You Are What You Eat

About this book

You Are What You Eat: Stories about Food in Modern Times is a reproducible book that includes 25 stories about issues relating to food and modern food production. The stories are written at an intermediate level. Each units is complimented by a variety of exercises covering most skill areas.The 25 topics are: Food labels, Nanotechnology and food, Food allergies, Food borne illnesses, Type 2 diabetes, Factory farming, BMI (Body Mass Index), Pesticides and food, Pollinator decline, Seedbanks, Agricultural monoculture, Water, Globalization food, Food preservatives, Obesity, Famine, Factory food, New Food Pyramid: MyPyramid, Organic food, Fast food, Slow food, White whole wheat, Genetically modified foods, "Good" vs. "Bad" Carbs, and Nutraceuticals,