Food, Genes, and Culture : Eating Right for Your Origins /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Discerning the Histories Encoded in Our Bodies
- 2.Searching for the Ancestral Diet. Did Mitochondrial Eve and Java Man Feast on the Same Foods?
- 3. Finding a Bean for Your Genes and a Buffer Against Malaria
- 4. The Shaping and Shipping Away of Mediterranean Cuisines
- 5. Discovering Why Some Don't Like It Hot. Is It a Matter of Taste?
- 6. Dealing with Migration Headaches. Should We Change Places, Diets, or Genes?
- 7. Rooting Out the Causes of Disease. Why Diabetes Is So Common Among Desert Dwellers
- 8. Reconnecting the Health of the People with the Health of the Land. How Hawaiians Are Curing Themselves
- Sources
- Index.