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... amount of starchy plantains ( a kind of banana ) they consume by the amount of meat available . They like to alternate bites of meat with bites of plantains - which are seldom in short supply . This seems to accord well with the ...
... amount of starchy plantains ( a kind of banana ) they consume by the amount of meat available . They like to alternate bites of meat with bites of plantains - which are seldom in short supply . This seems to accord well with the ...
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... amount of meat , poultry , and fish that Americans currently consume . Before we decide to blame cancer and heart ... amount of beef , pork , sheep , and goats Americans now consume . Our ancestors also probably consumed twice the amount ...
... amount of meat , poultry , and fish that Americans currently consume . Before we decide to blame cancer and heart ... amount of beef , pork , sheep , and goats Americans now consume . Our ancestors also probably consumed twice the amount ...
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Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. restriction did not limit the amount of meat available for human ... amount . Modern dairy cattle convert feed into calories five times more efficiently than modern beef cattle convert ...
Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. restriction did not limit the amount of meat available for human ... amount . Modern dairy cattle convert feed into calories five times more efficiently than modern beef cattle convert ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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