Title: The Aztec way to healthy eating /
Authors: Atkinson, Sonja G., 1937-
Publisher: Paragon House,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Aztecs Food.; Aztecs Nutrition.; Aztecs Social life and customs; Diet Mexico.; Nutrition Mexico.
Abstract: Before the onset of ailments brought by Spanish conquistadors, the Aztecs were a healthy, athletic, and vital people who enjoyed a close bond to their natural world. From earlier civilizations they inherited a great religious and scientific legacy, including a knowledge of astronomy and herbalism that far surpassed their European contemporaries. They also ate wonderfully and, with their indigenous supplies of fresh fruit, beans, fish, fowl, and selected meats and.
Contents: 1. An Aztec Feast Day. The sights, sounds, and events in Tenochtitlan on Day Jaguar -- 2. The Aztecs. Their heritage and culture. Medicine men. Their calendar. The twenty-day month and the foods ascribed to each day -- 3. Aztec Foods. Native foods and their nutritive values. Aztec cooking habits and methods and factors in general good health -- 4. Nutrition. How the Aztecs characterized food and how we do. Benefits of Aztec foodstyle -- 5. Adapting the Aztec Foodstyle for Today. Aztec foods as a resource in our health-conscious times -- 6. Menus for the Days of the Aztec Calendar. Detailed menus for each of the twenty days of the Aztec month. Insights into aspects of each calendar day and its associated foods -- 7. Recipes.