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  2. Nutrition in classical antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The major civilizations are those of the Mediterranean region, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and southwest Asia. Nutrition consisted of simple fresh or preserved whole foods that were either locally grown or transported from neighboring areas during times of crisis. Physicians and philosophers studied the effect of food on the human body and ...

  3. Food and diet in ancient medicine - Wikipedia

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    Gout, called podagra in ancient Greek medicine, is a common arthritis caused by deposition of monosodium urate crystals within the joints. [9] Gout usually affects the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe and later the other joints of the feet and hands.

  4. Pleistocene human diet - Wikipedia

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    There are numerous difficulties in detecting and understanding the ancient diet of human ancestors. The Paleolithic begins around 2.6 million years ago and ends only around 12,000 years ago with the onset of the Holocene and Neolithic. The enormous time scale, variable environments inhabited by human ancestors and issues with preservation ...

  5. Ancient Greek cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek cuisine was characterized by its frugality for most, reflecting agricultural hardship, but a great diversity of ingredients was known, and wealthy Greeks were known to celebrate with elaborate meals and feasts.

  6. Food history - Wikipedia

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    Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition.It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history, which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.

  7. List of ancient dishes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of ancient dishes, prepared foods and beverages that have been recorded as originating in ancient history. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with Sumerian cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing from the protoliterate period around 3,000 to 2,900 years BCE.

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