{"product_id":"9781250117885","title":"100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Fascinating Tour Through the Evolution of the Human Diet and How We Can Improve Our Health by Understanding Our Complicated History with Food\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are few areas of modern life that are burdened by as much information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health: eat a lot of meat, eat no meat; whole grains are healthy, whole grains are a disaster; eat everything in moderation; eat only certain foods—-and on and on. In\u003ci\u003e 100 Million Years of Food\u003c\/i\u003e, biological anthropologist Stephen Le explains how cuisines of different cultures are a result of centuries of evolution, finely tuned to our biology and surroundings. Today many cultures have strayed from their ancestral diets, relying instead on mass-produced food often made with chemicals that may be contributing to a rise in so-called Western diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and obesity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024724574448,"sku":"9781250117885","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250117885_p0.jpg?v=1763702814","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250117885","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}