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2014036657 |
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DLC |
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140925s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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2014036657 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781594205040 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardback) |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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pcc |
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n-us--- |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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MvI |
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MiTN |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QP771 |
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.P76 2015 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
612.3/99 |
| Edition number |
23 |
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HEA017000 |
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SOC022000 |
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MED060000 |
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bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Price, Catherine, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1978- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Vitamania : |
| Remainder of title |
our obsessive quest for nutritional perfection / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Catherine Price. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
The Penguin Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xv, 318 pages ; |
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25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"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. "-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"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"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Vitamins in human nutrition |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Dietary supplements |
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Social aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Nutrition |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Food |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Psychological aspects. |
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Vitamins |
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History. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Nutrition. |
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bisacsh |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. |
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bisacsh |
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MEDICAL / Nutrition. |
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bisacsh |
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u379672 |
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