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As we continue to explore the foods our ancestors relied on during our evolutionary history, and what foods work best for us today, we come ...

Labels: paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

I recently read an interesting review paper by Dr. Edmund T. Rolls titled "Taste, olfactory and food texture reward processing in the b...

Labels: evolution, Food reward, hyperphagia, overweight, paleolithic diet

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Every child loves animal crackers, those sweet and crunchy animal-shaped biscuits.  But are they compatible with a Paleo diet?  Some people ...

Labels: April fool's, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

I recently returned from AHS12 and a little side trip to visit family.  The conference was hosted at Harvard University through the Harvard ...

Labels: diet, evolution, Food reward, low-carb, metabolic syndrome, overweight, paleolithic diet, presentations, research bloopers

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 | 8:00 AM

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 | 7:09 PM

As I was preparing my recent article on the Paleo diet ( 1 ), I interviewed a local Paleo-friendly MD named C. Vicky Beer.  I was only able ...

Labels: diabetes, diet, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 10:08 PM

I recently wrote an article for my local natural foods grocery store, PCC, about the "Paleolithic" diet.  You can read it online h...

Labels: diet, diseases of civilization, Kitava, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

In previous posts, I outlined the factors I'm aware of that can contribute to insulin resistance.  In this post, first I'll list the...

Labels: diabetes, diet, exercise, Food reward, meditation, metabolic syndrome, overweight, paleolithic diet, real food

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Chris Highcock of the blog Conditioning Research just published a book called Hillfit , which is a conditioning book targeted at hikers/bac...

Labels: paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

This is just a quick post to highlight two recent papers by the economist and fellow health writer Matt Metzgar . The first paper is titled ...

Labels: paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 8:00 PM

Low-Fat Diets In 2000, the International Journal of Obesity published a nice review article of low-fat diet trials.  It included data from ...

Labels: diabetes, diet, fats, Food reward, hyperphagia, low-carb, metabolic syndrome, overweight, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Pedro Carrera-Bastos and his colleagues Maelan Fontes-Villalba, James H. O'Keefe, Staffan Lindeberg and Loren Cordain have published an ...

Labels: diseases of civilization, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's group has published a new paleolithic diet paper in the journal Nutrition and Metabolism, titled "A Paleoli...

Labels: diet, Food reward, hyperphagia, leptin, overweight, paleolithic diet

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Mark Sisson has been a central figure in the evolutionary health community since he began his weblog Mark's Daily Apple in 2006. He an...

Labels: book review, diet, exercise, low-carb, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 5:18 PM

I'm currently reading Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's magnum opus Food and Western Disease , recently published in English for the first tim...

Labels: diet, disease, diseases of civilization, native diet, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 9:00 PM

Prevention is Easier than Cure Experiments in animals have confirmed what common sense suggests: it's easier to prevent health problems ...

Labels: diet, exercise, fat-soluble vitamins, gluten, hormesis, leptin, low-carb, meditation, overweight, paleolithic diet

Posted by Admin | 1:35 PM

There was an article on the modern "Paleolithic" lifestyle in the New York Times today. I thought it was a pretty fair treatment ...

Labels: paleolithic diet