Food, medicine, and the quest for good health : nutrition, medicine, and culture / Nancy N. Chen.

  • Chen, Nancy N.
Date:
[2009], ©2009
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Columbia University Press, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xiv, 128 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-126) and index.

Contents

Rethinking food and medicine -- Food as medicine -- Healing foods and longevity -- Dietary prescriptions and comfort foods -- Medicine as food -- Nutraceuticals and functional foods -- Genetically modified foods and drugs -- Eating and medicating.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780231134842
  • 0231134843
  • 9780231508919
  • 0231508913