Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition /
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.
Основен автор: | Gratzer, W. B. 1932- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=176978 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Terrors of the table. |
Съдържание:
- 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.