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Food, Science, and the Human Body
- Narrated by: Alyssa Crittenden
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
What foods did the human body evolve to eat, and why? How does the food we eat affect our genes and our minds? What foods are (and aren't) optimal for our everyday health? How can we use cutting-edge science to end world hunger?
In these 36 lectures, get eye-opening answers to these and other perplexing questions about the evolution of the human diet and its relationship to our bodies. Bringing together insights from a range of fields including history, anthropology, nutrition, economics, biology, and sociology, this exciting partnership between The Great Courses and National Geographic lays bare what science can teach us about food.
Taking you far beyond the supermarket and the laboratory, these lectures cross cultures, span time, and hop around the world from the most underfed to the most overfed human societies. Bringing a broad range of disciplines to these lectures, Dr. Crittenden offers an intriguing and illuminating catalog of some of the most pressing questions and concerns.
You'll compare and contrast food-related crises from mass starvation to obesity. You'll explore food trends and ideas, from the Mediterranean and MIND diets to the farm-to-table movement and the controversy surrounding GMOs. You'll bust common myths about how food acts on the body and mind. And you'll gain powerful scientific insights that will always be there in the back of your mind, every time you get hungry.
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- Evelina Pyragaite
- 11-06-21
Fascinating!
Very interesting and comprehensive research presented in a very lovely way. I wish this audio book would never end!
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- S. Candler
- 09-04-24
Interesting and very informative
Absolutely loved listening to these lectures. I didn’t want it to end. I really could have listened to even more detail. I love the way Alyssa Crittenden explains and articulates the lectures, I wasn’t bored for one minute.
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- Kindle Customer
- 30-07-22
Very informative
This book was extremely informative. Alyssa shared her experience in the field as well as science research to go through the history of food and human development and or change. From Paleo to contemporary diet, she analysis habits, costumes and it’s pros and cons. I really enjoyed it.
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- James I
- 14-09-23
Get exactly what it says on the tin
This is one of the best great courses courses on audible, it covers the subject matter thoroughly and gives just the right amount of information to keep you constantly engaged without getting lost. I think it's always good when people narrate their own work as you get a better sense of the subject matter. Would recommend
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- Mike
- 22-08-23
Great coverage, slight irritating delivery
Once you start noticing something it just gets worse the more it happens.
In the case of this narrator it's;
1, The mispronunciation of MANY words.
This gives the impression that she's just reading it out rather than expounding her own research.
2. Her accent, especially words ending with the letter A.
Chinaaah, Asiaaah,
3. She stumbles over words a lot and possibly speaks a fraction too quickly. You might find it easier to take in if you slow the book down a little.
4, Although it's a fair coverage of food worldwide, nearly everything comes back to the US. I felt a little unwelcome being non-American and listening to it.
5. The announcement/qualification of how this isn't meant to be used as medical advice, etc after every chapter/lecture can get on one's nerves.
Finally, and I realize this is an American thing...
I REALLY wish she'd pronounce the Letter H in HERB. 'erb and 'erbal sounds weird and wrong.
Despite these moans of mine. It IS a very interesting listen, thorough and informative and I still listened to it all and, just about, recommend others do the same.
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- Mrs. E. Scremin
- 26-04-18
really enjoyed!
much more than expected ! very elucidating with history, biology, anthropology all science giving the full picture in a such clarity way.
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- KathyJean
- 22-09-18
really interesting and diverse.
really interesting and diverse. definately recommend to anyone who is interested in food , food history, nutrition and health.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-03-21
Food history informative
Very informative and covers a lot. Especially over the history of how food as evolved. I thought it would be a good book to listen to as I am studying nutrition, unfortunately there was only a couple of chapters which relevant to what I am studying but very informative non the less.
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- elena
- 26-01-18
masterpiece
Great author and Narrator! Perfectly written and ordered chapter after chapter!!Unforgettable audiobook and deffinitely must reading!! Thank yo!
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- L. J. Carey
- 02-06-18
I loved it
Highly recommend!
The kids (11 and 9) throughly enjoyed the narration and the info content.
It was fun informative and eye opening
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