There has been quite a lull in the activity of this listserve - perhaps
we're all getting talked out. Anyway, for those that may be interested, my
cereal grain manuscript has finally come into print along with two very
important articles concerned with the paleodiet concept in the most recent
issue of the World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics. The articles in this
issue (entitled: Evolutionary Aspects of Nutrition and Health. Diet,
Exercise, Genetics and Chronic Disease) are as follows:
1. Neel, J.V.: When Some Fine Old Genes Meet a 'New' Environment
2. Cordain, L.: Cereal Grains: Humanity's Double-Edged Sword
3. Brand-Miller, J.C.; Colagiuri, S.: Evolutionary Aspects of Diet
and Insulin Resistance
4. Chen, J.D.: Evolutionary Aspects of Exercise
5. Simopoulos, A.P.: Genetic Variation and Nutrition
Note that author J.V. Neel is the originator of the so called
"Thrifty Genotype Hypothesis", perhaps one of the most orienting concepts in
nutritional and biomedical anthropology (1) . Also, note that Jennie Brand
Miller's classic "Carnivore Connection" hypothesis (2) has been updated and
revised in her article in this issue of World Review of Nutrition and
Dietetics.
Artemis Simopoulos, M.D., is to be commended for putting together
such an important and timely compilation of articles showing how humanity's
genetic makeup has been directly influenced by nutritional selective
pressures and how our present day diet may be discordant with our stone age
genome.
Interested readers can obtain this issue at this website:
http://www.karger.ch/bookseries/wrund/wrund084.htm
Cordially,
Loren
References
1. Neel JV. Diabetes mellitus: a "thrifty" genotype rendered
detrimental by "progress". Am J Hum Genet 1962;14:353-62.
2. Brand Miller JC, Colagiuri S. The carnivore connection: dietary
carbohydrate in the evolution of NIDDM. Diabetologia 1994;37:1280-86.
Loren Cordain, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
tel: (970) 491-7436
fax:(970) 491-0445
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http://www.colostate.edu/Colleges/CAHS/ess/cordain.htm
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