Food, Genes, and Culture: Eating Right for Your Origins PDF
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f o o d , g e n e s , a n d c u l t u r e food, genes, and CULTURE e a t i n g r i g h t f o r y o u r o r i g i n s Gary Paul Nabhan Washington | Covelo | London Copyright © 2004 and 2013 Gary Paul Nabhan All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036. Island Press is a trademark of Island Press/The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nabhan, Gary Paul. Food, genes, and culture : eating right for your origins / Gary Paul Nabhan. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61091-492-5 (pbk.) -- ISBN 1-61091-492-9 (paper) 1. Nutrition-- Genetic aspects. 2. Food habits--History. 3. Human evolution. 4. Physical anthropology. I. Title. QP144.G45N33 2013 612.3--dc23 2013023650 British Cataloguing-in-Publication data available. Printed on recycled, acid-free paper Design by Kathleen Szawiola Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 “Now killin’ folks and cookin’ ain’t so very far apart.” herbert h. knibbs from his poem/song “Boomer Johnson” 66666 Dedicated to the memory of Ted Nabhan, Sally Giff Pablo, and Gabriel Williams , c o n t e n t s Foreword ix Introduction 1 one Discerning the Histories Encoded in Our Bodies 15 two Searching for the Ancestral Diet 36 Did Mitochondrial Eve and Java Man Feast on the Same Foods? three Finding a Bean for Your Genes and a Buffer Against Malaria 63 four The Shaping and Shipping Away of Mediterranean Cuisines 92 five Discovering Why Some Don’t Like It Hot 112 Is It a Matter of Taste? six Dealing with Migration Headaches 140 Should We Change Places, Diets, or Genes? seven Rooting Out the Causes of Disease 163 Why Diabetes Is So Common Among Desert Dwellers eight Reconnecting the Health of the People with the Health of the Land 186 How Hawaiians Are Curing Themselves Sources 211 Index 225
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