On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:02:49 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
wrote:
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>Yes. My sister has lately been telling me that there is a sort of
>"darwinism of food" school of thought that says that many traditional
>foods and food combinations "evolved" into what they were because of
>their nutritional value. I think hummus and parsley was one of them -
>something in the parsley increases bioavailability of some of the
>proteins or vitamins in the hummus. Nixtamal is one of those - track
>down the episode of the Food Network TV show, "Good Eats" about all this
>and watch it.
>
>-S-
>

It's here
http://www.tv.com/shows/good-eats/to...reform-724130/

Janet US