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In previous posts, I reviewed some of the evidence suggesting that human evolution has accelerated rapidly since the development of agricult...

Labels: archaeology, celiac, diet, evolution, genetics, gluten, Masai, minerals, native diet, paleolithic diet, phytic acid

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Non-industrial diets from a food reward perspective In 21st century affluent nations, we have unprecedented control over what food crosses o...

Labels: diet, Food reward, Masai, native diet, overweight, San

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Three Case Studies in Occlusion In this post, I'll review three cultures with different degrees of malocclusion over time, and try to ex...

Labels: dental health, diet, diseases of civilization, Masai, native diet

Posted by Admin | 6:31 PM

The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that (1) dietary saturated fat, and in some versions, dietary cholesterol, raise blood cholesterol in ...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, diet, disease, fats, Masai, Tokelau

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Dr. Edward Mellanby's book Nutrition and Disease contains a chapter titled "Nutrition and Infection". It begins: There is g...

Labels: diet, disease, fat-soluble vitamins, infection, Masai

Posted by Admin | 5:40 PM

I left out one of the juicier tidbits from the last post because it was getting long. Investigators Kang-Jey Ho et al . wanted an explanati...

Labels: Masai, native diet, overweight

Posted by Admin | 5:03 PM

I've been digging deeper into the health of the Masai lately. A commenter on Chris's blog pointed me to a 1972 paper showing that...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, fats, genetics, hypertension, low-carb, Masai, native diet