Diet & Health
These are the 3 macronutrients, or nutrients we need in large amounts and get our energy from.
Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins
This has led to the expansion of multinational fast-food chains.
Globalization
This is a way to measure the distance a food item travelled from producer to consumer.
Food miles
GMO stands for this.
Genetically Modified Organism
Sailors in the past often suffered from this disease.
Scurvy (vitamin C deficiency)
This vitamin is important for bone health and you can get it from exposure to the sun.
Vitamin D
Potatoes, tomatoes, and chili peppers were all introduced to the Old World (Europe, Asia, & Africa) during what "exchange"
The Columbian Exchange
The acronym TEK, which can provide cultural and ecological insight into sustainable resource use, stands for this.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
This process, which relies on microorganisms, can be considered one of the earliest food processesing techniques.
Fermentation
The process by which food is grown, processed, distributed, consumed, and disposed of.
Food system
Pellagra, which can result in the 4 D's, is a deficiency in this.
Niacin (Vitamin B3)
This was one of the major motivations for European explorers to find new sea routes in the 15th & 16th centuries.
To get direct access to spices (and cut out the middlemen)
Corns, beans, and squash are also known by this "family" name.
3 Sisters
This process, developed in the 1860s, involves using heat to kill harmful organisms in food and drink.
Pasteurization
This is the idea that people have the right to define their own food systems.
food sovereignty
This epidemiological transition is marked by a shift from infectious disease to non-communicable disease like heart attacks and diabetes.
2nd epidemiological transition
A dietary shift from fresh, whole food to processed, calorie-dense foods is sometimes referred to this.
Western diet or Westernizaton of diet
This sector contributes the most to global food waste.
Households
This is word used to describe raising aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food.
Aquaculture
"Good, Clean, and Fair Food for All" is this contemporary food movement's message.
Slow Food movement
You can get a goiter if you don't have enough of this in your diet.
iodine
Nutmeg, cloves, and mace grew only on these islands, which is part of what made them such valuable commodities in the ancient and medievel spice trade.
Spice Islands/Maluku islands/Moluccas
These are 2 or the 10 elements of agroecology.
Any 2 of: diversity; co-creation and sharing knowledge; synergies; efficiency; recycling; resilience; human and social values; culture and food traditions; responsible governance; and circular and solidarity economy
Canning was invented in 1809 by this man.
Nicolas Appert
Adding nutrients to food, often to address nutrient deficiencies, is called this.
Food fortification