Fear of food : a history of why we worry about what we eat / Harvey Levenstein.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

ix, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Germophobia -- Milk: "the most valuable and dangerous food" -- Autointoxication & its discontents -- Bacteria & beef -- "Lucrezia Borgias in the kitchen" -- Vitamania & its deficiencies -- "Hidden hunger" stalks the land -- Natural foods in Shangri-la -- Lipophobia -- Creating a national eating disorder.