When it comes to chemicals and our bodies there are no simple answers. Thanks to George Zaidan
there are beautifully clear elegant accurate explanations. And they're funny. Zaidan has
accomplished something I would not have thought possible. He has written an entertaining book
about chemistry. Thank you George for this much-needed breakwater against the tide of
misinformation that sloshes onto our screens. Mary Roach author of StiffCheese puffs. Coffee.
Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you what won t and why explained with
high-octane hilarity hysterical hijinks and other things that don t begin with the letter H.
INGREDIENTS offers the perspective of a chemist on the stuff we eat drink inhale and smear
on ourselves. Apart from the burning question of whether you should eat those Cheetos Zaidan
explores a range of topics. Here s a helpful guide: Stuff in this book: - How bad is processed
food? How sure are we? - Is sunscreen safe? Should you use it? - Is coffee good or bad for you?
- What s your disease horoscope? - What is that public pool smell made of? - What happens when
you overdose on fentanyl in the sun? - What do cassava plants and Soviet spies have in common?
- When will you die? Stuff in other books: - Your carbon footprint - Food sustainability - GMOs
- CEO pay - Science funding - Politics - Football - Baseball - Any kind of ball really Zaidan
an MIT-trained chemist who cohosted CNBC s hit Make Me a Millionaire Inventor and wrote and
voiced several TED-Ed viral videos makes chemistry more fun than Hogwarts as he reveals
exactly what science can (and can t) tell us about the packaged ingredients sold to us every
day. Sugar spinach formaldehyde cyanide the ingredients of life and death and how we know
if something is good or bad for us as well as the genius of aphids and their butts are all
discussed in exquisite detail at breakneck speed.
