Food, Sex, and Salmonella

Why Our Food Is Making Us Sick

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Dr David Waltner-Toews ISBN: 9781926685182
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd. Publication: July 1, 2009
Imprint: Greystone Books Language: English
Author: Dr David Waltner-Toews
ISBN: 9781926685182
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd.
Publication: July 1, 2009
Imprint: Greystone Books
Language: English

With solid science and deft humor, a celebrated epidemiologist surveys foodborne diseases, explains their complexities, explores why new diseases are emerging, and offers preventive solutions. In this lively look at foodborne diseases, David Waltner-Toews brings us tales of the bacteria, viruses, and parasites that have made their way into our food supply. He explores the global patterns of foodborne disease, from ciguatera toxins in fish to pandemics of Salmonella, and the changes in climate, culture, agriculture, and trade that have led to the emergence of new diseases and epidemics. Finally, he offers effective responses, ranging from changing personal habits to managing international trade and agricultural practices. Using the metaphor of sex, the book reminds us that what sex is to interpersonal relationships, eating is to the human-environment relationship. Treating our relationship with food as a series of one-off sensual encounters is like having random sex with a blindfold on: it may be fun, but it is also full of nasty surprises. This book is a call to take off the blindfolds and enlighten ourselves.

"The epidemiologist-veterinarian combines solid science and a light touch to describe the bacteria, viruses and parasites that have entered our food supply, and how new diseases and epidemics have emerged." -- Globe and Mail

"Likening our wanton culinary habits...to the dangers of promiscuous sex, Waltner-Toews explores the gamut of risks associated with food-borne disease, from acute...to chronic...as outcomes of a greedy industry happy to enable our undisciplined appetites. In the process of satisfying those appetites, we're ingesting a host of known and unknown natural and manmade toxins, many of which also jeopardize the earth." -- Booklist, Starred Review

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With solid science and deft humor, a celebrated epidemiologist surveys foodborne diseases, explains their complexities, explores why new diseases are emerging, and offers preventive solutions. In this lively look at foodborne diseases, David Waltner-Toews brings us tales of the bacteria, viruses, and parasites that have made their way into our food supply. He explores the global patterns of foodborne disease, from ciguatera toxins in fish to pandemics of Salmonella, and the changes in climate, culture, agriculture, and trade that have led to the emergence of new diseases and epidemics. Finally, he offers effective responses, ranging from changing personal habits to managing international trade and agricultural practices. Using the metaphor of sex, the book reminds us that what sex is to interpersonal relationships, eating is to the human-environment relationship. Treating our relationship with food as a series of one-off sensual encounters is like having random sex with a blindfold on: it may be fun, but it is also full of nasty surprises. This book is a call to take off the blindfolds and enlighten ourselves.

"The epidemiologist-veterinarian combines solid science and a light touch to describe the bacteria, viruses and parasites that have entered our food supply, and how new diseases and epidemics have emerged." -- Globe and Mail

"Likening our wanton culinary habits...to the dangers of promiscuous sex, Waltner-Toews explores the gamut of risks associated with food-borne disease, from acute...to chronic...as outcomes of a greedy industry happy to enable our undisciplined appetites. In the process of satisfying those appetites, we're ingesting a host of known and unknown natural and manmade toxins, many of which also jeopardize the earth." -- Booklist, Starred Review

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