The history of the development of our understanding of food and the importance of nutrients in human nutrition
Authors:
E. Kudlová
Authors‘ workplace:
Přednosta: prof. MUDr. Vladimír Bencko, DrSc.
; Ústav hygieny a epidemiologie 1. LF UK v Praze
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2008; 88(4): 198-202
Category:
Reviews
Overview
The review article summarizes the historical development of our understanding of food composition from prehistory to the present day. It provides an overview of the specific nutrient discoveries, and focuses especially on the beginnings of scientific research of fat, saccharides, proteins, minerals, and vitamins in foods and discoveries of the association between their inadequate intake and human nutritional status. The article also describes the shift in major concern from malnutrition and specific nutrient deficiencies during the first half of the 20th century to over-nutrition in the second half of the 20th century, the development of nutritional epidemiology, and the expectations for the 21st century associated with the decoding of the human genome and the development of nutrition genomics.
Key words:
nutrition, foods, nutrients, history, discoveries.
Sources
1. Beaumont, W. Experiments and observations on the ystric juice and the physiology of digestion. 1833. New York: Dover Publications, reprint 2002, 280 p.
2. Blattná, J. et al. Výživa na počátku 21. století. Praha: Společnost pro výživu, 2005, 79 s.
3. Burkitt D.P. et al. Some geographical variations in disease patterns in East and Central Africa. East Afr. Med. J. 1963, 40, p. 1-6.
4. Cartier J. The voyages of Jacques Cartier. H.P. Biggar Ed. Pub. Archives of Canada, 1924, No. 111.
5. De Saussure, N.T. Recherches chimiques sur la végétation. Paris, 1804.
6. Dumas, J.B.A. Philos. Mag. 1871, 42, p. 129.
7. Eijkman, C. Ein Versuch zür Bekampfung der Beri-beri. Virchows Arch., Pathol. Anat. Physiol., 1897, 149, s. 187-194.
8. Garby. L., Nielsen, E. An account of the experiments of Atwater, Benedict and Milner concerning the metabolism of matter and energy in the human body. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 1989, 43, 8, p. 529-537.
9. Gay-Lussac, J.L., Thenard, L.J. Recherches Physico-chimiques, faites sur la pile; sur la préparation chimique et les properiétés du potassium et du sodium, sur la décomposition de l’acide boracique; sur les acides fluorique, muriatique et muriatique oxigéné; sur l’action chimique de la lumière; sur l’analyse végétale et animale. Paris:Vol. Deterville 1811.2, p. 265–350.
10. Gofman, J W, et al. The role of lipids and lipoproteins in arteriosclerosis. Science, 1950, 111, p. 166-181.
10. Harland, J.I. Nutrition and genetics - Mapping individual health. Washington: ILSI Press, 2005. 32 p. ISBN 1-57881-195-3.
12. History of nutrition at John Hopkins School of Public Health. [on line] 2007 [cit. 2007-14-11]. Dostupné na http://www.jhsph.edu/chn/About% 20Us/history.html.
13. Human nutrition and dietetics. 8th edition, R. Passmore, M.A. Eastwood Eds. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1986. 666 p. ISBN 0-443-0391-4.
14. Human nutrition and dietetics. J.S. Garrow, W.P.T. James Eds. 9th edition Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1993. 846 p.
15. Keys, A., Aravanis, C., Blackburn, H.W. et al. Epidemiologic studies related to coronary heart disease: characteristics of men aged 40-59 in seven countries. Acta Med. Scand., 1967, Suppl to 460, p. 1-392.
16. Keys, A., Aravanis, C., Blackburn, H. et al. Seven countries. A multivariate analysis of death and coronary heart disease. Cambridge, MA, London: Harvard University Press, 1980. 381 p.
17. Kudlová, E. Vitamin A v prevenci infekčních onemocnění. Čas. lék. čes. 1999, 138, 19, p. 599-600.
18. Le Fanu, J. A healthy diet - fact or fashion. In: Berger, P. Health, lifestyle and environment: Countering the panic. New York: Social Affairs Unit, London and Manhattan Institute, 1991. p. 87-103. ISBN: 0-907-631-444.
19. Lessons for science from the Seven countries study. Toshima H, Koga Y, and Blackburn H. Eds., Tokyo: Springer Verlag, 1995.
20. Lind, J. A treatise of the scurvy. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray and Cochran for A Kincaid and A Donaldson, 1753.
21. Lucas, A., Harris, J.R. Ancient Egyptian materials and industrie. 4th ed. London: Edward Arnold Ltd., 1962. 523 p.
22. Maynard, M., Gunnell, D., Ness, A.R. et al. What influences diet in early old age? Prospective and cross-sectional analyses of the Boyd Orr cohort. Eur. J. Public Health 2005, 16, 3, p. 315-323.
23. Mc Collum, E.V. A history of nutrition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1957. 451 p.
24. McCollum, E.V., Davis, M. The necessity of certain lipins in the diet during growth. J. Biochem., 1913, 15, p. 167-175.
25. Modern nutrition in health and disease. M. Wohl, R. Goodhart Eds. 2nd edition, London: Henry Kimpton, 1960. 1152 p.
26. Mulder, G.J. Uber die Proteinverbindungen des Pflanzenreiches. J. Prakt. Chem. 1839, 16, p. 503-505.
27. Rajakumar, K. Vitamin D, cod-liver oil, sunlight, and rickets: a historical perspective. Pediatrics 2003, 112, 2, p.132-135.
28. Robinson, R. The value of gelatin in relation to the nitrogen requirements of man. Biochem. J., 1922, 16, p. 111–130.
29. Rowett Research Institute. Family diet and health in pre-war Britain. Durmfenline: Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 1955.
30. Rozin P. Human food intake and choice: biological, psychological and cultural perspectives. In: H. Anderson, J. Blundell, M. Chiva Eds. Food selections from genes to culture. Levallois-Perret: Danone Institute, 2002. p. 7-26.
31. Smith papyrus, Ebers papyrus. [on line]. Dostupné na http://www.crystalinks.com/ egyptmedicine.html.
32. Starý zákon. Daniel. 1, 3-15 [on line]. Dostupné na http://www.biblenet.cz/bible/index.php.
33. Southgate, D.A.T. The dietary fibre hypothesis: A historical perspective in dietary fibre - a component of food. In: Nutritional Function in Health and Disease, T.F. Schweizer, C.A. Edwards Eds., London: Springer-Verlag, 1992. p. 3–20.
34. Sugar knowledge international. How sugar is made. [on line]. Dostupné na http:// www.sucrose.com/lhist.html.
35. Takaki, K. The preservation of health among the personnel of the Japanese navy and army. Lancet, 1906, May 26, p. 1451-1454.
36. van Helmont, J.B. Ortus medicinae. Amsterdam, 1652.
37. von Haller, A. Elementa physiologiae corporis humani. Lausanne, (1757-66), Vol. 2, p. 152.
38. Waugh, W.A., King, C.G. Isolation and identification of vitamin C. J. Biol.Chem. 1932, 97, p. 325-331.
39. Wikipedia. [on line]. Dostupné na http://en.wikipedia.org.
Labels
General practitioner for children and adolescents General practitioner for adultsArticle was published in
General Practitioner
2008 Issue 4
Most read in this issue
- Sarcoidosis- a systemic disease. What is new?
- Extraintestinal symptoms of coeliac disease
- Triplane fracture of distal tibia in children
- Fatal abscessing pneumonia caused by oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin