GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Johns Hopkins University, Diastase, Maltose
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Breast milk is a convenience food, fast food, virtually free, served warm. 2 problems which formed the basis on the global boycott. Breast milk contains valuable properties that is not in formula. Particularly in 3rd world countries is that making the formula is difficult because water is scarce. Bill clinton changed the legality of nursing children in public to being legal in the uk mothers who want to feed their children they cannot take them to parliament. You cannot bring food and visitors into parliament. Diet was limited to water as the principal beverage till about 10,000 years ago. A history of the world in 6 glasses - book. What the author is saying we can look at the history of civilization from the prism of 6 beverages (over the last 10,000 years) Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, cola these are the beverages that define what humans drink.