医学博士であり、完全米飯給食の普及にも努めた食生態学者の著者。日本に取り入れられた「北緯50度の栄養学」は日本の風土を無視し、伝統と健康が壊されたと痛烈に批判しています。 The author is a medical doctor and food ecologist who has also worked to popularize all-rice school lunches. He sharply criticizes the "Nutrition Science of the 50th Parallel" that was introduced in Japan, saying that it ignored the Japanese culture and destroyed traditions and health.