How Long to Read The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine

How Long Does it Take to Read The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine by Timothy Johns

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

People have always been attracted to foods rich in calories, fat, and protein; yet the biblical admonition that meat be eaten "with bitter herbs" suggests that unpalatable plants play an important role in our diet. So-called primitive peoples show a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of how their bodies interact with plant chemicals, which may allow us to rediscover the origins of diet by retracing the paths of biology and culture. The domestication of the potato serves as the focus of Timothy Johns's interdisciplinary study, which forges a bold synthesis of ethnobotany and chemical ecology. The Aymara of highland Bolivia have long used varieties of potato containing potentially toxic levels of glycoalkaloids, and Johns proposes that such plants can be eaten without harm owing to human genetic modification and cultural manipulation. Drawing on additional fieldwork in Africa, he considers the evolution of the human use of plants, the ways in which humans obtain foods from among the myriad poisonous and unpalatable plants in the environment, and the consequences of this history for understanding the basis of the human diet. A natural corollary to his investigation is the origin of medicine, since the properties of plants that make them unpalatable and toxic are the same properties that make them useful pharmacologically. As our species has adapted to the use of plants, plants have become an essential part of our internal ecology. Recovering the ancient wisdom regarding our interaction with the environment preserves a fundamental part of our human heritage.

How long is The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine?

The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine by Timothy Johns is 376 pages long, and a total of 96,256 words.

This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 45 minutes to read The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine aloud.

What Reading Level is The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine?

The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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