Cover -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- PROSPERITY -- THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY -- APPENDIX -- OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY -- THE EATING HABITS OF CHILDREN -- WEIGHT-REDUCING DRUGS -- DISEASE AND DIETARY FIBRE -- FATS - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UNHEALTHY -- CHOLESTEROL, HEART DISEASE AND CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS -- GLYCAEMIA, THE GLYCEMIC INDEX AND DIABETES -- APPENDIX -- SATIETY -- FOODS AND DRINK NOT TO BE ENCOURAGED -- GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS -- ORGANIC FARMING AND ORGANICALLY GROWN FOODS -- FUNCTIONAL FOODS -- OUR ANCESTORS' FOODS: A GUIDE TO GOOD EATING TODAY? -- SELECTING THE RIGHT DIET AND FIDDLING THE FOOD PYRAMID -- HEALTH CARE, THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND DRUG COMPANIES -- EXERCISE AND KEEPING FIT -- WEIGHT-LOSING REGIMES -- FOOD AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- APPENDIX -- THE HEALTHY EATING PLAN -- APPENDIX -- RECIPES -- WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? -- INDEX.