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A biocultural approach to food
What people eat feeds their bodies and expresses who they are, and the two cannot be pulled apart. The biocultural approach follows the loop between them: cultural practices change which nutrients reach the body, and bodies, over generations, change in response to culture.
In this topic
- Biology and culture in one meal
- Nixtamalization
- Worked example: maize without its method
- Milk and lactase persistence
- Culture can do the digesting
- The Three Sisters
- Worked example: how many people can a field feed?
- Farming's health costs
- The paleo diet and mismatch
- Worked example: testing a diet claim
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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