Here is a quote from a book I am loving right now, What to Eat by Marion Nestle (no relation to the candy people):

“If you find it hard to view dietary advice as unchanging, it is surely because the research breakthroughs and seemingly contradictory findings about one or another nutrient, food, or diet plan are taken out of context. Nutrition arguments are almost invariably about single nutrients taken out of their food context, single foods taken out of their dietary context, or single risk factors and diseases taken out of their lifestyle context. Single-nutrient arguments are “reductive” in that they reduce diets and food choices to one simple decision: eat this or avoid that, and all problems will be solved. Food companies love this approach because they can use it to say that their particular products have special health benefits. But few issues in nutrition are that simple.”

What to Eat is a great resource for answering that very question, considering aspects of nutrition, food safety, food politics, agribusiness, and understanding (and becoming immune to) supermarket marketing strategies. Enjoy!

Check out her websites:
http://whattoeatbook.com
http://www.foodpolitics.com

Christina Rutheiser, CNHP, Holistic Nutrition Consultant for Integrative Health Centers