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Protein and Energy
Kenneth John Carpenter · 1994
76/100
👍 Worth It
Kenneth Carpenter is one of nutrition history's most distinguished scholars, and this Cambridge University Press monograph — tracing how the protein-shortage myth was born, endorsed by the UN, and then abandoned — is exactly the kind of quietly revelatory academic history that illuminates how science and policy can go wrong together. It is specialized and 1994-vintage, so contemporary nutrition developments are not covered, but within its scope it is praised and credible.
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substance82
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originality78
accuracy84
hype76
age-fit72
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict76
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