Chocolate as medicine : a quest over the centuries / Philip K. Wilson, W. Jeffrey Hurst.
By: Wilson, Philip K.
Contributor(s): Hurst, W. Jeffrey (William Jeffrey).
Cambridge, UK : RSC Pub., c2012Description: xx, 213 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1849734119 (pbk.); 9781849734110 (pbk.).Subject(s): Cacao | Chocolate -- Health aspects | Chocolate -- History | Chocolate -- Therapeutic use | Chocolate | Cacao | Cacao | Chocolade | Gezondheidseffecten | Cacao -- history | Diet Therapy -- methods | Nutritive Value | Plant Preparations -- therapeutic useGenre/Form: Geschiedenis (vorm) | Print books.DDC classification: 633.7/4| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QP144.C46 W55 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000003338 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index.
Chocolate as medicine : an introduction -- Chocolate as medicine : seeking evidence throughout history -- Chocolate and healing in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture -- Cacao transported to Europe as medicine -- Expanding chocolate's use as medicine -- Chocolate and nutritional health : industrial era through WWII -- Modern chocolate science and human heath -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine -- Appendixes.