YOGURT Ancient Food in the 21St Century
YOGURT ancient food in the 21st century Ricardo Weill This book is the result of extensive research carried out in collaboration with more than ten specialists in general health, nutrition, paediatrics, biochemistry and microbiology, among other disciplines. All specialists consulted offered state-of-the-art scientific and academic information, which was then combined and woven into this single text describing yogurt from its very origin to industrial manufacture. YOGURT ANCIENT FOOD IN THE 21ST CENTURY Weill, Ricardo YOGURT, ancient food in the 21st century/Ricardo Weill; compiled by Alejandro Ferrari; illustrated by Florencia Abd and Juliana Vido. First edition, Buenos Aires: Asociación Civil Danone para la Nutrición, la Salud y la Calidad de Vida, 2017. 180 p.: ill.; 21 x 14 cm. ISBN 978-987-28033-4-6 1. Dairy Industry 2. History I. Ferrari, Alejandro, comp. II. Abd, Florencia, ill. III. Vido, Juliana, ill. IV. Title. CDD 338.1762142 First edition 2017 All rights reserved. This book is subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. © 2017 INDEX FOREWORD 9 INTRODUCTION 13 FOOD FERMENTATION: CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY 16 YOGURT IN THE HISTORY OF MAN 28 THE PIONEERING WORK OF ÉLIE METCHNIKOFF 42 YOGURT PRODUCTION 56 MICROBIOTA: THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY 68 KEFIR, YOGURT’S OLDER BROTHER 80 YOGURT AND NATURAL IMMUNITY 90 YOGURT AND HEALTH PROMOTION 106 WHAT DO ARGENTINES EAT? 120 CONTROVERSIES IN NUTRITION 136 YOGURT IN EVERYDAY COOKING, BY NARDA LEPES 148 RECIPES WITH YOGURT, BY NARDA LEPES 152 REFERENCES 162 FOREWORD The first draft for this book was drawn up in Berlin in 2015, during the 12th European Nutrition Conference (Federation of European Nutrition Societies), over dinner with my dear friend Esteban Carmuega.
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