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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 peoplesâ 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 informat

    Table of Contents

    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

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      Publisher: CRC Press
      Publication Date: 11/20/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780367235987, 978-0367235987
      ISBN10: 0367235986

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 peoplesâ 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 informat

        Table of Contents

        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

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