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Author : Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Release : 2012-10-18
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 161/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Evolving Human Nutrition by : Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Download or read book Evolving Human Nutrition written by Stanley J. Ulijaszek. This book was released on 2012-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploration of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives and its influence on health and disease, past and present.
Author : Peter S. Ungar
Release : 2002-03-30
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 397/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Human Diet by : Peter S. Ungar
Download or read book Human Diet written by Peter S. Ungar. This book was released on 2002-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diet is key to understanding the past, present, and future of our species. Much of human evolutionary success can be attributed to our ability to consume a wide range of foods. On the other hand, recent changes in the types of foods we eat may lie at the root of many of the health problems we face today. To deal with these problems, we must understand the evolution of the human diet. Studies of traditional peoples, non-human primates, human fossil and archaeological remains, nutritional chemistry, and evolutionary medicine, to name just a few, all contribute to our understanding of the evolution of the human diet. Still, as analyses become more specialized, researchers become more narrowly focused and isolated. This volume attempts to bring together authors schooled in a variety of academic disciplines so that we might begin to build a more cohesive view of the evolution of the human diet. The book demonstrates how past diets are reconstructed using both direct analogies with living traditional peoples and non-human primates, and studies of the bones and teeth of fossils. An understanding of our ancestral diets reveals how health relates to nutrition, and conclusions can be drawn as to how we may alter our current diets to further our health.
Author : Staffan Lindeberg
Release : 2010-01-11
Genre : Medical
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 714/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Food and Western Disease by : Staffan Lindeberg
Download or read book Food and Western Disease written by Staffan Lindeberg. This book was released on 2010-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutrition science is a highly fractionated, contentious field with rapidly changing viewpoints on both minor and major issues impacting on public health. With an evolutionary perspective as its basis, this exciting book provides a framework by which the discipline can finally be coherently explored. By looking at what we know of human evolution and disease in relation to the diets that humans enjoy now and prehistorically, the book allows the reader to begin to truly understand the link between diet and disease in the Western world and move towards a greater knowledge of what can be defined as the optimal human diet. Written by a leading expert Covers all major diseases, including cancer, heart disease, obesity, stroke and dementia Details the benefits and risks associated with the Palaeolithic diet Draws conclusions on key topics including sustainable nutrition and the question of healthy eating This important book provides an exciting and useful insight into this fascinating subject area and will be of great interest to nutritionists, dietitians and other members of the health professions. Evolutionary biologists and anthropologists will also find much of interest within the book. All university and research establishments where nutritional sciences, medicine, food science and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this title.
Author : Michael Crawford
Release : 1989
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 573/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nutrition and Evolution by : Michael Crawford
Download or read book Nutrition and Evolution written by Michael Crawford. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Lieberman
Release : 2014-07-01
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 80X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Story of the Human Body by : Daniel Lieberman
Download or read book The Story of the Human Body written by Daniel Lieberman. This book was released on 2014-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years—with charts and line drawings throughout. “Fascinating.... A readable introduction to the whole field and great on the making of our physicality.”—Nature In this book, Daniel E. Lieberman illuminates the major transformations that contributed to key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; and how cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions have impacted us physically. He shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning a paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment and pursue better lifestyles.
