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In this sense paleo offers a story about humanity about evolution about civilization and disease the body of the individual dieter is situated in a long deep history of mankind the dieter is biologically indebted to the paleolithic era and in turn the coming generations will be indebted to him 41. Diet and the disease of civilization is an important first foray into a critical analysis of contemporary diets that takes a cultural studies and literary criticism approach i commend bitar for bringing a new lens to this material and agree that these texts and their corresponding subcultures offer rich fodder for further study . Dieting whether paleo devotional or detox is the bodys struggle against toxic modernity and back to a better earlier society in these books civilization is a disease and the only way to cure oneself is by going back to a more innocent eating era. Diet and the disease of civilization by adrienne rose bitar goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read start by marking diet and the disease of civilization as want to read