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This chapter traces a historical perspective of food consumption, starting from the Middle Ages, and goes on to discuss an Indian perspective, where food is classified as satwic, rajasic, and tamasic categories, each imparting a specific mental trait in the individual consuming the food in question and how it reflects on the person’s behavioral pattern.
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Nair, K.P. (2020). Introduction. In: Food and Human Responses . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35437-4_1
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