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Loren Cordain
Also known as: Cordain, L. Cordain
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Evolutionary Eating — What We Can Learn From Our Primitive Past todaysdietitian.com Apr 1, 2009 12 facts
claimLoren Cordain asserts that the majority of the human genome is derived from the environment of hunter-gatherer ancestors and earlier, despite genetic changes occurring since the agricultural revolution.
measurementApproximately 330 human generations have passed since the development of agriculture, according to Loren Cordain.
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.
perspectiveLoren Cordain posits that the evolution of the human diet may explain the emergence of modern chronic diseases, as many of these conditions manifested only after the advent of agriculture.
claimCordain et al. argue that the introduction of novel foods such as dairy products, cereals, refined sugars, refined vegetable oils, fatty meats, and salt during the Neolithic and Industrial Eras fundamentally altered the nutritional characteristics of ancestral hominin diets and negatively impacted health.
quoteCordain stated: “Clearly, we cannot eat wild plant and animal foods as our sole nutritional source, but by mimicking the nutritional characteristics of these foods with common foods available at the supermarket, we can markedly improve our health.”
procedureCordain recommends that individuals eat fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats, and seafood while avoiding processed and packaged foods to follow the basics of the Paleo Diet.
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.
quoteCordain et al. stated: “The novel foods (dairy products, cereals, refined cereals, refined sugars, refined vegetable oils, fatty meats, salt, and combinations of these foods) introduced as staples during the Neolithic and Industrial Eras fundamentally altered several key nutritional characteristics of ancestral hominin diets and ultimately had far-reaching effects on health and well-being.”
claimCordain created the Paleo Diet to mimic the nutritional characteristics of the evolutionary and genetic heritage of humans, based on the belief that modern nutritional changes interfere with ancient human genes and contribute to diseases like cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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.
claimLoren Cordain, author of The Paleo Diet, states that the human genome is a result of past events in the generations of humans who came before them.
Paleo's evolution and the modern story of stone-age eating - Rily rily.co Mar 20, 2024 6 facts
claimLoren Cordain acknowledges that his 2002 book 'The Paleo Diet' could not exist without the 1985 paper written by Eaton.
claimLoren Cordain asserts that wild game consumed in the premodern era was lean, tough, and contained higher levels of omega-3 fats compared to modern, stationary beef.
claimLoren Cordain authored the 2002 book 'The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat,' which is credited with popularizing the paleo diet and establishing it as a significant industry.
claimLoren Cordain identifies seafood as a significant source of protein and healthy fats for premodern humans.
claimLoren Cordain argues that human bodies are better adapted to proteins from wild game, such as lean meats from wild ruminant animals like bison, deer, horses, elk, and mammoth.
claimS. Boyd Eaton and Loren Cordain argue against the consumption of legumes because they did not constitute a significant portion of the diet of pre-agrarian humans.
The Evolution of Diet - National Geographic nationalgeographic.com 4 facts
measurementLoren Cordain concluded after studying living hunter-gatherer societies that 73 percent of these societies derived more than half of their calories from meat.
procedureLoren Cordain's Paleo diet prescription recommends consuming lean meat and fish while avoiding dairy products, beans, and cereal grains, as these foods were introduced after the invention of cooking and agriculture.
claimAdvocates of the Paleo diet, such as Loren Cordain, claim that consuming the foods eaten by hunter-gatherer ancestors can help modern humans avoid diseases of civilization, including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and acne.
claimLoren Cordain, an evolutionary nutritionist at Colorado State University, asserts in his book 'The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat' that the Stone Age diet is the only diet that ideally fits human genetic makeup.
Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the ... academia.edu 3 facts
referenceLoren Cordain, S.B. Eaton, J. Brand Miller, S. Lindeberg, and C. Jensen published an evolutionary analysis of the etiology and pathogenesis of juvenile-onset myopia in Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica in 2002.
referenceLoren Cordain, S. Lindeberg, M. Hurtado, K. Hill, S.B. Eaton, and J. Brand-Miller published a study identifying acne vulgaris as a disease of Western civilization in the Archives of Dermatology in 2002.
referenceLoren Cordain, M.R. Eades, and M.D. Eades published a paper titled 'Hyperinsulinemic diseases of civilization: more than just syndrome X' in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A in 2003.
Future of Food Series Part IV: The Evolution of Diet harmonyvalleyfarm.blogspot.com Sep 11, 2014 2 facts
perspectiveLoren Cordain advocates for a diet consisting of lean meat and fish while limiting the intake of beans, cereal grains, and dairy products to avoid 'diseases of civilization' such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer.
measurementLoren Cordain, an evolutionary nutritionist at Colorado State University, found in his studies of traditional hunter-gatherer societies that 73 percent of the societies obtained at least 50 percent of their daily caloric intake from meat.
The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com Jul 30, 2022 1 fact
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.
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claimLoren Cordain, an evolutionary nutritionist at Colorado State, asserts that a Stone Age diet is the only diet that ideally fits human genetic makeup.
Loren Cordain - Origins and Evolution of the Western Diet - YouTube youtube.com Apr 5, 2011 1 fact
claimLoren Cordain presented a lecture titled 'Origins and Evolution of the Western Diet: Health Implications for the 21st Century'.