Nutrition

Nutrition

The climate and the availability of fatty material, of course, influenced the eating habits of our ancestors. Residents of North America receive food from animal fats, whereas the inhabitants of southern Europe, Asia and Africa, its edible oils extracted from plant sources. In food products obtained in these different regions, fat and oil products used are available. Consequently, the kitchen of the central and northern American countries developed through the use of solid fats like butter, pork, beef and mutton fat, as well as pastry and other baked and fried foods. Similarly, the diets of inhabitants of warmer climate were based ...