Why some like it hot : food, genes, and cultural diversity

Label

Why some like it hot : food, genes, and cultural diversity

Title remainder

food, genes, and cultural diversity

Statement of responsibility

Gary Paul Nabhan

Creator

• Nabhan, Gary Paul

Subject

• Human population genetics
• Ethnic groups
• Food preferences

Language

eng

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 landscapes. They are liabilities only when we are "out of place," on globalized diets depleted of certain chemicals that triggered adaptive responses in our ancestors." "In Why Some Like It Hot, an award-winning natural historian takes us on a culinary odyssey to solve the puzzles posed by "the ghosts of evolution" hidden within every culture and its traditional cuisine. As we travel from Java and Bali to Crete and Sardinia, to Hawaii and Mexico, Nabhan offers us a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way we understand human health and cultural diversity. This book marks the dawning of evolutionary gastronomy in a way that may save and enrich millions of lives."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

394.1

Index

index present

LC call number

QH431

LC item number

.N28 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

• 2005 B-733
• QT 235

NLM item number

N115w 2004