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Philip K Wilson - Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest over the Centuries - 9781849734110 - V9781849734110
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Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest over the Centuries

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Description for Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest over the Centuries Paperback. This book, for the first time, describes the topic of chocolate as medicine from a historical perspective but also explores the benefits of cocoa, its positive health effects and the myths around why chocolate was thought to be bad for you. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: MMG; PDX; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344.

The Mesoamerican population who lived near the indigenous cultivation sites of the "Chocolate Tree" (Theobromo cacao) had a multitude of documented applications of chocolate as medicine, ranging from alleviating fatigue to preventing heart ailments to treating snakebite. Until recently, these applications have received little sound scientific scrutiny. Rather, it has been the reputed health claims stemming from Europe and the United States which have attracted considerable biomedical attention. This book, for the first time, describes the centuries-long quest to uncover chocolate's potential health benefits. The authors explore variations in the types of evidence used to support chocolate's use as medicine ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849734110
SKU
V9781849734110
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Philip K Wilson
The authors have written this work while both working in the famed United States chocolate town, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Philip K. Wilson, MA, PhD is Professor of Medical Humanities and Science, Technology & Society as well as Director of The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey. W. Jeffrey Hurst, PhD is ... Read more

Reviews for Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest over the Centuries
"The authors of Chocolate as Medicine start their dissertation from this definition, tracing the history of chocolate as medicine and providing very interesting glimpses into it's current use. The book summarises the best evidence available from science to support and confirm the health benefits of chocolate." "Recent studies have now provided the evidence to a century's established use ... Read more

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