I'm reading this series. There are some good points brought up in this book. It does make one aware of all the bad stuff that is in all those tasty, tempting products. I don't agree with everything in it - moderation is the key and I'm not one for artificial sweeteners, but it's still interesting.

One point I am begging to differ on. It was an aside comment on the sweeteners they put in food, such as bread. The author made the claim that Grandma wasn't putting sugar in her whole wheat bread. Uh? Of course she was. Yeast needs sugar; ergo, bread recipes have sugar. I got out a World War II cookbook and, sure enough, the whole wheat bread recipe calls for sugar. Actually, a little more sugar than you find in modern day recipes. Just sayin'.

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Okay, to qualify the statement above now that I've put more thought into it. Yeast can use the sugar in the flour but almost all bread recipes call for a little added sugar to feed the yeast and make the bread rise faster and give some flavor. Still, I went through a couple old cookbooks and that grandma was putting some sugar in her wheat bread. ( )

Another fine entry in this series. Compares everything from soft drinks to alcohol, including coffee drinks, flavored water and root beer floats.

The format is easy with large pictures, spotlighted facts, commonsense comparisons and lively prose. I like this whole series. ( )