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[Nutrition yesterday and today].

W G Jaffé1, J M Bengoa

  • 1Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.

Archivos Latinoamericanos De Nutricion
|September 1, 1988
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Modern nutritional issues stem from agriculture and food technology, altering diets from ancestral hunter-gatherer patterns. Understanding this history informs current nutritional science and recommendations.

Area of Science:

  • Nutritional Science
  • Human Evolution
  • Dietary History

Background:

  • Modern nutritional problems are linked to shifts from ancestral diets caused by agriculture and food technology.
  • These innovations altered food composition, diverging from the diets humans adapted to over millions of years.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline the history of human nutrition from primitive eras to the present.
  • To connect historical dietary changes to contemporary nutritional challenges.
  • To review the evolution of nutritional recommendations and terminology.

Main Methods:

  • Historical review of human dietary patterns.
  • Analysis of the impact of agriculture and food technology on diet.
  • Examination of the development of nutritional science and guidelines.

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Main Results:

  • Significant dietary changes originated with agriculture and accelerated with food technology.
  • These changes created a mismatch between ancestral adaptations and modern diets.
  • Concepts like 'nutritional goals' are recent, though 'norms' and 'allowances' have older roots.

Conclusions:

  • Contemporary nutritional issues have deep historical roots in dietary evolution.
  • Nutritional goals must align with population-specific vital habits and evolving scientific knowledge.
  • Adapting recommendations requires understanding both historical dietary shifts and new scientific findings.