ANT 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ayurveda, Starch, Cold Food Festival
6 Oct 2017
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Ant 260- lecture notes- lecture 6 - food and health: health states alter food habits, ex diabetic people eat differently, monitor sugars. Hot/cold, wet/dry etc: people get sick when these are out of balance, ayurveda: s asia, people maintain the health by balancing elements on individualized basis depending on their type. This is determined at birth: diet seen as way to realign the person with equilibrium with the universe, still use hot/cold classifications depending on its health benefits, can alter hot/cold nature of food depending on how its prepared. If you have cold food, you can add spice and make it hot: as you change, so does your right balance of foods. Varies by season, age etc: even things like what constitutes a healthy body shape changes throughout societies/cultures, ex in some cultures a big body represents wealth and prosperity.
