His travels abroad had convinced Peter that Russia was too backward. As tsar he wanted to apply western mercantilism to stimulate agriculture, industry and commerce. A richer Russia could only benefit the position of the tsar as more could be taxed and invested into the military.
The term Bible Diet (or the Maker's Diet) is used[by whom?] to refer to a food diet promoted on radio and in books by writer and motivational speaker Jordan S. Rubin.
Asian Diet Pyramid. This pyramid, the second in the series of traditional diet pyramids, was developed by Oldways in conjunction with the Cornell-China-Oxford Project on Nutrition, Health and Environment, and the Harvard School of Public Health. It was released at the International Conference on the Diets of Asia in San Francisco in 1995.