9781588296689
Wild-type food in health promotion and disease prevention; the
Columbus concept.
Ed. by Fabien De Meester and Ronald Ross Watson.
Humana Press Inc.
2008
571 pages
$199.00
Hardcover
QP752
The "Columbus Concept" suggests that human health
doesn't suffer from too much fat in the diet, but rather from the
wrong balance of them and therefore promotes greater consumption of
omega-6/3 polyunsaturated fatty acids found in game and other
"wild-type" foods. De Meester (president and CEO, Belovo S.A.,
Belgium) and Watson (health promotion sciences, U. of Arizona) present
39 scientific research papers relevant to this idea, covering the health
benefits of essential nutrients found in the wild; evidence from
populations with high omega-6/3 fatty acid diets; and dietary prevention
of cancer, mental disease, macular degeneration, dental caries, and
other conditions. They also discuss market issues in Western countries
and the Cuban experience.
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