Food and Feeding by Grant Allen
Food and Feeding is a nonfiction book written by Grant Allen that explores the science of nutrition and its impact on human health. The book covers topics such as digestion, metabolism, and the effects of different foods on the body. It also discusses the importance of proper nutrition for maintaining good health and preventing disease.
By Grant Allen · First published 1892 · Genre: Non-fiction, Science, Philosophy · 8,331 words
First lines
When a man and a bear meet together casually in an American forest, it makes a great deal of difference, to the two parties concerned at least, whether the bear eats the man or the man eats the bear. We haven't the slightest difficulty in deciding afterwards which of the two, in each particular case, has been the eater, and which the eaten. Here, we say, is the grizzly that eat the man; or, here is the man that smoked and dined off the hams of the grizzly. Basing our opinion upon such familiar and well-known instances, we are apt to take it for granted far too readily that between eating and being eaten, between the active and the passive voice of the verb _edo_, there exists necessarily a profound and impassable native antithesis. To swallow an oyster is, in our own personal histories, so very different a thing from being swallowed by a shark that we can hardly realise at first the underlying fundamental identity of eating with mere coalescence.
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Food and Feeding is listed on Textopian as a short story by Grant Allen, dated 1892 CE.
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Grant Allen
- Date: 1892 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Non-fiction, Science, Philosophy, Natural History, Essay
- Length: 8,331 words
- Structure: 1 section, 59 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Non-fiction — The book provides factual information and analysis on the topic of food and feeding, focusing on biological and physiological aspects.
- Science — It explores scientific concepts related to biology, evolution, and the mechanics of feeding in various organisms.
- Philosophy — The text delves into philosophical discussions about the nature of eating, identity, and the relationship between organisms.
- Natural History — The book discusses the natural behaviors and characteristics of animals and their feeding habits.
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nutrition · diet · cooking · food science · gastronomy · health · sustainability · agriculture · culinary arts · food culture · eating habits · food history