Name: Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the way we Think About Food
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Author: Catherine Price
ISBN: 9780143108153

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Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the way we Think About Food

Type

Physical Book

Author

Catherine Price

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780143108153

Synopsis "Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the way we Think About Food "

In Vitamania, award-winning journalist Catherine Price takes readers on a lively journey through the past, present and future of the mysterious micronutrients known as human vitamins--an adventure that includes poison squads and political maneuvering, irradiated sheep grease and smuggled rats. Part history, part science, part personal exploration, Price's witty and engaging book reveals how vitamins have profoundly shaped our attitudes toward eating, and investigates the emerging science of how what we eat might affect our offspring for generations to come."[An] absorbing and meticulously researched history of the beginnings and causes of our obsession with vitamins and nutrition." --The New York Times"Measured, funny, and fascinating. The only thing that Catherine Price is selling here is good reporting, engaging storytelling, and more than you thought you could possibly learn about vitamins. If you need vitamins to survive (you do), you should read this book."--Scientific American"A deeply satisfying masterpiece of nutrition science writing." --Network Health Dieticians' Magazine (British nutritionists' journal)"[Price's] investigation, full of scurvy-ridden sailors, questionable nutritional supplements and solid science, is both entertaining and enlightening." --Discover

Catherine Price

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Catherine Price es una periodista y autora estadounidense dedicada a la divulgación científica y al análisis crítico de la vida digital contemporánea. Su trabajo se centra en cómo la tecnología afecta la atención, el desarrollo cognitivo y los hábitos cotidianos, especialmente en niños y jóvenes. Con un estilo claro, accesible y sin alarmismo fácil, Price traduce investigaciones complejas en ideas comprensibles para lectores no especializados. Su enfoque combina curiosidad intelectual con una postura crítica: entender la tecnología para usarla mejor, no para idealizarla ni demonizarla.

Es autora de The Amazing Generation, un libro orientado a padres y educadores que examina el impacto de las pantallas en la infancia y propone estrategias prácticas para fomentar un uso más consciente de la tecnología. La obra destaca por su tono equilibrado y su base informativa sólida, evitando tanto el pánico moral como la complacencia digital. Price se ha consolidado como una voz relevante en el debate sobre crianza, atención y bienestar en la era de los dispositivos omnipresentes.

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