Volume 21, Number 2 · February 21, 1974
Death for Dinner
By Daniel Zwerdling
Nutrition Scoreboard: Your Guide to Better Eating
by Dr. Michael Jacobson
Center for Science in the Public Interest, $2.50
Hearings Before the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs: Part 2, "Sugar in Diet, Diabetes, and Heart Diseases"
US Government Printing Office, $.80
Hearings Before the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs: Part 3, "TV Advertising of Food to Children"
US Government Printing Office, $.75
Hearings Before the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs: Part 4, "TV Advertising of Food to Children"
US Government Printing Office, $.60
Diet for a Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappé
Ballantine, 301 pp., $1.25 (paper)
Recipes for a Small Planet
by Ellen Buchman Ewald
Ballantine, 356 pp., $1.50 (paper)
Dr. Ben Feingold, chairman emeritus of the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center allergy division, has found convincing evidence suggesting that the artificial colors and flavors used in 95 percent of all processed foods cause hyperactivity in children.[1] 'We can turn these kids on and off at will simply by regulating their diets,' Feingold says. 'There's no reason not to wonder whether food additives affect adult emotional behavior as well.'[2]
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