{"product_id":"100-million-years-of-food-9781250050410","title":"100 Million Years of Food","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating tour through the evolution of the human diet and how we can improve our health by understanding our complicated history with food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are few areas of modern life that are burdened by as much information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health: eat a lot of meat, eat no meat; whole grains are healthy, whole grains are a disaster; eat everything in moderation; eat only certain foods--and on and on. In\u003ci\u003e 100 Million Years of Food\u003c\/i\u003e, biological anthropologist Stephen Le explains how cuisines of different cultures are a result of centuries of evolution, finely tuned to our biology and surroundings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday many cultures have strayed from their ancestral diets, relying instead on mass-produced food often made with chemicals that may be contributing to a rise in so-called Western diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and obesity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Le\u003c\/b\u003e is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa. He received a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2010 where he was a recipient of a UCLA Chancellor's Fellowship and a National Science Foundation grant for his fieldwork in Vietnam. \u003ci\u003e100 Million Years of Food \u003c\/i\u003eis his first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50848990265618,"sku":"9781250050410","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fe0f299-f99c-418d-acd8-145cd4232fb3.jpg?v=1737385897","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/100-million-years-of-food-9781250050410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}