In this book, Kristin Lawless argues that, because of the degradation of our diet, our bodies are literally changing from the inside out. The billion-dollar food industry is reshaping our food preferences, altering our brains, changing the composition of our microbiota, and even affecting the expression of our genes. Lawless chronicles how this is happening and what it means for our bodies, health, and survival, going beyond nutrition to issues of food choice, class, race, and gender and presenting her philosophy of eating that she calls the "Whole Egg Theory."

How did we end up here? -- Our industrial food landscape : the whole egg theory and how we got here -- What are we actually eating? : industrial food and our health -- Losing our food illusions : "organics" and the nutrients missing from our food -- How the industrial food system is changing us from the inside out -- The industrial food setup : getting you (and your children) hooked from day one -- Living in a microbial world : industrially processed food and our guts -- New science and failing health agencies -- "So many tips of so many icebergs" : how endocrine disrupting chemicals are harming us -- (and our children and their children) -- Our "safe" exposure to toxic chemicals : how the regulatory agencies are failing to protect our health -- Understanding our food culture and creating real change -- Food choice : the culture of our upside-down food environment -- Handmaidens of industry : women, the home, and unwaged work -- We can't eat our way out of this crisis: food movement failures and real change -- Conclusion : protecting our bodies and our future -- A new food movement manifesto.