| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 1120 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
| Contents |
Determining what our ancestors ate -- Dietary reconstruction and nutritional assessment of past peoples: the bioanthropological record / Clark Spencer Larsen -- Paleopathological evidence of malnutrition / Donald J. Ortner and Gretchen Theobald -- Dietary reconstruction as seen in coprolites / Kristin D. Sobolik -- Animals used for food in the past: as seen / Their remains excavated from archaeological sites / Elizabeth S. Wing -- Chemical approaches to dietary representation / Ted A. Rathbun -- History, diet, and hunter-gatherers / Mark Nathan Cohen -- Staple foods: domesticated plants and animals -- Staple foods: domesticated plants and animals -- Grains -- Amaranth / Mary C. Karasch -- Barley / Joy McCorriston -- Buckwheat / G. Mazza -- Maize / Ellen Messer -- Millets / J.M.J. de Wet -- Oat / David M. Peterson and J.J. Murphy -- Rice / Te-Tzu Chang -- Rye / Hansjörg Küster -- Sorghum / J.M.J. de Wet -- Wheat / Joy McCorriston -- Roots, tubers, and other starchy staples -- Bananas and plantains / Will C. McClatchey -- Manioc / Mary C. Karasch -- Potatoes (white) / Ellen Messer -- Sago / H. Micheal Tarver and Allan W. Austin -- Sweet potatoes and yams / Patricia J. O'Brien -- Taro / Nancy J. Pollock -- Important vegetable supplements -- Algae / Sheldon Aaronson -- The Allium species (onions, garlic, leeks, chives, and shallots) / Julia Peterson -- Beans, peas, and lentils / Lawrence Kaplan -- Chilli peppers / Jean Andrews -- Cruciferous and green leafy vegetables / Robert C. Field -- Cucumbers, melons, and watermelons / David Maynard and Donald N. Maynard -- Fungi / Sheldon Aaronson -- Squash / Deena S. Decker-Walters and Terrence W. Walters -- Tomatoes -- Staple nuts -- Chestnuts / Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux -- Peanuts / Johanna T. Dwyer and Ritu Sandhu -- Animal, marine, and vegetable oils -- an overview of oils and fats, with a special emphasis on olive oil / Sean Francis O'Keefe -- Coconut / Hugh C. Harries -- Palm oil / K.G. Berger and S.M. Martin -- Sesame / Dorothea Bedigian -- Soybean / Thomas Sorosiak -- Sunflower / Charles B. Heiser, Jr. -- Trading in tastes -- Spices and flavorings / Hansjörg Küster -- Sugar / J.H. Galloway -- Important foods from animal sources -- American bison / J. Allen Barksdale -- Aquatic animals / Colin E. Nash -- Camels / Elizabeth A. Stephens -- Caribou and reindeer / David R. Yesner -- Cattle / Daniel W. Gade -- Chickens / Roger Blench and Kevin C. MacDonald -- Chicken eggs / William J. Stadelman -- Dogs / Stanley J. Olsen -- Ducks / Rosemary Luff -- Game / Stephen Beckerman -- Geese / Kevin C. MacDonald and Roger Blench -- Goats / Daniel W. Gade -- Hogs (pigs) / Daniel W. Gade -- Horses / Daniel W. Gade -- Insects / Darna L. Dufour and Joy B. Sander -- Llamas and alpacas / Daniel W. Gade -- Muscovy ducks / Daniel W. Gade -- Pigeons / Richard F. Johnston -- Rabbits / Peter R. Cheeke -- Sea turtles and their eggs / James J. Parsons -- Sheep / Daniel W. Gade -- Turkeys / Stanley J. Olsen -- Water buffalo / Robert Hoffpauir -- Yak / Richard P. Palmieri -- Dietary liquids -- Beer and ale / Phillip A. Cantrell II -- Breast milk and artificial infant feeding / Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux -- Cacao / Murdo J. MacLeod -- Coffee / Steven C. Topik -- Distilled beverages / James Comer -- Kava / Nancy J. Pollock -- Khat / Clarke Brooke -- Kola nut / Edmund Abaka -- Milk and dairy products / Keith Vernon -- Soft drinks / Colin Emmins -- Tea / John H. Weisburger and James Comer -- Water / Christopher Hamlin -- Wine / James L. Newman -- The nutrients -- deficiencies, surfeits, and food-related disorders -- Vitamins -- Vitamin A / George Wolf -- Vitamin B complex: Thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, cobalamin, folic acid / Daphne A. Roe -- Vitamin C / R.E. Hughes -- Vitamin D / Glenville Jones -- Vitamin E / Glenville Jones -- Vitamin K and vitamin K-dependent proteins / Myrtle Thierry-Palmer -- Minerals -- Calcium / Herta Spencer -- Iodine and iodine-deficiency disorders / Basil S. Hetzel -- Iron / Susan Kent and Patricia Stuart-Macadam -- Magnesium / Theodore D. Mountokalakis -- Phosphorus / John J.B. Anderson -- Potassium / David S. Newman -- Sodium and hypertension / Thomas W. Wilson and Clarence E. Grim -- Other trace elements / Forrest H. Nielsen -- Zinc / Ananda S. Prasad -- Proteins, fats, and essential fatty acids -- Essential fatty acids / Jacqueline L. Dupont -- Proteins / Kenneth J. Carpenter -- Energy and protein metabolism / Peter L. Pellett -- Deficiency diseases -- Beriberi / Frederick L. Dunn -- Iron deficiency and anemia of chronic disease / Susan Kent -- Keshan disease / Yiming Xia -- Osteoporosis / Robert P. Heaney -- Pellagra / Daphne A. Roe and Stephen V. Beck -- Pica / Margaret J. Weinberger -- Protein-energy malnutrition / J.D.L. Hansen -- Scurvy / R.E. Hughes -- Food-related disorders -- Anorexia nervosa / Heather Munro Prescott -- Celiac disease / Donald D. Kasarda -- Food allergies / Susan L. Hefle -- Food-borne infection / Sujatha Panikker -- Food sensitivities: allergies and intolerances / Judy Perkin -- Lactose intolerance / K. David Patterson -- Obesity / Leslie Sue Lieberman -- Diet and chronic disease -- Diabetes / Leslie Sue Lieberman -- Nutrition and cancer / Robert Kroes and J.H. Weisburger -- Nutrition and heart-related diseases / Melissa H. Olken and Joel D. Howell -- The cardiovascular system, coronary artery disease, and calcium: a hypothesis / Stephen Seely |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Food -- History
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Food
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kiple, Kenneth F., 1939-2016
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Ornelas, Kriemhild Coneè
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| ISBN |
9780511468674 |
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0511468679 |
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9781139058636 |
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1139058630 |
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9781139058636 |
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