简介:你知道吗?其实人的心理和情绪状态会受到食物的影响,譬如有些食物会越吃越愉悦。食物真的有这么大的魔力吗?一起来看看。Thereisanoldsaying:'Youarewhatyoueat.'俗语说:'人如其食。'
简介:Thefoodindustryusesawidevarietyofprocesseswhicharenotwellunderstood.Currentmodellingandmeasurementapproachesarereviewed,withspecificreferencetoworkatBirminghamonParticletracking(PEPT)andthepotentialoftemperaturetimeindicatorsinprocessvalidation.
简介:Background:Theroleofwildfoodsincombatingproblemsoffoodshortageisparamount.However,existingapproachestocombatfoodinsecurityshockhavegenerallyfocusedonreducingvulnerabilityviaincreasingproductivityofdomesticatedfoods.Incontrast,approachesthatenhanceresiliencemainlythroughwildfoodsourceshavebeenlessfocused.ThisstudyexaminedthecontributionofwildfoodstohouseholdresiliencetofoodinsecurityinthegreenfaminebeltofEthiopia.Methods:Across-sectionalsurveyof220householdswasconductedusingastructuredquestionnaire,keyinformantinterviews,andsemi-participantobservations.FactoranalysiswasrunusingSPSStoanalyzedata.Correlationanalysiswasusedtoexaminethedirectionandstrengthofassociationbetweenwildfoodsandtheincomeandfoodaccess(IFA),alatentproxyindicatorofresilience.Cross-tabulationwasalsoruntodeterminetheproportionofhouseholdsineachethno-culturegroupundereachresiliencecategory.Results:Themeanamountofwildfoodsobtainedbyhouseholdswas156.61kgperhouseholdperannum.Thiswasabout5%and9%of,grossand,netfoodavailablefromallsourcesrespectively.Wildfoodscontributedwelltohouseholdresilienceasthefactorloading(Factor2=0.467)waslargeenoughandweresignificantlycorrelatedwithIFA(r=0.174).Wildvegetableswerethemostcollectedandconsumedtypeofwildfoodsconstituting52.4%oftotalamountofwildfoods.Thetotalamountofwildfoodswassmallerthanthatofdomesticatedsourcesoffood.Themajorityofhouseholds(38.6%)reported'reducedsourceofwildfoods'asareasonforthis.Smallerproportionoftheindigenous(11.2%)thanthenon-indigenous(34.1%)ethno-culturegroupreportedoneormorereasonsfortheirlowerlevelofdependenceonwildfoods.Conclusion:Fromthestudyweconcludedthatwildfoodshadimportantcontributiontohouseholds'resiliencetofoodshortagesandarelikelytocontinuetocontributeinthefuture,thisbeingmoretoindigenousthannon-indigenousethno-