Hunger: An Unnatural HistoryBasic Books, 2008 M08 1 - 272 páginas Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a Rose and An Obsession with Butterflies, here takes us on a tour of hunger, from eighteen hours without food to thirty-six hours to seven days and beyond. What Russell finds-both in our bodies and in cultures around the world-is extraordinary. It is a biological process that transcends nature to shape the very of fabric of societies. In a fascinating survey of centuries of thought on hunger's unique power, she discovers an ability to adapt to it that is nothing short of miraculous. From the fasting saints of the early Christian church to activists like Mahatma Gandhi, generations have used hunger to make spiritual and political statements. Russell highlights these remarkable cases where hunger can inspire and even heal, but she also addresses the devastating impact of starvation on cultures around the world today. Written with consummate skill, a compassionate heart, and stocked with facts, figures, and fascinating lore, Hunger is an inspiring window on history and the human spirit. |
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An Unnatural History Sharman Apt Russell. sugar, or glucose level, dropped quite low, yet Mr. A. B. “felt well and walked about normally” without any symptoms of hypoglycemia. His weight loss averaged .72 pounds a day. That sustained ...
An Unnatural History Sharman Apt Russell. sugar, or glucose level, dropped quite low, yet Mr. A. B. “felt well and walked about normally” without any symptoms of hypoglycemia. His weight loss averaged .72 pounds a day. That sustained ...
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... glucose of which the only source now was her own protein. Already the digestive enzymes in her stomach and pancreas had been sacrificed. Soon she would eat the muscles in her arms, in her legs, in her heart. Where I sat at the table, I ...
... glucose of which the only source now was her own protein. Already the digestive enzymes in her stomach and pancreas had been sacrificed. Soon she would eat the muscles in her arms, in her legs, in her heart. Where I sat at the table, I ...
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... glucose and insulin levels than the control group, which meant a reduced risk of diabetes and heart disease. Outside the laboratory, people have long promoted fasting for health. Hippocrates recommended fasting, as did Plato. Mark Twain ...
... glucose and insulin levels than the control group, which meant a reduced risk of diabetes and heart disease. Outside the laboratory, people have long promoted fasting for health. Hippocrates recommended fasting, as did Plato. Mark Twain ...
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... glucose already broken down from the carbohydrates in your meal. Everything else is further mixed and mashed into a semiliquid, pushed down toward the small intestine, and stored until the intestine is ready to receive it, squirt by ...
... glucose already broken down from the carbohydrates in your meal. Everything else is further mixed and mashed into a semiliquid, pushed down toward the small intestine, and stored until the intestine is ready to receive it, squirt by ...
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... glucose is the preferred fuel. Within a cell, glucose molecules are split into carbon dioxide and water, a process that releases energy that the cell needs to function: to transport material across a membrane or to move in a way that ...
... glucose is the preferred fuel. Within a cell, glucose molecules are split into carbon dioxide and water, a process that releases energy that the cell needs to function: to transport material across a membrane or to move in a way that ...
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