02535nam 2200589Ia 450 991078476410332120230617005750.01-383-00285-11-280-75270-X0-19-151308-31-4294-2114-2(CKB)1000000000402674(EBL)272784(OCoLC)191924092(SSID)ssj0000257354(PQKBManifestationID)11236980(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257354(PQKBWorkID)10253445(PQKB)10262771(Au-PeEL)EBL272784(CaPaEBR)ebr10180672(CaONFJC)MIL75270(OCoLC)780975856(MiAaPQ)EBC272784(EXLCZ)99100000000040267420050630d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTerrors of the table[electronic resource] the curious history of nutrition /Walter GratzerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-280661-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Picture acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Ravages of War; 2 The Scurvy Wars; 3 In the Beginning; 4 Dawn of the Scientific Age: the Road to the Scaffold; 5 The Savants' Disputes; 6 The Poor, the Rich, the Healthy, and the Sick; 7 Cheats and Poisoners; 8 Paradigm Postponed: the Tardy Arrival of Vitamins; 9 The Quarry Run to Earth; 10 Fads and Quacks; 11 The New Millennium: Profits and the Higher Quackery; Appendix: The Hard Science; Further Reading and References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZTells the story of our struggle to recognise the connections between diet, health, and disease. This book combines the science of nutrition with a history of the fads and quackery that waylay the unwary when it comes to matters of food and health.NutritionHistoryDiet in diseaseHistoryNutritionHistory.Diet in diseaseHistory.613.209Gratzer W. B(Walter Bruno),1932-2021.1214866MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784764103321Terrors of the table3781813UNINA