Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 253 mm x 177 mm, Gewicht: 1106 g
Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 253 mm x 177 mm, Gewicht: 1106 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-23598-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Ancestral Diets and Nutrition supplies dietary advice based on the study of prehuman and human populations worldwide over the last two million years. This thorough, accessible book uses prehistory and history as a laboratory for testing the health effects of various foods. It examines all food groups by drawing evidence from skeletons and their teeth, middens, and coprolites along with written records where they exist to determine peoples’ health and diet.
Fully illustrated and grounded in extensive research, this book enhances knowledge about diet, nutrition, and health. It appeals to practitioners in medicine, nutrition, anthropology, biology, chemistry, economics, and history, and those seeking a clear explanation of what humans have eaten across the ages and what we should eat now.
Features:
- Sixteen chapters examine fat, sweeteners, grains, roots and tubers, fruits, vegetables, and animal and plant sources of protein.
- Integrates information about diet, nutrition, and health from ancient, medieval, modern and current sources, drawing from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
- Provides comprehensive coverage based on the study of several hundred sources and the provision of over 2,000 footnotes.
- Presents practical information to help shape readers’ next meal through recommendations of what to eat and what to avoid.
Zielgruppe
Academic and Professional Reference
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik
- Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Contents
List of Figures.xv
List of Tables.xxi
List of Graphs.xxv
Preface.xxvii
Acknowledgments.xxix
Author.xxxi
Chapter 1 Introduction and Method.1
Chapter 2 Components of Nutrition: Calories, Carbohydrates, Fat, Protein, Minerals,
Vitamins, Phytochemicals, and Water.27
Chapter 3 Changing Circumstances and Diets. 61
Chapter 4 Meat. 91
Chapter 5 Fish and Shellfish. 121
Chapter 6 Poultry and Eggs. 149
Chapter 7 Dairy. 179
Chapter 8 Legumes.207
Chapter 9 Nuts. 241
Chapter 10 Fat. 267
Chapter 11 Sweeteners: Honey, Sucrose, and High Fructose Corn Syrup. 295
Chapter 12 Grains. 323
Chapter 13 Roots and Tubers. 355
Chapter 14 Fruits. 391
Chapter 15 Vegetables. 417
Chapter 16 Conclusion. 439
Bibliography.447
Index.483
