don’t Need It More on Milk Dietary Advice for the Gluttony Season When Diet Meets Delicious Finding Your Comfort Food The Frankfurter Diaries Bagels, Lox, and Me Why I’m Not a Vegan

5: The Broken Food Chain

Dietary Seat Belts 11 Trillion Reasons The Right to Sell Kids Junk ¡Viva México! Bacteria 1, F.D.A. 0 E. Coli: Don’t Blame the Sprouts! The F.D.A.’s Not-Really-Such-Good-News The 20 Million Fast Food, Low Pay The True Cost of Tomatoes

6: Legislating and Labeling

Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables Some Progress on Eating and Health Why Do GMOs Need Protection? Why Aren’t GMO Foods Labeled? Leave “Organic” Out of It My Dream Food Label Rethinking the Word “Foodie” Hunger in Plain Sight Can Big Food Regulate Itself? Fat Chance Tobacco, Firearms, and Food Don’t End Agricultural Subsidies, Fix Them Stop Subsidizing Obesity Fixing Our Food Problem

A Few Final Thoughts

Why Take Food Seriously? Do Sweat the Small Stuff

Acknowledgments