Stark, JF orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-0804 (2018) “Replace them by Salads and Vegetables”: Dietary Innovation, Youthfulness, and Authority, 1900-1939. Global Food History, 4 (2). pp. 130-151. ISSN 2054-9547
Abstract
The events of the First World War fueled public fascination with rejuvenation at the same time as medical scientists began to explore the physiological potential of so-called “vitamine.” The seemingly bottomless capacity of vitamins to maintain bodily function and appearance offered a possible mechanism for achieving bodily renewal, alongside established dietary practices such as abstention from alcohol and meat. Drawing on mainstream medical publications, popular dietary texts and advertising materials, this paper outlines how vitamins and other dietary practices played an important but hitherto unrecognized role in reconfiguring ideas about anti-aging and rejuvenation. I argue that new ways of understanding food and its relationship with the body were at the heart of attempts by various groups to claim expertise about and authority over diet and its effects, not just on the human body in general, but on the aging process in particular.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Vitamins, diet, fasting, aging, youth, rejuvenation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts & Humanities Research Council AHRC AH/N007735/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2018 14:49 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/20549547.2018.1460538 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129286 |