AN APPLE A DAY: THE MYTHS, MISCONCEPTIONS, AND OUTRIGHT EXAGGERATIONS ABOUT DIET, NUTRITION AND THE FOODS WE EAT
Book ID/图书代码： 06002006B07640
English Summary/英文概要： Eat salmon. It’s full of good omega-3 fats. Don’t eat salmon. It’s full of PCBs and mercury. Eat more veggies. They’re full of good antioxidants. Don’t eat more veggies. The pesticides will give you cancer.
Forget your dinner jacket and put on your lab coat: you have to be a nutritional scientist these days before you sit down to eat—which is why we need Dr. Joe Schwarcz, the expert who’s famous for connecting chemistry to everyday life. In An Apple a Day, he’s taken his thorough knowledge of food chemistry, applied it to today’s top food fears, trends and questions, and leavened it with his trademark lighthearted approach. The result is both an entertaining revelation of the miracles of science happening in our bodies every time we bite into a morsel of food, and a telling exploration of the myths, claims and misconceptions surrounding our obsession with diets, nutrition and weight.
Looking first at how food affects our health, Dr. Joe examines what’s in tomatoes, soy and broccoli that can keep us healthy and how the hundreds of compounds in a single food react when they hit our bodies. Then he investigates how we manipulate our food supply, delving into the science of food additives and what benefits we might realize from adding bacteria to certain foods. He clears up the confusion about contaminants, examining everything from pesticide residues, remnants of antibiotics, the dreaded trans fats and chemicals that may leach from cookware. And he takes a studied look at the science of calories and weighs in on popular diets.
An Apple a Day is a must-read book for anyone who looks forward to digesting the truth about what we eat.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 含有丰富的ω- 3脂肪含量的三文鱼。不宜多食。其实它还富含了多种多氯联苯和汞元素。多吃蔬菜，他们都是很好的抗氧化剂。但又不敢多食，因为蔬菜上附着的农药杀虫剂又会让你得癌的几率升高。
放弃你的宴会晚礼服吧，在你订座进餐前还是先穿上实验室白大褂做几天的营养科学家，这就是我们需要施瓦茨博士来指点迷津的原因了，生活中处处充满着化学科学的原理。在 ‘一天一苹果’这本书中，苏瓦兹博士施展了自己的食品化学知识，将其运用到时下所热门的食品恐慌，趋势的问题中，用博士一贯的轻松方式一一为我们化解其中的奥秘。而实验结果还兼具着寓教于乐性，原来在我们每天一个苹果的进食过程中，体内也发生着奇妙的化学反应，为我们破解了那些关于饮食、营养学、和体重的背后科学知识。（Sandy）
Awards/获奖情况：Toronto Star review:
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Books/article/291326
Montreal Gazette review:
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/books/story.html?id=90a3b6ca-22c9-47f5-9682-0856dbb8a57e
National Post review:
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=232316
Winnipeg Free Press review:
http://www.whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36522
ancouver Province interview:
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/liveit/story.html?id=97c9e97a-cf82-4377-b968-1eb4a0963fd8
About the Author/作者介绍： Joe Schwarcz博士是加拿大麦基尔大学的化学教授，也是广播人，专门回答一些科学的疑难杂症：固定在报纸上发表有关于正确化学的故事，在加拿大的发现频道有一个专属科学节目"苏老师化学有一套"，是北美最受欢迎的科学名嘴。他获奖无数，但是他最爱的还是研究化学。
Dr. Joe Schwarcz是麦吉尔大学科学和社会办公室主任，写过不少科学书籍，还在电台和电视上主持科学节目。他得过2003年的科学图书奖。
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