Some of the earliest origins of minestrone soup pre-date the expansion of the Latin tribes of Rome into what became the Roman Republic and later Roman Empire, when the local diet was “vegetarian by necessity” and consisted mostly of vegetables, such as onions, lentils, cabbage, garlic, broad beans, mushrooms, carrots, asparagus, and turnips. During this […]
Archives for January 2011
Nutrition Psychology: Improving Dietary Adherence
Nutrition Psychology: Improving Dietary Adherence presents prominent psychological theories that are known to drive human eating behavior, and reveal how these models can be transformed into proactive strategies for adhering to healthy dietary regimens. The number of diet books in the trade market continues to rise daily, but what is interesting to note is obesity […]
Fasting in Germany
There were a number of German health practitioners that were influential in the promotion of fasting from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, most notably Adolf Just, Arnold Ehret, and Benedict Lust. Otto Buchinger, Sr., a German physician, became well-known for advancing various methods of fasting, although the main type of fasting performed at […]