Ebook: Nutritionism: the science and politics of dietary advice

Popularized by Michael Pollan, Gyorgy Scrinis's 'Nutritionism' refers to the reductive understanding of nutrients as the key indicators of healthy food - an approach that now dominates nutrition science, dietary advice, and food marketing. Scrinis argues this ideology has narrowed if not distorted our appreciation of food quality, such that even highly processed foods may be perceived as healthful depending on their 'good' or 'bad' nutrients.;A clash of nutritional ideologies -- The nutritionism paradigm : reductive approaches to nutrients, food, and the body -- The era of quantifying nutritionism : protective nutrients, caloric reductionism, and vitamania -- The era of good-and-bad nutritionism : bad nutrients and nutricentric dietary guidelines -- The macro-nutrient diet wars : from the low-fat campaign to low-calorie, low-carb, and low-GI diets -- Margarine, butter, and the trans-fats fiasco : from trans-fats to I-fats -- The era of functional nutritionism : targeted nutrients, superfoods, and optimal diets -- The nutritional façade of functional foods : nutritional engineering, nutritional marketing, and corporate nutritionism -- The food quality paradigm : alternative approaches to food and the body -- After nutritionism.