Tabus alimentares em medicina: uma hipótese para fisiopatologia referente aos alimentos remosos

Júnior, Lacy Cardoso de Brito; Estácio, Adriana Guimarães

doi:10.1016/j.ramb.2013.04.001

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“…Food taboos are known from virtually all human societies [ 1 – 5 ]. They form a codified set of rules about which foods or combinations of foods may not be eaten.…”

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Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

Arzoaquoi

Essuman

Gbagbo

et al. 2015

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundFood taboos are known from virtually all human societies and pregnant women have often been targeted. We qualitatively assessed food taboos during pregnancy, its motivating factors, and enforcement mechanisms in the Upper Manya Krobo district of Ghana.MethodsThis was an exploratory cross sectional study using qualitative focus group discussions (FGDs). Sixteen FGDs were conducted. Participants were purposively selected using the maximum variation sampling technique. Tape recorded FGDs were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using Malterudian systematic text condensation technique.ResultsAll the participants were aware of the existence of food prohibitions and beliefs targeting pregnant women in Upper Manya Krobo. The study identified snails, rats, hot foods, and animal lungs as tabooed during pregnancy. Adherence motivators included expectation of safe and timely delivery, avoidance of “monkey babies” (deformed babies); respect for ancestors, parents, and community elders. Enforcement mechanisms identified included constant reminders by parents, family members and significant others. Stigmatization and community sanctions are deployed sparingly.ConclusionsFood taboos and traditional beliefs targeting pregnant women exist in Upper Manya Krobo. Pregnant women are forbidden from eating snails, rats, snakes, hot foods and animal lungs. To a large extent, socio-cultural, and to a lesser, health concerns motivate the practice.

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“…Food taboos are known from virtually all human societies [ 1 – 5 ]. They form a codified set of rules about which foods or combinations of foods may not be eaten.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The nutritional hazards and health implications of food taboos and preferences have been extensively discussed [ 1 – 3 ]. When practiced in pregnancy, adverse consequences such as depletion of vital nutrients required by the mother and the unborn are most likely.…”

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Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

Arzoaquoi

Essuman

Gbagbo

et al. 2015

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Nutritional Sciences at the Intersection of Omics Disciplines and Ethics

Bragazzi

2015

Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics in Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

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Experiences, dietary behavior and cultural characteristics of people with colorectal neoplasms

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Objectives: to interpret the socio-cultural, religious, and spiritual aspects of the experience of people who have colorectal cancer and were submitted to surgical treatment with ostomy. Methods: ethnographic study under the perspective of the Sociology of Health, in the comprehensive aspect, in a surgical unit of an oncologic hospital of the state of Pará, Brazil. Eighteen deponents participated, eleven patients, and seven caregivers, between December 2018 and March 2019. Data were obtained with non-participant observation, field diary records, and semi-structured interviews with subsequent inductive content analysis. Results: religious attachment and socio-cultural aspects of the illness were interpreted, emphasizing the social fact of the Immediate Dream, emotional shock, modern totemism, toxic food as taboo, and medicalization in the sphere of common sense and biomedical system. Final Considerations: microsocial and macrosocial factors of the participants’ experiences contribute to the qualification of oncologic assistance in the public system, assuming the need for specialized interprofessional assistance.

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Tabus alimentares em medicina: uma hipótese para fisiopatologia referente aos alimentos remosos

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

Nutritional Sciences at the Intersection of Omics Disciplines and Ethics

Experiences, dietary behavior and cultural characteristics of people with colorectal neoplasms

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