Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W1710325889> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W1710325889 endingPage "57" @default.
- W1710325889 startingPage "43" @default.
- W1710325889 abstract "This paper reviews evidence from human physiology as to which foods may have been typically consumed by the hominin ancestral lineage up to the advent of anatomically modern humans. Considerable evidence suggests that many common diseases can be prevented by hunter-gatherer diets. Apparently, human nutritional metabolism is not perfectly fine-tuned for recently introduced staple foods, such as cereals, dairy products, added salt, and refined fats and sugar. It is much more uncertain if human physiology can provide direct evidence of which animal and plant foods were regularly consumed during human evolution, and in what proportions. The requirements of ascorbic acid can easily be met by organ meats from large animals, as well as by plant foods. Vitamin B12 is absent in plant foods and must be supplied from meat, fish, shellfish, or insects, but the required amounts are apparently small. Since iodized salt and dairy products were not available before the advent of agriculture, only those ancestors with highly regular access to fish or shellfish would be expected to have reached the currently recommended intake of iodine. However, there is insufficient data to suggest that humans, by way of natural selection, would have become completely dependent on marine food sources. Therefore, it is highly possible that human requirements for iodine are currently increased by some dietary factors. These theoretically include goitro-gens in certain roots, vegetables, beans, and seeds. The notion that humans are strictly dependent on marine foods to meet requirements of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids still awaits solid evidence. Shifting the focus from general human characteristics to ethnic differences, persistent lactase activity in adulthood is obviously not the only characteristic to have emerged under nutritional selection pressure. Other examples are a relative resistance against diseases of affluence in northern Europeans and a relatively low prevalence of gluten intolerance in populations with a long history of wheat consumption. In conclusion, humans are well adapted for lean meat, fish, insects and highly diverse plant foods without being clearly dependent on any particular proportions of plants versus meat." @default.
- W1710325889 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W1710325889 creator A5066105765 @default.
- W1710325889 date "2009-01-01" @default.
- W1710325889 modified "2023-09-26" @default.
- W1710325889 title "Modern Human Physiology with Respect to Evolutionary Adaptations that Relate to Diet in the Past" @default.
- W1710325889 cites W102644746 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W128639693 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1509867017 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1540612162 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1588203924 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1805121006 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1821348039 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1858019207 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1883921044 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1885559565 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1895646380 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1900838714 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1909636004 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1910166950 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1916774151 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1922087192 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1922978388 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1939165114 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1949482878 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1953072781 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1953666920 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1961135013 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1963599141 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1968533034 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1969636761 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1971266226 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1971991743 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1975334244 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1975647610 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1978792924 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1978967695 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1980708799 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1981410337 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1983531379 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1985638768 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1992180127 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1994520842 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W1996798819 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2002956860 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2003698127 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2004168108 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2014726548 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2015836822 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2016211755 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2018343866 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2019984124 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2022604362 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2024951919 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2025210034 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2025253353 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2025290788 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2026043541 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2028027403 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2028513794 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2028534078 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2028631084 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2029442311 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2029978377 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2029991627 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2031414151 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2031841082 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2035529488 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2038769432 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2039454558 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2043329700 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2044261098 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2046698644 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2047217615 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2048474290 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2052678335 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2053545725 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2054257916 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2058036417 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2060423442 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2063061723 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2064721286 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2068136079 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2070451449 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2071189444 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2074034133 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2076123781 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2082158170 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2083020212 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2083375712 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2084160841 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2085495555 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2087200750 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2091880327 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2093436932 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2094981066 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2099579250 @default.
- W1710325889 cites W2100023355 @default.