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hunter-gatherer diet
Also known as: hunter-gatherer diet, hunter-gatherer diets, Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diets
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Evolutionary Eating — What We Can Learn From Our Primitive Past todaysdietitian.com Apr 1, 2009 3 facts
claimCordain asserts that late Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diets differed from the modern Western diet by having a lower glycemic load, a net base yielding to the kidney, higher potassium and lower sodium levels, higher fiber levels, more protein, fewer carbohydrates, and higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.
claimCordain suggests that modern humans can improve health by mimicking the nutritional characteristics of hunter-gatherer diets using foods available at modern supermarkets, even though they cannot rely solely on wild plants and animals.
claimCordain asserts that late Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diets differed from the modern Western diet in fatty acid intake, specifically having higher omega-3s, lower omega-6s, more highly unsaturated fatty acids, lower trans fatty acids, and higher monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Paleolithic diet - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 3 facts
claimBefore the agricultural revolution, hunter-gatherer diets rarely included grains, and obtaining milk from wild animals would have been nearly impossible.
claimAdopting the Paleolithic diet assumes that modern humans can reproduce the hunter-gatherer diet.
referenceA 2018 review of hunter-gatherer diets concluded that the dietary provisions of the Paleolithic diet were based on questionable research and were "difficult to reconcile with more detailed ethnographic and nutritional studies of hunter-gatherer diet".
The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com Jul 30, 2022 3 facts
referenceL. Cordain and colleagues estimated plant-animal subsistence ratios and macronutrient energy in worldwide hunter-gatherer diets in a 2000 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
claimThe historical focus on meat in Paleolithic diets reflects biases in the archaeological record and is supported by assertions that most calories in modern hunter-gatherer diets and Paleolithic diets (based on isotopic analysis) were derived from animal sources.
referenceKatharine Milton provided a perspective on hunter-gatherer diets in a 2000 article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the ... academia.edu 2 facts
referenceCordain L, Eaton SB, Brand Miller J, Mann N, and Hill K published 'The paradoxical nature of hunter-gatherer diets: meat based, yet non-atherogenic' in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2002 (Volume 56, supplement, pages S42-52).
claimModern diets are characterized by the consumption of highly processed foods, which were largely absent in hunter-gatherer diets.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceA. Veile's 2018 study in Physiology & Behavior examines the relationship between hunter-gatherer diets and human behavioral evolution.
Comparison of Traditional Indigenous Diet and Modern Industrial ... isom.ca Feb 26, 2024 1 fact
claimIn hunter-gatherer diets at latitudes above 40°, excessive consumption of lean meats from wild game can lead to a syndrome known as 'rabbit starvation' due to exceeding the maximum rate of urea synthesis (MRUS), as noted by Cordain et al. (2000).
The Evolution of Diet - National Geographic nationalgeographic.com 1 fact
measurementThe Paleolithic period, which is the timeframe associated with hunter-gatherer diets, lasted from approximately 2.6 million years ago until the start of the agricultural revolution.