Western culture

In traditional cooking of proteinaceous foods, the fundamental difference between Western and Oriental cultures is that the former cooks proteins with unseasoned fats and the latter cooks with many kinds of traditional seasonings that have tastes of amino acids. Western cultures have some traditional foods with amino acid taste such as cheese. Protein hydrolysates are popular as seasonings (225). 

Soft drinks are among the most recognized products of Western culture. Beginning as tonics for fatigue (and anything else that might be the matter with a patient), n they have evolved into sweet bubbly accompaniments to hamburgers, fries, and other fast foods. 

A Life of John Calvin a study in the shaping of Western Culture (Oxford Blackwell,... 

Several cross-cultural studies suggest that while the physical symptoms of PMS are consistent across cultures, the negative affective symptoms are part of the negative menstrual socialization in Western culture.1,21... 

Concerns about psychotropic side effects, which can vary cross-culturally, often lead to premature cessation of psychotropics. This may be related to different propensities for and values placed on somatic experiences in different cultures. Transcultural research indicates that patients from non-Western cultures are more likely to present with predominantly somatic symptoms of psychiatric disorders (Ng, 1997 Parker, Gladstone 8c Chee, 2001), as cultural explanatory models and social demands may serve to bias information processing in the various domains of subjective experience (Angel 8c Thoits, 1987). Several studies have shown that the perception and reporting of side effects are influenced by cultural beliefs... 

Non-compliance issues appear more prevalent in some non-Western cultures. One study in South Africa revealed non-compliance rates to oral neuroleptics in two-thirds of Black patients and one-half of colored patients compared to only one-quarter of Caucasians (Gillis.Trollip, Jakoet etal., 1987). Cultural and communication factors were considered to be significant barriers apart from those related to cost and social factors. Kinzie et al. (1987) reported that despite prescribing adequate doses of tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) to depressed Asian refugees,... 

Hanegraaff, Wouter J. New Age religion and western culture esotericism in the mirror of secular thought. Studies in the history of religions, no. 72. Leiden Brill, 1996. 

Knight, David M. The nature of science the history of science in western culture since 1600., 1976. 

Why are some people obese and some are not It is not acceptable in most Western cultures to be obese therefore, most people attempt to maintain an average weight (as discussed in Chapter 1). What predisposes certain people to become obese ... 

Despite the ban, the potlatch remained an important part of native Pacific Northwest culture. Giving wealth—not accumulating wealth, as is prized in Western culture—was a means of cementing leadership,... 

Yet as with Irish immigrants, who came ashore already carrying the cultural and political baggage of Saxon oppression, the Jews version of becoming Caucasian cannot be understood apart from their particular history of special sorrows in the ghettos of Eastern Europe, apart from the deep history of anti-Semitism in Western culture, apart from anti-Semitic stereotypes that date back well before the European arrival on North American shores, or apart, finally and most obviously, from the historic cataclysm of the Holocaust. 

Coca has long been known to the Indians of the Andes region, who chewed the leaves for stimulation and increased endurance (Rudgley 1999). The coca leaf was an important part of the Inca culture. Knowledge of the plant spread to western cultures with colonialism, but wide-... 

OCD is also frequently comorbid with AN in fact, some researchers posit that the eating disorders are a modern variant of OCD peculiar to Western culture. In particular, the propensity for excessive exercise among some patients with AN may indicate the presence of comorbid OCD. Finally, the abuse of alcohol and other substances commonly complicates the presentation and course of AN. Comorbid substance abuse will likely undermine any progress in the treatment of AN and... 

The definition goes on to explain magic as, the use of means (as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces. 1 This would seem to fit most people s idea of magic, but this definition contains the disclaimer believed. This brings up the second essential problem. Modern science views magic as a superstition. This is in spite of the fact that magic, especially in the form of alchemy, is the ancestor of science and an accepted part of ancient Western culture. Also, many people in the West today and in other parts of the world continue to believe in and practice magic. 

In spite of the fact that magical practices were incorporated into Christian ritual and belief, early Christian theologians began to define magic as heretical and separate from religion. As the Catholic Church came to dominate Western culture in the Middle Ages, this view became the accepted norm. The practice of magic, however, did not stop. 

Belief in an omniscient God and the promise of heaven are important ideas to adherents of great monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. These beliefs pervade much of Western culture and are clearly evident in the U.S. Recent surveys indicate ... 

Barzun, J. 2000. From Dawn to Decadence 1500 to the Present. 500 Years of Western Cultural Life. Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., New York, 800 pp. 

The four elements of antiquity perfuse the history of Western culture. Shakespeare s Lear runs amok in the stormy rain, the rushing air, and the oak-cleaving thunderbolts of fire, nature s fretful elements . Two of his sonnets are paired in celebration of the quartet sea and land... so much of earth and water wrought , and slight air and purging fire . Literary tradition has continued to uphold the four ancient elements, which supply the organizing principle of T. S. Eliot s Quartets. 

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