Sentences with phrase «foods of affluence»

Inflammation Nation: The First Clinically Proven Eating Plan to End Our Nation's Secret Epidemic by Floyd H. Chilton argues that inflammation occurs when we consume «foods of affluence,» e.g., farmed salmon and eggs, and out - of - season fruits and vegetables — foods that have replaced the seasonal nuts, fruits and vegetables eaten by our hunter - gather ancestors.

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Both generally focus on eliminating the high - carbohydrate convenience foods that have caused so many of the diseases of affluence in the last century.

Beyond a certain level of affluence, he says, we spend proportionally less on resource - intensive staples such as food, housing and clothing, and more on services.

Unfortunately, in an age of affluence where food is ubiquitous, our digestive systems rarely get that break, and are instead being constantly worked with high intake of food.

[T] he main actors are parents changing population, workers changing affluence, consumers changing the diet (more or less calories, more or less meat) and also the portion of crops entering the food supply (corn can fuel people or cars), and farmers changing the crop production per hectare of cropland (yield).

The farmers market is therefore a market where people of the necessary affluence are brought together with farmers where they pay more for food in return for better taste.