GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cardiovascular Disease, Food And Agriculture Organization, Spinach
9 Dec 2014
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If we know where somebody comes from we can draw a series of conclusions about that individual or community. There are significant differences from place to place. No such thing as a homogenous cuisine, no consistency within a particular nation. What we eat don"t characterize the whole country. No such thing as a natural cuisine, like chinese food, it"s a simple summary, varies considerably from region to region. You can say the same thing about india too. That basis of a diet in a culture/region has to reflect what can be produced there. Every civilization is based on some kind of starch (rice or other grasses, corn, mace, potato) The ability to produce sufficient quantities of these starches resemble the diet in a particular region. The requirements of the people who have to live within a region/nation. Whether obtained from pasta, or bread, potatoes. Spend long hours working, in the winters too, colds.
