Rekindled

This book is about food.  Real food.  Food that’s come from the ground, not from a factory.  It is an exploration of the typical Western diet of processed food that leaves us overfed and yet undernourished at the same time.  Our way of eating has changed beyond recognition since the birth of food science and nutritionism, and yet we are less healthy than ever before.  Unfortunately science doesn’t have all the answers yet, but the food industry is motivated by profit, and it is easier to sell something in a brightly coloured box with health claims splattered all over it than it is to sell something traditional and wholesome like a potato.

If you are fed up of reading the nutritional information labels on food packaging, and trying to figure out what “superfood” you are supposed to be eating this month, then this book is for you.  The final section of the book has some simple, practical guidelines that will help you to rediscover eating.  It’s about investing a bit more time, effort and money in what you put in your mouth instead of buying cheap convenience food.