..., as well as how nutrition might be known and done differently. In this section authors discuss the impoverishment of nutritionism as a way of knowing and engaging with food, highlighting how nourishment is not amenable to either simplification or standardization. Some call for alternate ways of knowing...

... discourse. Keywords: nutritionism, reductionism, quantification, energy bal- ance model, charismatic nutrients, circadian rhythms. Introduction: Julie Guthman for many americans, good nutrition is associated with counting calories, balancing the right amount of carbohy- drates, proteins, and fats...

...gyorgy scrinis This essay introduces and defines the ideology or paradigm of nutritionism, which is generally characterized by a reductive focus on the nutrient composition of food. More specifically, it is where the nutri-biochemical level of engagement with food and the body becomes the dominant...