Has anyone seen anything for high school about nutrition

[lori in tx]

we are finishing up Total health and I would like her to do a thing (unit or project with reading) on nutrition. I don't think she has ever done anything on nutrition.
thanks
Lori

[FloridaLisa]

I'm in the exact spot. Dd 14 completed Total Health this year and I'd also like to follow with some nutrition study. I seem to recall Sue Gregg had something out. Has anyone used it? Is it thorough?

Looking forward to some responses also --
Lisa

[AngieW in Texas]

I had my dd read through Nutrition for Dummies and now she's reading 8 Weeks to Optimum Health.

[Sandra in NC]

We watched the Standard Deviant's Nutrition video. It gives a good overview. See if your library has it.

[Moira in MA]

There really is no consensus on what is good nutrition at the moment. Much of what you'll see in texts is highly debatable even fats are being rehabilitated!

Food and health is an area where you need to be a wise consumer. There just plain isn't an easy answer. It isn't just what you eat but how it is grown and prepared.

I'd suggest something for background such as "Terrors of the Table" by Walter Gratzer. This gives a wonderful overview of the history of nutritional research and tells how each time the researchers thought they had the whole story they found they'd missed something vital. Warning: food will never be the same again.

Other titles to consider: are Michael Pollan's books, "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food;" "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon; Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

I'd also take a look at Ayurvedic principles and other non-western traditions.

As you may gather from the above, I'm not very main stream on nutrition.