| Description |
1 online resource (36 video files (approximately 1080 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
Great courses. Better living. Health & wellness. |
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Great courses. Better living.
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| Contents |
Episode 1 Paleo Diets and the Ancestral Appetite Episode 2 Our Hunter-Gatherer Past Episode 3 Stones, Bones, and Teeth Episode 4 Did Meat Eating Make Us Human? Episode 5 Insects Episode 6 Was the Stone Age Menu Mostly Vegetarian? Episode 7 Cooking and the Control of Fire Episode 8 The Neolithic Revolution Episode 9 The Changing Disease-Scape Episode 10 How Foods Spread around the World Episode 11 The History of the Spice Trade Episode 12 How Sugar and Salt Shaped World History Episode 13 A Brief History of Bread Episode 14 The Science and Secrets of Chocolate Episode 15 Water Episode 16 Beer, Mead, and the Fun of Fermentation Episode 17 Humanity's Love of Wine Episode 18 Coffee Episode 19 The Roots of Tea Episode 20 The Fizz on Soda Episode 21 Food as Ritual Episode 22 When People Eat Things That Aren't Food Episode 23 Food as Recreational Drugs Episode 24 Food as Medicine Episode 25 The Coevolution of Genes and Diet Episode 26 The Scoop on Poop Episode 27 The Gut Microbiome Episode 28 Brain Food Episode 29 You Are What Your Mother Ate Episode 30 Civilization Episode 31 What the World Is Eating Episode 32 The Overnutrition Epidemic Episode 33 World Poverty and Undernutrition Episode 34 Should the World Eat Meat? Episode 35 Should We Be Powered by Plants? Episode 36 The Future of Food. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Alyssa Crittenden, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. |
| Summary |
In these 36 lectures, get answers to questions about the evolution of the human diet and its relationship to our bodies. Bringing together insights from fields including anthropology, health science, biology, and sociology, this partnership between The Great Courses and National Geographic lays bare what science can teach us about food. |
| Audience |
Rated TVPG. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Dietetics.
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Food -- Social aspects -- History.
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Food habits -- History.
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Food -- History.
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| Added Author |
Felix, Ali, film producer.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT12176411 |
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