Why some like it hot : food, genes, and cultural diversity / Gary Paul Nabhan.
Why some like it hot : food, genes, and cultural diversity / Gary Paul Nabhan.
Why some like it hot : food, genes, and cultural diversity / Gary Paul Nabhan.
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Washington, D.C. : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2004.
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N394.1/48
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English
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233 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Discerning the histories encoded in our bodies -- 2. Searching for the ancestral diet -- 3. Finding a bean for your genes and a buffer against malaria -- 4. The shaping and shipping away of Mediterranean cuisines -- 5. Discovering why some don't like it hot -- 6. Dealing with migration headaches...
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Washington, D.C. : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2004.
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District of Columbia
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"One-third of the world's human population 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 lands...
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Why some like it hot : food, genes, and cultural diversity / Gary Paul Nabhan.
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"A Shearwater book."--T. p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.
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c2004.
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N394.1/48
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74VKPagr4rvO
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ISBN
1559634669 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781559634663 (cloth : alk. paper)
1559634669 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781559634663 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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394.1
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991019633309702626
