Protein and Energy: A Study of Changing Ideas in Nutrition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521452090)

This book offers an intriguing look at the historical context of the repeated controversies during the past 150 years over the relative merits of a high-protein versus a low-protein diet. It puts the protein controversy into a historical perspective that sheds light on the scientific aspects of these questions and their historical development in a way that should be of interest to a wide range of readers in medicine, nutrition, public health, and history of science and medicine.

Author: Kenneth Carpenter
ISBN-10: 0521452090
ISBN-13: 9780521452090
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/27/1994
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d