Top 100 food plants
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- ISBN: 0660198584 (pbk)
- ISBN: 9780660198583
- ISBN: 9780660197982
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xvii, 636 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Publisher: Ottawa : NRC Research Press, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Issued by: National Research Council Canada. "NRC No. 49730"--T.p. verso. CatMonthString:dec.12 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Common name guide to food plants discussed in detail -- Scientific name guide to food plants discussed in detail -- Abstract/résumé -- Acknowledgments and dedication -- Preface -- Warning -- [pt. 1]. Introduction -- How the choice of the leading 100 food plants was made -- Format of presentation -- [pt. 2]. Human nutrition in relation to plant foods -- What people eat -- Relative importance of animal foods in the human diet -- Vegetarianism -- The evolution of the human diet with respect to plant foods -- Nutritional success by combining cereals and pulses -- The principal food plants -- Economic and environmental reasons for diversifying food plant production -- The geographical origin of food plants -- Natural toxins in food plants and their potential for harm -- Plant foods as medicine -- Culinary purposes : why most food is not consumed raw -- Food preferences -- Food allergies -- Ethnic/racial/geographical genetically determined nutritional susceptibilities -- Achieving nutritional balance in the modern diet -- Carbohydrates -- Fats -- Proteins -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- Fiber -- Antioxidants -- Eating patterns -- The addictive nature of food and the resulting fat pandemic -- Modern nutritional crimes, culinology, and the mediocrity of mass-marketed prepared foods -- Slow food -- The future of food plants -- |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Donation ; 2012/12. |
Language Note: | Includes abstract in French. |
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Subject: | Plants, Edible -- Identification Plants, Edible -- Nutrition Food crops |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Interurban Library | QK 98.5 A1 S63 2009 (Text) | 26040002900856 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |