Edible Medicines An Ethnopharmacology of Food

Name: Edible Medicines An Ethnopharmacology of Food
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ISBN: 9780816527489

ISBN-10: 0816527482

ISBN-13: 9780816527489

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Nina L. Etkin

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In this wide-ranging book, Nina Etkin investigates the health implications of foods from the cuisines of peoples around the world to describe the place of food in health maintenance. She incorporates co-evolution along with a biocultural perspective in addressing some of the physiological effects of foods across cultures and through history while taking into account both the complex dynamics of food choice and the blurred distinctions between food and medicine. Showing that food choice is more closely linked to health than is commonly thought, Etkin helps us understand the health implications of peoples food-centered actions in the context of real-life circumstances. Drawing on an extensive…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 3/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations and Tables


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Food in the History of Biomedicine



Spices: The Pharmacology of the Exotic



Fermented Foods and Beverages



The Lives of Social Plants



Medicinal Qualities of Animal Foods



Health in the Marketplace: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Functional Foods, and More



Some Common Spices


Notes


References


General Index


Scientific Index