HLTH 340 Lecture 6: Allelochemicals, Health, and the Human Diet
5 Mar 2018
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Explain the role of plant allelochemicals in determining diet. Relate this to the evolution of medicine. Discuss the history of food in medicine. List the major historical figures who contributed to our current understanding of food and medicine and describe the nature of their work. Describe the major paradigm shifts that have occurred throughout the history of medicine. Plant allelochemicals, while providing constraints that determine human dietary patterns, have also become essential health-promoting constituents. Because humans have sought to reduce toxic chemicals in diet, and have lost the disease controlling effects of these compounds, they compensate by ingesting them in other ways (as medicines) May current diseases have a dietary basis--which to some degree relates to differences in plant vs. animal foods. Array of nutrients in each food type is highly variable. The advantage of being omnivorous as a species is our flexibility in meeting dietary needs. Lines of investigation for understanding evolution of the human diet.
