Ancestral Diets and Nutrition
eBook - ePub

Ancestral Diets and Nutrition

  1. 488 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ancestral Diets and Nutrition

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access Ancestral Diets and Nutrition by Christopher Cumo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Clinical Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781000176094
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Clinical Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. List of Graphs
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Author
  12. Chapter 1 Introduction and Method
  13. Chapter 2 Components of Nutrition: Calories, Carbohydrates, Fat, Protein, Minerals, Vitamins, Phytochemicals, and Water
  14. Chapter 3 Changing Circumstances and Diets
  15. Chapter 4 Meat
  16. Chapter 5 Fish and Shellfish
  17. Chapter 6 Poultry and Eggs
  18. Chapter 7 Dairy
  19. Chapter 8 Legumes
  20. Chapter 9 Nuts
  21. Chapter 10 Fat
  22. Chapter 11 Sweeteners: Honey, Sucrose, and High Fructose Corn Syrup
  23. Chapter 12 Grains
  24. Chapter 13 Roots and Tubers
  25. Chapter 14 Fruits
  26. Chapter 15 Vegetables
  27. Chapter 16 Conclusion
  28. Bibliography
  29. Index