Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Book Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
Had to order this book for a college paper I had to write on food saftey. it was a lot of help. book was in great shape too thanks a bunch.Book Review: Awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
A fascinating, highly readable evisceration of the fast food industry. The book covers a lot of ground- nutrition, politics, economics, marketing, chemistry, industry, and the human cost as well- with cutting humor and vitriol. A terrific read and eye-opener.Book Review: Be Prepared for an Eye Opener
Summary: 5 Stars
Even a few years after it's release, Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" still sends a strong message to the reader and exposes the fast food industry for what it really is... a group of very large and very powerful marketing companies... not a purveyor of good food--or nutritious food for that matter.
For many years, food additives and techniques have been the dirty little secret of the industry, but not these things are starting to surface.
The book takes you through the processing warehouses and chemical plants that the industry uses to "make" the foods served at these restaurants. It opens your eyes to practices done to cut costs and sacrifice your health in the process.
I've recommended this book to many of my clients and many are reluctant to read it at all, probably because of the emotional attachment they have to their favorite fast food.
Since this book came out, there are so many more studies and reports on what is in the fast foods then there ever were before. Reports including additives, trans-fats and other inflammation causing ingredients are helping the industry clean up it's act.
This doesn't mean that fast food is good for you, it just means that Schlosser has done an excellent job at bringing attention to an industry that wasn't challenged as strongly as it should have been.
I personally haven't had fast food for over 5 years, but--even that far removed--as I was reading this I felt sick to my stomach.
Read this book and you'll never step foot in McDonalds again.
Kevin Gianni, NCSF-CPT
Author and Personal Trainer
Book Review: Bias but informative.
Summary: 4 Stars
Eric Schlosser was very thorough and straightforward with information that he had researched and gave a great deal of consideration to his audience in the way he wrote it for anyone with an interest in the issues discussed. His viewpoint is bias but also strongly supported to give the reader a chance to see the fast food industry and its business model from a perspective counter to what we traditionally see. Excellent source of information for research but also simply a very interesting read.Book Review: Book needed for class
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a book that was necessary for a class in Economics for my son. It was good to get a decent used book at a reasonable price. It was shipped promptly.