ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fertile Crescent, Scurvy, Omnivore
4 Apr 2016
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Six major classes of nutrients: carbohydrates- macro nutrients, fats, proteins (amino acids, vitamins -- micronutrients, minerals-- micronutrients, water. Essenial nutrients must be provided by a diet cannot be made by its own. Vitamin c requirement for life: we have to ind vitamin c that is already made we sufer from scurvy ineiecent need for collagen, we cannot grow. Macronutrients: in large amounts need for the basic building blocks of energy. Micronutrients: don"t provide energy on their own but help in the producion of energy. Food and religion/ritual: adam and eve, the eucharist religious ritual, bread and wine is blessed, last supper jewish religious food connects. Ramadan 9th month of muslim calendar, not allowed to eat and drink for 9 hours, muslim pracice fasing 12+ years old. Nectar found in humans-- blood and heart of humans fed the sun god, done so the sun god won"t be angry.
