“LOW CARB, HIGH FAT”: COMMENSALITY AND SOCIABILITY IN RESTRICTIVE DIETS TIMES
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.16108Keywords:
Eating habits. Trendy diets. Commensality. Sociability. Eating.Abstract
Throughout the history of mankind, concerns related to health,well-being and fitness have boosted the occurrence of differentdietary trends, which reflect not only scientific discoveries, butalso the afflictions of every age. This paper presents a preliminaryreflection on restrictive diets adopted nowadays, especially withregard to the spread of these new habits and the strategiesadopted by dieters, as well as the impacts of these new waysof eating in terms of exercising commensality and sociability.Therefore, a literature review was conducted on the subjectand also an analysis of two semi-structured interviews withrespondents who currently follow restrictive diets that prescribehigh protein and low carbohydrate intakes: Paleolithic andDukan. The results point to a structural change in eating habitsand the search for new forms of commensality and sociabilitythat support and enhance these new food choices.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2015.16108
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