Food and Western Disease Health and Nutrition from an Evolutionary Perspective

Name: Food and Western Disease Health and Nutrition from an Evolutionary Perspective
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ISBN: 9781405197717

ISBN-10: 1405197714

ISBN-13: 9781405197717

Edition: 2010

Authors: Staffan Lindeberg

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The incidence of â€²Westernâ€² or â€²modernâ€² diseases increases worldwide year-on-year with more evidence linking their aetiology with humansâ€² diets. This exciting new book looks at what we know about human evolution and disease in relation to the diets that humans enjoy now and prehistorically.The book commences with a look at evolutionary medicine and then covers what we know about the food available to humans in palaeolithic times, and its nutritional components. The major section of the book which follows, covers the main â€²modernâ€² diseases including heart disease, stroke, cancer, overweight, dementia and hypertension. Aspects such as prevalance, relevant dietary factors and any…

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List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 12/18/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.60" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Introduction



Why do we get sick?



We are changing at pace with the continental drift



Are we adapted for milk and bread?



Expanding our perspective



The perspective of academic medicine



The concept of normality



Genetics



Dietary guidelines



Ancestral human diets



Available food



Nutritional composition



Modern diseases



Ischaemic heart disease (coronary heart disease)



Stroke



Atherosclerosis



Type 2 diabetes



Overweight and obesity



Insulin resistance



Hypertension (high blood pressure)



Dyslipidaemia (blood lipid disorders)



Heart failure



Dementia



Cancer



Osteoporosis



Rickets



Iron deficiency



Autoimmune diseases



Risks with the Palaeolithic diet



Haemochromatosis



Iodine deficiency



Exaggerated drug effects



Viewpoint summary



Evolutionary medicine instead of vegetarianism?



Traditional populations are spared from overweight and cardiovascular disease



Insulin resistance is more than abdominal obesity and diabetes



Non-Europeans are affected the hardest



'Foreign' proteins in the food



Effects of an ancestral diet



The ancestral diet: a new concept



Healthy eating



Non-recommended foods?



Recommended foods



Variation



Compromises


Glossary


References


Index