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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That ingredient is calcium , a mineral the body used to build , maintain , and
repair its bones . The solid portion of milk is the most concentrated of all dietary
sources of calcium . Adequate supplies of calcium can also be obtained from
eating ...
That ingredient is calcium , a mineral the body used to build , maintain , and
repair its bones . The solid portion of milk is the most concentrated of all dietary
sources of calcium . Adequate supplies of calcium can also be obtained from
eating ...
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First let me point out that the evolution of the use of milk as an unexcelled source
of absorbable calcium is one of the most distinctive features of the mammalian
class of vertebrates . Newborn mammals have soft immature skeletons which
must ...
First let me point out that the evolution of the use of milk as an unexcelled source
of absorbable calcium is one of the most distinctive features of the mammalian
class of vertebrates . Newborn mammals have soft immature skeletons which
must ...
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To test for the effects of lactase insufficiency on the ability to absorb calcium ,
scientists at the Center for the Study of Bone Disease at the University of Geneva
gave groups of lactase - deficient and lactase - sufficient volunteers standard
doses ...
To test for the effects of lactase insufficiency on the ability to absorb calcium ,
scientists at the Center for the Study of Bone Disease at the University of Geneva
gave groups of lactase - deficient and lactase - sufficient volunteers standard
doses ...
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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 |
EIGHT Small Things | 154 |
NINE Dogs Cats Dingoes and other Pets | 175 |
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