Food, medicine, and the quest for good health : nutrition, medicine, and culture /

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What we eat, how we eat, where we eat, and when we eat are deeply embedded cultural practices. Eating is also related to how we medicate. The multimillion-dollar diet industry offers advice on how to eat for a better body and longer life, and avoiding harmful foods (or choosing healthy ones) is cons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chen, Nancy N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Diet therapy > Social aspects.
Functional foods > Social aspects.
Food habits.
Medical anthropology.
Diet therapy.
Diet Therapy
Feeding Behavior
Diétothérapie > Aspect social.
Nutraceutiques > Aspect social.
Habitudes alimentaires.
Diétothérapie.
MEDICAL > Diet Therapy.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Nutrition.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Diet therapy
Food habits
Medical anthropology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rethinking food and medicine
  • Food as medicine
  • Healing foods and longevity
  • Dietary prescriptions and comfort foods
  • Medicine as food
  • Nutraceuticals and functional foods
  • Genetically modified foods and drugs
  • Eating and medicating.

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