evolution

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• January 4, 2013
  Flesh and Fructose

  Meat and sugar increase uric acid levels, which are associated with increased risk of gout, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, prediabetes, diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular..
• January 2, 2013
  Miocene Meteorites and Uric Acid

  Human beings lost the ability to detoxify uric acid millions of years ago. What implications does this have for our health today?
• October 9, 2012
  Paleolithic Lessons

  An evolutionary argument for a plant-based diet is presented, in contrast to "paleo" fad diets.
• May 14, 2012
  The Acne-Promoting Effects of Milk

  Dairy is considered a major cause of the acne epidemic and other more serious chronic diseases in the Western world due to the "abuse" of the mammalian postnatal signaling system by widespread cow..
• May 7, 2012
  Cow’s Milk-Induced Infant Apnea

  The opiate-like effects of the casomorphin in cow's milk may have a depressive effect on the respiratory center of infants and lead to "milk apnea," in which babies temporarily stop breathing and are..
• March 5, 2012
  So Should We Drink Beet Juice or Not?

  In the context of a healthy plant-based diet, the nitrates in vegetables can safely be converted into nitric oxide, which can boost athletic performance and may help prevent heart disease.
• February 7, 2012
  Cheapest Source of Vitamin B12

  Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) supplementation can cost as little as $2 a year.
• December 6, 2011
  Evolutionary Argument for Optimal Vitamin D Level

  Should the vitamin D levels found in lifeguards be considered the norm for our species given the fact that we evolved running around naked all day in equatorial Africa?