Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureThe anthropologist/author takes on some of the major food riddles, including cannibalism, to reveal why a culture accepts or spurns specific foods |
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They develop the disease known as rickets when it affects youngsters and
osteomalacia when it affects older people. In the young, legs become
grotesquely bowed and stunted; the chest collapses, and the female pelvis
becomes twisted, ...
They develop the disease known as rickets when it affects youngsters and
osteomalacia when it affects older people. In the young, legs become
grotesquely bowed and stunted; the chest collapses, and the female pelvis
becomes twisted, ...
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To sum up: if the ancestors of today's lactase-sufficient Europeans were
dependent on milk for their calcium, and if they were at risk for rickets and
osteomalacia, then individuals who were unable to drink copious quantities of
milk or who could ...
To sum up: if the ancestors of today's lactase-sufficient Europeans were
dependent on milk for their calcium, and if they were at risk for rickets and
osteomalacia, then individuals who were unable to drink copious quantities of
milk or who could ...
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Now to begin to put all of this together: as the Neolithic pioneers moved
northward, the risks from rickets and osteomalacia outweighed the risks from skin
cancer. The winters became longer LACTOPHILES AND LACTOPHOBES 145.
Now to begin to put all of this together: as the Neolithic pioneers moved
northward, the risks from rickets and osteomalacia outweighed the risks from skin
cancer. The winters became longer LACTOPHILES AND LACTOPHOBES 145.
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Good to eat: riddles of food and culture
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictWhy are the world's food habits or "foodways,'' as Harris refers to them, so diverse? In this scholarly yet fast-paced and very readable work, anthropologist Harris argues that "major differences in ... Leer comentario completo
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ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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