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TTC – Food, Science, and the Human BodyIn Food, Science, and the Human Body, award-winning Professor Alyssa Crittenden of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas offers eye-opening answers to these and other perplexing questions about the evolution of the human diet and its relationship to our bodies. Bringing together insights from a range of fields including anthropology, biology, history, nutrition, health science, economics, and sociology, this exciting partnership between The Great Courses and National Geographic lays bare what science can teach us about food. Cutting through politics and separating myth from reality, these 36 lectures contain everything you need to know about everything you eat – and why you eat it.36 lectures – 30 minutes each,    Plus a detailed 378 page PDF Course Guide included. Lectures:Lecture 1 – Paleo Diets and the Ancestral AppetiteLecture 2 – Our Hunter-Gatherer PastLecture 3 – Stones, Bones, and TeethLecture 4 – Did Eating Meat Make Us Human?Lecture 5 – Insects: The Other White MeatLecture 6 – Was the Stone Age Menu Mostly Vegetarian?Lecture 7 – Cooking and the Control of FireLecture 8 – The Neolithic RevolutionLecture 9 – The Changing Disease-ScapeLecture 10 – How Foods Spread around the WorldLecture 11 – The History of the Spice TradeLecture 12 – How Sugar and Salt Shaped World HistoryLecture 13 – A Brief History of BreadLecture 14 – The Science and Secrets of ChocolateLecture 15 – Water: The Liquid of LifeLecture 16 – Beer, Mead, and the Fun of FermentationLecture 17 – Humanitys Love of WineLecture 18 – Coffee: Love or Addiction?Lecture 19 – The Roots of TeaLecture 20 – The Fizz on SodaLecture 21 – Food as RitualLecture 22 – When People Eat Things That Are not FoodLecture 23 – Food as Recreational DrugsLecture 24 – Food as MedicineLecture 25 – The Coevolution of Genes and DietLecture 26 – The Scoop on PoopLecture 27 – The Gut MicrobiomeLecture 28 – Brain FoodLecture 29 – You Are What Your Mother AteLecture 30 – Civilization: Diets and DiseasesLecture 31 – What the World Is EatingLecture 32 – The Overnutrition EpidemicLecture 33 – World Poverty and UndernutritionLecture 34 – Should the World Eat Meat?Lecture 35 – Should We Be Powered by Plants?Lecture 36 – The Future of Food https://youtu.be/t76t_JfAsMALanguage: (English)Videos: 856×480 – MP4 formatAudio: 189kb/s – 2chan Stereo – rate 48kHz