INDEX

Aborigines

additives

Africa

agriculture

community-supported (CSA)

industrial

organic

Agriculture Department, U.S. (USDA)

alcohol

red wine

alfalfa sprouts

algae

Allport, Susan

alpha-linolenic acid

Alzheimer’s disease

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

Americanization

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Ames, Bruce

amino acids

amylase

anchovies

animal fat

U.S. reduction of

see also butter

animal protein

in non-Western diet

nutritionism and

rationing of

see also dairy products; meat

animals:

diet of

wild

anti-inflammatory drugs

antioxidants

in grains

health contributions of

in milk

in plant leaves

removed from food context

in thyme

see also vitamin C

anxiety

food mixing and

nutritionism and

appendicitis

apples

Archer Daniels Midland

Asian diets

Atkins diet

attention deficit disorder (ADD)

Australia

Aborigines in

avocado

 

baby formula

omega-3s in

bananas

Battle Creek sanitarium

beans, corn with

beef

portion size for

as whole vs. industrial food

Beef Trust

beriberi

Berry, Wendell

beta-carotene

biodiversity

black Americans

Block, Gladys

blood clotting

blood pressure

see also hypertension

body-mass index (BMI)

bouillon

brain, human

fat in

glucose and

mercury and

satiety and

Bratman, Steven

bread

ingredients in

labels on

breast cancer

Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme

broccoli

Brody, Jane

Burkitt, Denis P.

Bush, George H. W.

butter

color of

imitation rule and

margarine vs.

B vitamins

alcohol and

deficiencies of

 

calcium

California, University of (Davis)

calories

addition of

corn as percent of

differences in energy from

from fats

nutrition per

from plants

production vs. consumption of

restriction of

from sugar

Campbell, T. Colin

cancer

calorie restriction and

fruits and vegetables and

growth hormones and

low-fat diets and

micronutrient deficiency and

Western diet and

Cannon, Geoffrey

carbohydrate hypothesis

carbohydrates

absorption of

Atkins diet and

calories in

fats vs.

metabolism of

protein vs.

refined

refined vs. fiber

cardiovascular disease

carotenes

beta-

carotenoids

carrots

cars, eating in

case-control studies

cell membranes

cell metabolism

cereals

health claims for

chewing

chicken

“free range,”

Child, Julia

children

see also baby formula

Children’s Hospital and Research Center

China

food from

China Study, The (Campbell)

chocolate, milk

”chocolate cake,” response to

cholesterol, blood

good vs. bad

lowering of

cholesterol, dietary

heart disease and

oxidized vs. ordinary

CIA World Factbook,

Claiborne, Craig

Clinton, Bill

Coca-Cola

coca leaves

coffee

cohort studies

colon

colon cancer

colorectal cancer

common sense

community-supported agriculture (CSA)

confounders

confusion

Congress, U.S.

see also Senate, U.S.

Conspiracy of Scientific Complexity

convenience food

cooking

corn

with beans

dominance of

corn flour

corn oil

corn syrup

avoiding products with

cows

feeding of

C-reactive protein

Crete

culture

eating and

Western diet and

see also manners, mores, and habits

 

dairy products

omega-3s vs. omega-6s in

rationing of

see also butter; milk

D.A.S.H. (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) study

deer

dental problems

depression

desert island, food for

dessert

DHA

diabetes

new industry for

omega-3s and

type

Western diet and

Diabetic Living

Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,

Dietary Goals for the United States (1977)

dietary guidelines

diets

of animals

Asian

Atkins

diversity of

food studied out of context of

grape

high-carb

high-fat

lifestyle factors and

low-risk, Willett’s views on

Mediterranean

non-Western

traditional

vegetarian

see also disease, diet and; low-fat diets; Western diet

digestion

of carbohydrates

of milk

of refined foods

dining vs. feeding

disease:

calorie restriction and

deficiency

diet and

life expectancy and

treatment of

see also specific diseases

diverticulitis

DNA

free radicals and

Douglas, Mary

drugs

 

eating

and avoiding supermarket

defense of

feeding vs.

great grandmother’s rule and

health claims and

health as purpose of

identity and

ingredient rules for

pleasure and

policies for, see manners, mores, and habits

sex compared with

supermarket peripheries and

time spent in

understanding of term

ecology and environment

eggs

England

Enig, Mary

enzymes

EPA

erectile dysfunction

Eskimos

essential fatty acids, see omega-3 fatty acids; omega-6 fatty acids

estrogen

exercise

eyes

 

fads, food

farmers’ markets

fast food

fats, dietary

calories in

cancer and

carbohydrates vs.

in Greek diet

heart disease and

lipid hypothesis and

metabolism of

reduction of

see also butter; margarine; polyunsaturated fat; saturated fat; trans fats; unsaturated fat; vegetable oils

feeding vs. eating or dining

fertilizer:

chemical

protein as

fiber, dietary

disease prevention and

feeling of fullness and

refined carbohydrates vs.

fish

omega-3s in

wild

flavor principles

flaxseed, as animal feed

Fletcher, Horace

Fletcherizing

flexitarians

flour, refined

foie gras

folic acid

food:

abundance of

declining nutritional quality of

defense of

demand for

FDA redefinition of

income allocated for

postindustrial era

price of

as thing vs. relationship

food chains (food webs)

lengthening of

simplification of

see also food industry

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

health claims and

imitation rule and

Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (1938)

food experience

food-frequency questionnaires (FFQs)

food industry

business model of

imitation rule and

nutritionism and

shift from complexity to simplicity in

shift from food culture to science in

food industry (cont.)

shift from leaves to seeds in

shift from quality to quantity in

shift from whole foods to refined in

see also processed food food intake, underestimation of

Food Politics (Nestle)

food processing, traditional

food products

deceptive diversity of

health claims on

FoodReview

food synergy

free radicals

”free range,” use of term

freezers

French paradox

French people

chocolate cake and

food spending of

satiety in

Frito-Lay

chips

fructose

metabolism of

fruit

cancer and

fructose in

health claims and

ripeness of

Funk, Casimir

 

gardens

gasoline rationing

gas stations, food at

General Mills

genetic engineering

genetics, genes

quantity vs. quality and

glucose

brain and

metabolism of

Go-Gurt Portable Yogurt tubes

Good Calories, Bad Calories (Taubes)

government

see also Food and Drug Administration; Senate, U.S.

grains

grinding of

refined

whole

see also cereals; flour; specific grains grape diets

GRAS (“generally regarded as safe”)

grass-fed animals

”grass-finished” cattle

great grandmother rule

Greek diet

greenhouse gas

greens, wild

growth hormones

guilt

Gussow, Joan

 

Haber, Fritz

Halweil, Brian

hamburgers

happiness

Harrison, William Henry

Harvard obesity theory

Harvard School of Public Health

Harvard study

Hawaiians, native

health

antioxidants and

environment and

food chain relationships and

lipid hypothesis and

nutrients and

organic and

as purpose of eating

science vs. culture and

health care:

cost of

as industry

health claims, on food products

heart attacks

heart disease

alcohol and

decline in mortality from

diabetics and

lipid hypothesis and

omega-3s and

social class and

sugar and

Western diet and

Hebrides

Hegsted, Mark

heme iron

hemorrhoids

Hibbeln, Joseph

high-carb diets

high-fat diets

high-protein diets

Hippocrates

Hispanic Americans

homicide

honey

hot dogs

Howard, Sir Albert

Hrdlička, Aleš

Hu, Frank B.

hummingbirds

hunger

hunter-gatherer lifestyle

Hutton, Samuel

hydrogenated vegetable oils

hygiene, tooth decay and

hypertension

Western diet and

 

identity, eating and

imitation rule

immigrant groups

income, allocated for food

India

industrialization

see also food industry; processed food inflammation

ingredient rules

insulin

metabolism of

insulin resistance

insulin response

intervention trials

intestines

Inuit

iron

Italy, Italians

 

Jacobs, David R.

James, Henry

James, William

Japanese

Jefferson, Thomas

Jewish diet

journalists, journalism

Jungle, The (Sinclair)

 

Kellogg, John Harvey

Keyes, Ancel

Kraft

Kummerow, Fred

 

labels, food

lactase

lamb’s quarters

lard

Latin America

learning disabilities

Levenstein, Harvey

Liebig, Justus von

Liebig’s Extractum Carnis

life expectancy

lifestyle

hunter-gatherer

sedentary

linoleic acid

lipid hypothesis

liver (body organ)

liver (food)

Livestock’s Long Shadow (Steinfeld)

low-fat diets

in Nurses’ Health Study

nutritionism and

in Women’s Health Initiative

low-fat products

dairy

low-meat diets

Ludwig, David S.

lycopene

 

McCarrison, Robert

McGovern, George

mackerel

macronutrients

see also carbohydrates; fats, dietary; protein magnesium

manganese

manners, mores, and habits

cooking and gardening as

eating slowly as

gas station avoidance and

meals and

pay more, eat less as

satiety and

margarine

imitation rule and

trans fats and

Mars Corporation

Masai

mayonnaise

Mazola corn oil

meals

eating occasions vs.

polls about

sharing of

at tables

time spent for preparation of

Meanjin

meat

freezing of

growth hormones in

iron in

in non-Western diet

omega-3 vs. omega-6 in

portion sizes for

red vs. white

reduction of consumption of

from wild animals

see also beef; pork

Mediterranean diet

menopause

mercury, fish contaminated with

metabolic syndrome (syndrome X)

metabolism

of carbohydrates

cell

insulin

Mexico

micronutrients

see also specific micronutrients microwaves

milk

growth hormones in

lactose in

low-fat or skim

in non-Western diet

powdered

quantity vs. quality of

Mindless Eating (Wansink)

minerals

in organic soil

monounsaturated fat

multivitamins

Muslims

mycorrhizae

 

National Academy of Sciences:

Institute of Medicine at

1982 report of

National Institutes of Health

Native Americans

natural selection

Nestle, Marion

New England Journal of Medicine

”New Light on Some Relationships

Between Soil Mineral

Deficiencies, Low Vitamin

Foods, and Some Degenerative

Diseases” (Price)

New York Times,

Nihoff, John

nitrogen

in fertilizer

nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK)

nitrosamines

Nixon, Richard M.

nonsmokers

Northbourne, Lord

Nurses’ Health Study

nutrients

decline of quality of

food vs.

studied out of food context

see also macronutrients; micronutrients; specific nutrients

nutrition, nutritionists

Nutritional Industrial Complex

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (Price)

nutritionism

attractiveness of

bad science and

blind spot of

defined

dualism of

French paradox and

nutritionism (cont.)

getting over

as ideology

lipid hypothesis and

low-fat diet and

O’Dea’s avoidance of

processed food and

rise of

sacrificing pleasure and

nutrition science

authority of

and eating plants

food industry and

food studied out of diet context in

health claims and

limits of

lipid hypothesis and

nutrients studied out of context of food in

reductionism of

shift from food culture to

shifting grounds of

nuts

 

Oakland, Calif., rickets in

oat bran

oats

obesity

Ames’s theory of

Harvard theory of

omega-3s and

refined carbohydrates and

Western diet and

O’Dea, Kerin

oils:

in flour

see also vegetable oils

Okinawa

olive oil

omega-3 fatty acids

deficiencies of

in flour

foods fortified with

omega-6 compared with

role of

omega-6 fatty acids

role of

omnivores

Omnivore’s Dilemma, The (Pollan)

”1A plus 2B,”

oranges

Organic Center

organic food

orthorexics

overnutrition

overweight

 

Packer, The

parking-lot science

pasta

peaches

peanut butter

pellagra

Perfection Salad (Shapiro)

Perry, George H.

pesticides

Petrini, Carlo

phosphorus

photosynthesis

phytic acid

phytochemicals

phytoestrogens

pigs

placebo effect

plants, plant food

absence of

for animals

biodiversity and

as diet mainstay

freezer use and

growth of

omega-3 fatty acids in

protein from

shift from leaves to seeds of

and skepticism for nontraditional foods

supplements and

traditional diets and

well-grown and healthy soil rule for

wild foods and

wine use and

pleasure, eating and

nutritionism and

”Pleasures of Eating, The” (Berry)

polyphenols

polyunsaturated fat

saturated fat vs.

see also omega-3 fatty acids; omega-6 fatty acids

pomegranate

pork

portion size

potassium

potatoes

french fries

poultry

see also chicken

Powles, John

presidents, U.S., food tastes of

Price, Weston A.

processed food

decline of nutrients in

nutritionism and

omega-3s and

organic

traditional diets and

whole food vs.

protein

backlash against

calories in

chewing of

elevation of

see also animal protein; specific foods

Prout, William

Public Library of Science

PubMed

Puritanism

purslane

”Pursuit of Optimal Diets, The” (Willett)

 

Queen of Fats, The (Allport)

 

rats, omega-3s and

refined food:

carbohydrates

shift from whole food to

”Relationships Between Funding

Source and Conclusion among

Nutrition-Related Scientific

Articles” (Ludwig et al.)

religious food

Renner, Martin

responders

Revolution of the Table (Levenstein)

rheumatoid arthritis

riboflavin

rice

white

rickets

Rockefeller, John D.

Rodale, J.I.

Roosevelt, Theodore

rotting food

Rozin, Paul

 

sailors, sickness in

salmon

Sara Lee’s Soft & Smooth Whole Grain White Bread

sardines

satiety

saturated fat

difficulties of designing trials for

lipid hypothesis and

in meat

polyunsaturated fat vs.

reduction of

trans fats compared with

see also butter

Schweitzer, Albert

Scrinis, Gyorgy

scurvy

seafood

see also fish seeds, shift from leaves to

selenium

Senate, U.S., Select Committee on

Nutrition and Human Needs of

Seventh-Day Adventists

sex, eating compared with

Shapiro, Laura

Sinclair, Upton

Slow Food

smoking

snacks

social class

soda

vitamin-fortified

soil

macronutrients in

organic

quality of

”Sorry Marge” (Scrinis)

soup study

South America

soy, soybeans

dominance of

fermenting of

soybean oil

soy isoflavones

soy protein isolate

Spanish people

spicy food

spinach

State Department, U.S.

Steffen, Lyn M.

Steinfeld, Henning

stews

”Still No Free Lunch” (Halweil)

stroke

sucrose

sugar

calories from

disease and

health claims and

lobby for

metabolism of

rationing of

see also fructose; glucose; sucrose

suicide

supermarkets

avoiding

organic food in

peripheries of

shopping in

supplements

antioxidant

Supreme Court, U.S.

Switzerland, teeth in

 

tallow

Taubes, Gary

thrombogenesis

thromboxane

thyme

tofu

tomatoes

trans fats

low intake of

margarine and

treatment effect

triglycerides

of Aborigines

turkey

Twinkies

”Types of Dietary Fat and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease” (Harvard review)

 

ulcers

undernutrition

unit bias

United Nations

unsaturated fat

see also polyunsaturated fat validation studies

 

Van Buren, Martin

varicose veins

vegetable oils

corn

hydrogenated

olive

soybean

vegetables

cancer and

vegetarian diets

vitamin A

vitamin B₆

vitamin B₁₂

vitamin C

eating plants and

vitamin D

vitamin E

vitamin K₂

vitamins

see also B vitamins

 

walnuts

Wansink, Brian

weight gain

weight loss

Western diet

dental problems and

escape from

in Nurses’ Health Study

reversibility of diseases of

review of

shift from complexity to simplicity in

shift from food culture to science in

shift from leaves to seeds in

Western diet

shift from quality to quantity in

shift from whole to refined foods in

wheat

grinding of

quantity vs. quality of

whole food

grains

nutritionism and

processed food vs.

shift to refined food from

wild food

Willett, Walter C.

wine, red

Women’s Health Initiative

FFQs and

flaws in

work, snacking at

World Health Organization (WHO)

World War II

 

yogurt

yogurt enemas

Yudkin, John

 

zinc