Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition /

The author here offers a marvelous smorgasbord of stories taken from the history of nutrition, providing an engaging account of the struggle to find the ingredients of a healthy diet, and the fads and quackery that have waylaid the unwary. The book teems with colorful personalities, a veritable who&...

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Main Author: Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-2021 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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