Food, Genes, and Culture : : Eating Right for Your Origins

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"Vegan, low fat, low carb, slow carb: Every diet seems to promise a one-size-fits-all solution to health. But they ignore the diversity of human genes and how they interact with what we eat.In Food, Genes, and Culture, renowned ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan shows why the perfect diet for one person could be disastrous for another. If your ancestors were herders in Northern Europe, milk might well provide you with important nutrients, whereas if you're Native American, you have a higher likelihood of lactose intolerance. If your roots lie in the Greek islands, the acclaimed Mediterranean diet might save your heart; if not, all that olive oil could just give you stomach cramps.Nabhan traces food traditions around the world, from Bali to Mexico, uncovering the links between ancestry and individual responses to food. The implications go well beyond personal taste. Today's widespread mismatch between diet and genes is leading to serious health conditions, including a dramatic growth over the last 50 years in auto-immune and inflammatory diseases.Readers will not only learn why diabetes is running rampant among indigenous peoples and heart disease has risen among those of northern European descent, but may find the path to their own perfect diet"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Food, Genes, and Culture, renowned ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan shows why the perfect diet for one person could be disastrous for another. If your ancestors were herders in Northern Europe, milk might well provide you with important nutrients, whereas if you're Native American, you have a higher likelihood of lactose intolerance. If your roots lie in the Greek islands, the acclaimed Mediterranean diet might save your heart; if not, all that olive oil could just give you stomach cramps"-- Provided by publisher.

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Why the Mediterranean Diet May Not Be Right For You (but the Hawaiian One Could Be!) submitted by sdunav on June 17, 2017, 9:47am This is a wide-ranging and meticulously researched look at indigenous cuisines and their health benefits, especially for ethnic groups who traditionally ate those cuisines. Genes, environment, the evolution of both plants and people - all interacting to make the Mediterranean diet, the Hawaiian diet, the Seri Indian diet, etc. It is especially interesting in terms of diabetes, favism, and other genetic disorders/adaptations.

c submitted by Kenes on July 12, 2020, 10:42am a healthy eating book

educational submitted by laurawolak on July 22, 2023, 8:54am how people eat around the world speaks volumes about their culture