Asian Geographic Issue 05/2017 (127) | Page 10

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“The first wealth is health”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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hey are the two things so many of us take for granted every day: food,
and health. The proof is in the soggy pudding: An estimated 1 billion people
in the world are chronically hungry. Another 1 billion people are overweight.
Our health is intricately tied to our diet, and growing public consciousness
to this effect has ignited some of the biggest controversies in the news.
But so much of what we think we understand is incorrect, owing, in part,
to deficits in scientific reporting. It’s time to spill the beans.
In this issue, we unpack several health controversies, from MSG to
processed foods (p54). The insect food revolution (p64) is creating a buzz in
top-end restaurants globally, pioneered by the likes of Noma in Copenhag