There's Something Funny About Nutrition Author:Gary W. Evans While gazing bleary-eyed at your cereal box, did it ever occur to you there?s mirth and merriment in the design of that nutrition label and the nutrients listed therein? In addition to proteins, carbohydrates and fats (a.k.a. lipids), experts tell us we need dozens of vitamins and minerals. Each of these has an interesting and often?according to... more » the author?amusing history. This review of nutrition, unlike any other review of nutrition, exposes the humor in a topic that has been called the most contentious subject in the field of medicine. In a series of entertaining essays, the comedy of food pyramids is exhumed, the folly of food labels is foisted, diets (most are fact-free) are dissed and dieticians derided. The cuddly puppy of the health profession (cholesterol) is defiled and soy is sullied. From alcohol to zinc, nutrition controversies are dredged up and lampooned.« less