Thursday, October 20, 2016

Which Foods Made Our Ancestors Thrive – And Which Caused Disease

Dr. Michael Eades - Paleopathology and the Origins of the Paleo (low-carb) Diet (SD-2016)5.0 out of 5 stars5 star100%4 star0%3 star0%2 star0%1 star0%3 ratings340:45

What did our ancestors eat? Which foods made them thrive and which caused disease? And why did the ancient Egyptians suffer from the same diseases as modern man does – despite eating a perfectly “healthy” whole grain, low-fat diet?

Dr. Michael Eades gives answers to all these questions in this interesting historical talk.

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The Origins of the Low-Carb Diet – Dr. Michael Eades

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Table of contents

  1:21  Modern medicine vs anthropology
  4:26  Expensive tissue hypothesis – determining what we ate
12:21  Stable isotope analysis – determining what we ate
18:21  Agriculturalists vs hunter-gatherers
28:34  What the ancient Egyptians ate

The Origins of the Low-Carb Diet – Dr. Michael Eades

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