The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig: Riddles of Food and Culture |
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... body's thousands of different proteins . Out of molecules obtained through eating other kinds of nutrients such as starches , sugar , vegetable fats , and water , the body itself can synthesize twelve of these amino acids . But there ...
... body's thousands of different proteins . Out of molecules obtained through eating other kinds of nutrients such as starches , sugar , vegetable fats , and water , the body itself can synthesize twelve of these amino acids . But there ...
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... body weight per day , an increase of 30 percent over 1973 standards . The pro - protein nutritionists had long been ... body mobilizes all the amino acids it can draw on from muscles and other tissues and converts them into glucose for ...
... body weight per day , an increase of 30 percent over 1973 standards . The pro - protein nutritionists had long been ... body mobilizes all the amino acids it can draw on from muscles and other tissues and converts them into glucose for ...
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... bodies or parts of bodies is an aspect of mourning rituals ; the acquisition of bodies through violent means is an ... body of the deceased had been consumed by the flames , the ashes were often collected and kept in con- tainers to be ...
... bodies or parts of bodies is an aspect of mourning rituals ; the acquisition of bodies through violent means is an ... body of the deceased had been consumed by the flames , the ashes were often collected and kept in con- tainers to be ...
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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