History of Nutrition

A Brief History of Human Nutrition in Five Revolutions

What we eat today is the outcome of a long journey. Over hundreds of thousands of years our diet changed again and again, passing through five grea...

The Lock and The Key in Food History

Researchers and educators in community health examine how physical, emotional, and social well-being are shaped by many different factors, from the...

“A Covenant of Salt”: On Minerals and the Striking of Eternal Bonds

Throughout human history, salt has been consumed in various ways and doses. Even before we possessed the chemical knowledge to understand its essen...