Evolving Human Nutrition

Author : Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521869161
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolving Human Nutrition written by Stanley J. Ulijaszek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 415 pages. 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
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313011397
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Diet written by Peter S. Ungar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-03-30 with total page 215 pages. 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
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405197714
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food and Western Disease written by Staffan Lindeberg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 370 pages. 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
Publisher : Keats Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780879836573
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nutrition and Evolution written by Michael Crawford and published by Keats Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel Lieberman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030774180X
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Human Body written by Daniel Lieberman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 482 pages. 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.

Author : Roderick Floud
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139500805
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Changing Body written by Roderick Floud and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and demographers have linked the changing size, shape and capability of the human body to economic and demographic change. This fascinating and groundbreaking book presents an accessible introduction to the field of anthropometric history, surveying the causes and consequences of changes in health and mortality, diet and the disease environment in Europe and the United States since 1700. It examines how we define and measure health and nutrition as well as key issues such as whether increased longevity contributes to greater productivity or, instead, imposes burdens on society through the higher costs of healthcare and pensions. The result is a major contribution to economic and social history with important implications for today's developing world and the health trends of the future.

Author : Peter S. Ungar
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195183460
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution of the Human Diet written by Peter S. Ungar and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Marvin Harris
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781439901038
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food and Evolution written by Marvin Harris and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented interdisciplinary effort suggests that there is a systematic theory behind why humans eat what they eat.

Author : N. Atiba Amen-Ra
Publisher : Nun Amen-Ra
ISBN 13 : 0974146900
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Nutrition written by N. Atiba Amen-Ra and published by Nun Amen-Ra. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kerry G. Brock
Publisher : BRIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1889878405
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hunter-gatherer Within written by Kerry G. Brock and published by BRIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We want to examine what the scientific evidence suggests is really going on when we eat food, and how we can eat and live in a way that best gives us the health benefits of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle while living in and enjoying the advantages of the modern world. We also hope to use the evidence to explore how we can increase our chances of avoiding chronic diseases, obesity, and other health problems -- the "Diseases of Civilization."--P. 7.