Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition /

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Tells the story of our struggle to recognise the connections between diet, health, and disease. This book combines the science of nutrition with a history of the fads and quackery that waylay the unwary when it comes to matters of food and health.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-2021
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Nutrition > History.
Diet in disease > History.
Food > History.
Nutrition Disorders > history
Diet Therapy > history
Vitamins > history
Nutrition > Histoire.
Aliments > Histoire.
Régimes alimentaires > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Nutrition.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diets.
MEDICAL > Nutrition.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Nutrition.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Food Content Guides.
Food.
Diet in disease.
Nutrition.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ravages of war
  • The scurvy wars
  • In the beginning
  • Dawn of the scientific age: the road to the scaffold
  • The savants' disputes
  • The poor, the rich, the healthy, and the sick
  • Cheats and poisoners
  • Paradigm postponed: the tardy arrival of vitamins
  • The quarry run to earth
  • Fads and quacks
  • The new millennium: profits and the higher quackery.

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