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Real Food: What to Eat and Why

✍️ Planck, Nina
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🏛 Bloomsbury USA 📅 2016 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9781632864581

📝 Description: Real Food: What to Eat and Why

Everyone loves real food, but they're afraid butter and eggs will give them a heart attack--thus the culinary abomination known as the egg-white omelet. Tossing out the yolk, it turns out, isn't smart.

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It will not suit readers seeking detailed recipes or complex culinary techniques; it is a conceptual manifesto rather than a practical manual. Those expecting rigorous scientific citations may find the argumentation light, relying more on cultural persuasion than data. However, for individuals paralyzed by dietary myths, its straightforward rejection of 'culinary abominations' offers necessary comfort. It is best viewed as a mindset shift tool for the anxious eater, not a comprehensive nutritional textbook or a recipe collection.
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It will not suit readers seeking detailed recipes or complex culinary techniques; it is a conceptual manifesto rather than a practical manual. Those expecting rigorous scientific citations may find the argumentation light, relying more on cultural persuasion than data. However, for individuals paralyzed by dietary myths, its straightforward rejection of 'culinary abominations' offers necessary comfort. It is best viewed as a mindset shift tool for the anxious eater, not a comprehensive nutritional textbook or a recipe collection.

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