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Is it fair to label fast food a genocide? Fuhrman (The End of Heart Disease, 2016) says, Yes, as he cites the dictionary definition, the deliberate destruction of an entire race or nation, and ticks off the ways fast-food malnutrition causes weight gain and chronic inflammation. Fuhrman calls on readers to eat foods in their unprocessed states and to beware of additives, even supposedly healthy ones like folic acid, a petroleum-derived, synthetic form of the B vitamin folate that's added to commercial baked goods and to vitamins and which studies associate with a higher incidence of cancer. After reading his passionate case for why we need to eat leafy greens rather than relying on supplements, health-conscious eaters will find much to validate their beliefs and will undoubtedly enjoy the doctor's decision to devote 52 pages to recipes. The biggest fans of fries and burgers may change their ways and try to keep only healthy food in their houses, even if they turn up their noses at adding spinach to a chocolate smoothie.--Springen, Karen Copyright 2017 Booklist