References
Selected References
Blaser, M. J. 1996. The bacteria behind ulcers. Sci. Am. 274:104–107 (Jan.). We now know that most cases of stomach ulcers are caused by acid-loving microbes. At least one-third of the human population are infected although most do not become ill.
Carr, D. E. 1971. The deadly feast of life. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company. What and how animals eat told with insight and wit.
Doyle, J. 1985. Altered harvest: agriculture, genetics, and the fate of the world’s food supply. New York, Viking Penguin, Inc. Examines the politics of the agricultural revolution and the environmental and biological costs of the American food production system.
Griggs, B. 1986. The food factor. New York, Viking Penguin, Inc. Packed with facts on nutrition and eating habits with an international perspective and emphasis on food’s relation to disease.
Jennings, J. B. 1973. Feeding, digestion and assimilation in animals, ed. 2. New York, St. Martin’s Press, Inc. A general, comparative approach. Excellent account of feeding mechanisms in animals.
Magee, D. F. and A. F. Dalley, II. 1986. Digestion and the structure and function of the gut. Basel, Switzerland, S. Karger AG. Comprehensive treatment of mammalian (mostly human) digestion.
Milton, K. 1993. Diet and primate evolution. Sci. Am. 269:86–93 (Aug.). Studies with primates suggest that modern human diets often diverge greatly from those to which the human body may be adapted.
Moog, F. 1981. The lining of the small intestine. Sci. Am. 245:154–176 (Nov.). Describes how the mucosal cells actively process foods. Owen, J. 1980. Feeding strategy. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Well-written and generously illustrated book from the series “Survival in the Wild.”
Sanderson, S. L., and R. Wassersug. 1990. Suspension-feeding vertebrates. Sci. Am. 262:96–101 (Mar.). A variety of vertebrates, some enormous in size, eat by filtering out small organisms from massive amounts of water passed through a feeding apparatus.
Stevens, C. E. 1988. Comparative physiology of the vertebrate digestive system. New York, Cambridge University Press. Lucid and balanced treatment of anatomical characteristics of vertebrate digestive systems and the physiology and biochemistry of food digestion.
Weindrach, R. 1996. Caloric restriction and aging. Sci. Am. 274:46–52 (Jan.). Organisms from single-celled protists to mammals live longer on well-balanced but lowcalorie diets. The potential benefits for humans are examined.
Blaser, M. J. 1996. The bacteria behind ulcers. Sci. Am. 274:104–107 (Jan.). We now know that most cases of stomach ulcers are caused by acid-loving microbes. At least one-third of the human population are infected although most do not become ill.
Carr, D. E. 1971. The deadly feast of life. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company. What and how animals eat told with insight and wit.
Doyle, J. 1985. Altered harvest: agriculture, genetics, and the fate of the world’s food supply. New York, Viking Penguin, Inc. Examines the politics of the agricultural revolution and the environmental and biological costs of the American food production system.
Griggs, B. 1986. The food factor. New York, Viking Penguin, Inc. Packed with facts on nutrition and eating habits with an international perspective and emphasis on food’s relation to disease.
Jennings, J. B. 1973. Feeding, digestion and assimilation in animals, ed. 2. New York, St. Martin’s Press, Inc. A general, comparative approach. Excellent account of feeding mechanisms in animals.
Magee, D. F. and A. F. Dalley, II. 1986. Digestion and the structure and function of the gut. Basel, Switzerland, S. Karger AG. Comprehensive treatment of mammalian (mostly human) digestion.
Milton, K. 1993. Diet and primate evolution. Sci. Am. 269:86–93 (Aug.). Studies with primates suggest that modern human diets often diverge greatly from those to which the human body may be adapted.
Moog, F. 1981. The lining of the small intestine. Sci. Am. 245:154–176 (Nov.). Describes how the mucosal cells actively process foods. Owen, J. 1980. Feeding strategy. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Well-written and generously illustrated book from the series “Survival in the Wild.”
Sanderson, S. L., and R. Wassersug. 1990. Suspension-feeding vertebrates. Sci. Am. 262:96–101 (Mar.). A variety of vertebrates, some enormous in size, eat by filtering out small organisms from massive amounts of water passed through a feeding apparatus.
Stevens, C. E. 1988. Comparative physiology of the vertebrate digestive system. New York, Cambridge University Press. Lucid and balanced treatment of anatomical characteristics of vertebrate digestive systems and the physiology and biochemistry of food digestion.
Weindrach, R. 1996. Caloric restriction and aging. Sci. Am. 274:46–52 (Jan.). Organisms from single-celled protists to mammals live longer on well-balanced but lowcalorie diets. The potential benefits for humans are examined.
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