Proteins, Pathologies and Politics: Dietary Innovation and Disease from the Nineteenth Century

David Gentilcore (Editor), Matthew Smith (Editor)

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Abstract

Proteins, Pathologies and Politics presents an international and historical approach to dietary change and health, contrasting current concerns with how issues such as diabetes, cancer, vitamins, sugar and fat, and food allergies were perceived in the 19th and 20th centuries. Though what we eat and what we shouldn't eat has become a topic of increased scrutiny in the current century, the link between dietary innovation and health/disease is not a new one. From new fads in foodstuffs, through developments in manufacturing and production processes, to the inclusion of additives and evolving agricultural practices changing diet, changes often promised better health only to become associated with the opposite.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
Number of pages264
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • dietary changes
  • dietary health
  • food history

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