Chocolate as medicine : a quest over the centuries / Philip K. Wilson, W. Jeffrey Hurst.

Author/creator Wilson, Philip K.
Other author Hurst, W. Jeffrey (William Jeffrey), 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK : RSC Pub., ©2012.
Descriptionxx, 213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Chocolate as medicine : an introduction -- Chocolate as medicine : seeking evidence throughout history -- Chocolate and healing in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture -- Cacao transported to Europe as medicine -- Expanding chocolate's use as medicine -- Chocolate and nutritional health : industrial era through WWII -- Modern chocolate science and human heath -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine -- Appendixes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index.
ISBN9781849734110 (pbk.)
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