Chocolate as medicine : a quest over the centuries /: a quest over the centuries. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip K. Wilson, W. Jeffrey Hurst.
• Other Names: Wilson, Philip K; Hurst, W. Jeffrey (William Jeffrey), 1948-
• 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 health -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 633.7/4; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition; Chocolate -- Health aspects; Chocolate -- Therapeutic use; Chocolate -- History; Chocolate; Cacao; Cacao; Cacao -- history; Plant Preparations -- therapeutic use; Nutritive Value; Diet Therapy -- methods; Chocolade; Cacao; Gezondheidseffecten; Schokolade; Ernährung; Gesundheit; Kakao; SCIENCE / History; Public health & preventive medicine; History of science; Geschiedenis (vorm); Historical Works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782625124; 1782625127
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.