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06078aam a22006978i 4500 001 1338F006970411E497CBD0ACDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 140925s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014036657 020 $a 1594205043 (hardback) 020 $a 9781594205040 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a QP771 $b .P76 2015 082 00 $a 612.3/99 $2 23 084 $a MED060000 $a SOC022000 $a MED060000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Price, Catherine, $d 1978- 245 10 $a Vitamania : $b our obsessive quest for nutritional perfection / $c Catherine Price. 263 $a 1502 264 1 $a New York : $b The Penguin Press, $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The startling story of America's devotion to vitamins-and how it keeps us from good health Health-conscious Americans seek out vitamins any way they can, whether in a morning glass of orange juice, a piece of vitamin-enriched bread, or a daily multivitamin. We believe that vitamins are always beneficial and that the more we can get, the better-and yet despite this familiarity, few of us could explain what vitamins actually are. Instead, we outsource our questions to experts and interpret "vitamin" as shorthand for "health." What we don't realize-and what Vitamania reveals-is that the experts themselves are surprisingly short on answers. Yes, we need vitamins; without them, we would die. Yet despite a century of scientific research (the word "vitamin" was coined only in 1912), there is little consensus around even the simplest of questions, whether it's exactly how much we each require or what these thirteen dietary chemicals actually do. The one thing that experts do agree upon is that the best way to get our nutrients is in the foods that naturally contain them, which have countless chemicals beyond vitamins that may be beneficial. But thanks to our love of processed foods (whose natural vitamins and other chemicals have often been removed or destroyed), this is exactly what most of us are not doing. Instead, we allow marketers to use the addition of synthetic vitamins to blind us to what else in food we might be missing, leading us to accept as healthy products that we might (and should) otherwise reject. Grounded in history-but firmly oriented toward the future-Vitamania reveals the surprising story of how our embrace of vitamins led to today's Wild West of dietary supplements and investigates the complicated psychological relationship we've developed with these thirteen mysterious chemicals. In so doing, Vitamania both demolishes many of our society's most cherished myths about nutrition and challenges us to reevaluate our own beliefs. Impressively researched, counterintuitive, and engaging, Vitamania won't just change the way you think about vitamins. It will change the way you think about food. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Health-conscious Americans seek out vitamins any way they can, whether in a morning glass of orange juice, a piece of vitamin-enriched bread, or a daily multivitamin. We believe that vitamins are always beneficial and that the more we can get, the better--and yet despite this familiarity, few of us could explain what vitamins actually are. What we don't realize is that the experts themselves are surprisingly short on answers. Yes, we need vitamins; without them, we would die. Yet despite a century of scientific research there is little consensus around even the simplest of questions, whether it's exactly how much we each require or what these thirteen dietary chemicals actually do. The one thing that experts do agree upon is that the best way to get our nutrients is in the foods that naturally contain them, which have countless chemicals beyond vitamins that may be beneficial. But this is exactly what most of us are not doing. Instead, we allow marketers to use the addition of synthetic vitamins to blind us to what else in food we might be missing, leading us to accept as healthy products that we might (and should) otherwise reject. Grounded in history Vitamania reveals the surprising story of how our embrace of vitamins led to today's Wild West of dietary supplements and investigates the complicated psychological relationship we've developed with these thirteen mysterious chemicals"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Vitamins in human nutrition $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Dietary supplements $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Nutrition $z United States $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Food $z United States $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Vitamins $x History. 650 7 $a HEALTH & FITNESS / Nutrition. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a MEDICAL / Nutrition. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 25 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611023103.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013521.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214022232.0 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111014048.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909034233.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518020007.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211223010050.0 952 $l ASPB046 $d 20200827112844.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508021555.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204075841.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110061757.0 952 $l N4AX745 $d 20180808035700.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720043919.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719042522.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307025425.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826105851.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160412010342.0 952 $l CXPC586 $d 20151211010249.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20151202011246.0 952 $l RMPB397 $d 20150910010243.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20150619014408.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20150603012601.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20150408011017.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20150319010318.0 952 $l YBPC572 $d 20150306012031.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1338F006970411E497CBD0ACDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search