Wilson, Philip K.

Chocolate as medicine : a quest over the centuries / Philip K. Wilson, W. Jeffrey Hurst. - Cambridge, UK : RSC Pub., c2012. - xx, 213 p. : ill. (some col.) ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index.

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 heath -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine -- Appendixes.

9781849734110 (pbk.) 1849734119 (pbk.)


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Chocolate.
Cacao.
Cacao.
Cacao
Diet Therapy
Nutritive Value.
Plant Preparations
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Cacao.
Gezondheidseffecten.

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