English B1A CLASS PACK - Bakersfield College

In Defense of Foodp. 18-27“From Foods to Nutrients”GROUP 1: p. 19-231. Who was William Prout, and what did he identify? When?2. What did Liebig’s baby formula consist of? What happened to babies who fedexclusively on his formula? Why?3. What are micronutrients?4. What is the “lipid hypothesis”?GROUP 2: p. 22-255. Re-read the section on the McGovern hearings on p. 22-25. Explain the reaction of thered meat and dairy industries to the 1977 McGovern committee’s recommendation toreduce consumption of meat. What change did the committee have to make to thewording of their recommendation and why? How did this particular situation lead to ourcurrent habit of speaking “no more of food, only nutrients,” (24) and what does thatmean? When we speak of nutrients instead of food, we need the assistance of whom?44