Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity

Author:   Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher:   Island Press
Edition:   New edition
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9781597260916


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   01 May 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity


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Do your ears burn whenever you eat hot chilli peppers? Does your face immediately flush when you drink alcohol? Does your stomach groan if you are exposed to raw milk or green fava beans? If so, you are probably among the one-third of the world's human population that is sensitive to certain foods due to your genes' interactions with them. Formerly misunderstood as `genetic disorders’, many of these sensitivities are now considered to be adaptations that our ancestors evolved in response to the dietary choices and diseases they faced over millennia in particular landscapes.In this, the most insightful and far-reaching book of his career, Nabhan offers us a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way we understand human health and cultural diversity. This book marks the dawning of evolutionary gastronomy in a way that may save and enrich millions of lives.

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Author:   Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher:   Island Press
Imprint:   Island Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9781597260916


ISBN 10:   1597260916
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   01 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Move over Dr. Atkins--here's someone who really understands what a body needs. In a homogenized world, it is delightful to be reminded that our cells and organs follow a much older and more complex set of instructions. Read it before you head out to the market for this week's shopping! --Bill McKibben author of Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age


Move over Dr. Atkins--here's someone who really understands what a body needs. In a homogenized world, it is delightful to be reminded that our cells and organs follow a much older and more complex set of instructions. Read it before you head out to the market for this week's shopping! --Bill McKibben


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"Gary Paul Nabhan has been at the forefront of ethnobiology and nutritional ecology for three decades. He has been honored with a MacArthur ""Genius"" Fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology. His books and essays have won numerous awards, including the Burroughs Medal for nature writing, and have been translated into five languages. His original research that underlies this book has appeared in Nature, Science News, Slow, Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and Ecology of Food and Nutrition. He is currently the Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University."

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