Food and Drink in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: an overview of the past decade (2001-2012)

Early Modern Diets against Cancer: The Case of Poultry

“…Many treatises which were supposed to keep the body in good shape were published and they have been studied by K. Albala in Eating Right in the Renaissance [2]. Some of them followed the prescriptions provided by famous medieval Regimina sanitatis written by Arnald de Villanova or Maino dei Mianeri [3,4].…”

“…Many treatises which were supposed to keep the body in good shape were published and they have been studied by K. Albala in Eating Right in the Renaissance [2]. Some of them followed the prescriptions provided by famous medieval Regimina sanitatis written by Arnald de Villanova or Maino dei Mianeri [3,4].Dealing with 'convalescent cookery', Albala focuses on 'the ingredients, culinary techniques and prepared dishes thought to be appropriate for a particular category of people' : 'those deemed either weak, recovering from illness or thought to have impaired digestive systems on account of age or constitution ' [5]. He distinguishes this food from that which is recommended for people 'stricken with specific maladies that would require therapeutic intervention'.…”