Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureWaveland Press, 1998 M07 2 - 289 páginas Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, best-selling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the worlds major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the worlds gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that its bad to eat people but good to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences. |
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... fiber, which paradoxically is not a nutrient. Fiber adds bulk and roughage to the content of the large intestine, stimulates peristalsis, and is excreted without being digested. The evidence which links diets that are deficient in fiber ...
... fiber, binds to potential carcinogens and aids in their excretion. While fiber deficiency has become a serious problem in affluent industrial societies, throughout history and prehistory the problem has been too much rather than too ...
... fiber long antedate the discovery of a possible linkage with cancer. This was due to the discovery that the fibrous outer covering of wheat, rice, and other cereals is a major source of vitamin B1. As a result of a preference for finely ...
... fiber, so until recently they were more rather than less desirable if they contained a lot of fat. Much of the nearly worldwide hunger for meat is really a craving for fatty meat. The reason for this is that lean meat needs to be ...
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Contenido
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The Abominable Pig
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Hippophagy
| 88 |
Holy Beef USA
| 109 |
Lactophiles and Lactophobes Milk Lovers and Milk Haters
| 130 |
Small Things
| 154 |
Dogs Cats Dingoes and Other Pets
| 175 |
People Eating
| 199 |
Better to Eat
| 235 |
References | 249 |
Bibliography | 258 |
Index | 275 |