Meat, markets, and mechanical materialism: The great protein fiasco in anthropology

S’engager pour la transformation des systèmes alimentaires

“…À la suite de l'article de McLaren, un examen critique dans la communauté scientifique montra le rôle des intérêts politiques et économiques dans la focalisation sur le world protein gap, notamment via le financement de la recherche en nutrition et d'autres champs scientifiques, comme l'anthropologie de la santé et du développement (Diener et al, 1980). Alors que les États-Unis avaient fourni un effort agricole très important pour nourrir les pays sinistrés par la guerre, le rétablissement progressif des capacités productives européennes les plongea dans une crise agricole due aux excédents générés, laitiers en particulier.…”

The Paleoanthropology and Archaeology of Big-Game Hunting

“…Nowhere could this be clearer than in the vitriolic debates that surrounded the putative role of protein as the critical limiting variable in the development of Amazonian cultures (e.g., Chagnon and Hames 1979;Diener 1984;Diener et al 1980;Gross 1975;Harris 1979Harris , 1984. Marvin Harris was unquestionably the most prolific and outspoken champion of protein in cultural ecology:…”

A Cultural Anthropological Theory: Selection as Ultimate Reality; The Alimento Concept Among the Chorti Maya and the ‘Great Protein Fiasco’

“…' Gopalan (1975, p. 334) notes, ' ... calorie deficiency is the real bottleneck and any protein deficiency that may be present is incidental to such calorie deficiency:' Nnanyelugo (1978, p. 108) insists, 'There is no evidence that high-protein supplements are in any way beneficial.' Many other citations to the nutritional literature are provided, and a more technical discussion of this issue offered, in Diener, Moore and Mutaw (1980).…”

“…To demonstrate the dangers of selection theory, I would like to discuss the 'great protein fiasco' in cultural anthropology (Diener, Moore, and Mutaw, 1980). Especially, I would like to relate the protein fiasco to the case of the Chorti Maya.…”