Nourishment : what animals can teach us about rediscovering our nutritional wisdom
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2018].
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
613.2 PRO
1 available
613.2 PRO
1 available
Wilhoit Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
613.2 PROVENZA
1 available
613.2 PROVENZA
1 available
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Published
White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2018].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-382) and index.
Description
"Animal scientists have long considered domestic livestock to be too dumb to know how to eat right, but the lifetime research of animal behaviorist Fred Provenza and his colleagues has debunked this myth. Their work shows that when given a choice of natural foods, livestock have an astoundingly refined palate, nibbling through the day on as many as fifty kinds of grasses, forbs, and shrubs to meet their nutritional needs with remarkable precision. In Nourishment, Provenza presents his thesis of the wisdom body, a wisdom that links flavor-feedback relationships at a cellular level with biochemically rich foods to meet the body's nutritional and medicinal needs. Provenza explores the fascinating complexity of these relationships as he raises and answers thought-provoking questions about what we can learn from animals about nutritional wisdom. What kinds of memories form the basis for how herbivores, and humans, recognize foods? Can a body develop nutritional and medicinal memories in utero and early in life? Do humans still possess the wisdom to select nourishing diets? Or, has that ability been hijacked by nutritional "authorities"? Consumers eager for a "quick fix" have empowered the multibillion-dollar-a-year supplement industry, but is taking supplements and enriching and fortifying foods helping us, or is it hurting us? On a broader scale Provenza explores the relationships among facets of complex, poorly understood, ever-changing ecological, social, and economic systems in light of an unpredictable future. To what degree do we lose contact with life-sustaining energies when the foods we eat come from anywhere but where we live? To what degree do we lose the mythological relationship that links us physically and spiritually with Mother Earth who nurtures our lives? Provenza's paradigm-changing exploration of these questions has implications that could vastly improve our health through a simple change in the way we view our relationships with the plants and animals we eat. Our health could be improved by eating biochemically rich foods and by creating cultures that know how to combine foods into meals that nourish and satiate. Provenza contends the voices of "authority" disconnect most people from a personal search to discover the inner wisdom that can nourish body and spirit. That journey means embracing wonder and uncertainty and avoiding illusions of stability and control as we dine on a planet in a universe bent on consuming itself"--Publisher's website.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Provenza, F. D. (2018). Nourishment: what animals can teach us about rediscovering our nutritional wisdom . Chelsea Green Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Provenza, Frederick D.. 2018. Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us About Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Provenza, Frederick D.. Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us About Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Provenza, Frederick D.. Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us About Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018.
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