title: Dietary advice: from folklore to present beliefs.
abstract: Many countries have folklore beliefs about the use of foodstuffs to remedy ill health and to promote long life. Many of the beliefs and practices of the ancients and, more recently, "mothers's views of health" have a basic soundness and are in harmony with present-day advice on the attainment of a prudent diet and life-style.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Diseases, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D005495:Folklore; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity