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Around the world, non-industrial cultures following an ancestral diet and lifestyle tend to be lean. When they transition a modern diet and ...

Labels: diet, Hadza, Kuna, native diet, nutritionism, overweight

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

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

In previous posts, I described how Otzi was (at least in large part) a genetic descendant of Middle Eastern agriculturalists, rather than be...

Labels: diet, evolution, native diet, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:47 PM

Last October, I participated in a panel discussion organized by the Harvard Food Law Society in Boston.  The panel included Drs. Walter Wil...

Labels: diet, Food reward, native diet

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In the previous post, I explained that Otzi descended in large part from early adopters of agriculture in the Middle East or nearby.  What I...

Labels: diet, evolution, genetics, native diet, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

There are two reasons why I chose this time to write about Otzi.  The first is that I've been looking for a good excuse to revisit human...

Labels: diet, evolution, native diet, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Otzi's Diet Otzi's digestive tract contains the remains of three meals.  They were composed of cooked grains (wheat bread and whea...

Labels: diet, disease, diseases of civilization, evolution, infection, native diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

This is Otzi, or at least a reconstruction of what he might have looked like.  5,300 years ago, he laid down on a glacier near the border be...

Labels: diet, disease, genetics, native diet

Posted by Admin | 10:00 PM

The Massas is an ethnic group in Northern Cameroon that subsists mostly on plain sorghum loaves and porridge, along with a small amount of m...

Labels: diet, Food reward, hyperphagia, native diet, overweight

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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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Chris Kresser has just posted our recent interview/discussion on his blog The Healthy Skeptic .  You can listen to it on Chris's blog he...

Labels: diet, Food reward, hyperphagia, low-carb, native diet, overweight

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Kitava is a Melanesian island that has maintained an almost entirely traditional, non-industrial diet until very recently. It was the subje...

Labels: diet, Kitava, native diet

Posted by Admin | 5:00 PM

Background Glucose is the predominant blood sugar and one of the body's two main fuel sources (the other is fatty acids). Glucose, in o...

Labels: diabetes, diet, low-carb, native diet, San

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

I spent last weekend at the Weston A. Price Foundation Wise Traditions conference in King of Prussia, PA. Here are some highlights: ...

Labels: diet, Inuit, native diet, real food

Posted by Admin | 9:00 AM

Potato-eating Cultures: the Quechua The potato is thought to have originated in what is now Peru, on the shores of lake Titicaca. Native ...

Labels: diabetes, diet, native diet, overweight

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Glycoalkaloids in Commonly Eaten Potatoes Like many edible plants, potatoes contain substances designed to protect them from marauding crea...

Labels: diet, native diet

Posted by Admin | 10:00 AM

Potatoes: an Introduction Over 10,000 years ago, on the shores of lake Titicaca in what is now Peru, a culture began to cultivate a species ...

Labels: diet, native diet

Posted by Admin | 8:00 PM

Traditional Uses for Coconut Coconut palms are used for a variety of purposes throughout the tropics. Here are a few quotes from the book P...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diet, Kitava, native diet, real food, Tokelau

Posted by Admin | 10:00 AM

In my last two posts on grains, I described how traditional food processing methods make grains more nutritious and digestible ( 1 , 2 ). I...

Labels: celiac, diet, gluten, native diet, real food