Nutritional Adaptation in Man


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Abstract: The Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Nutritional Adaptation in Man aims to explore the longer-term adaptations which take place in people habitually consuming different diets or who are subjected to increased metabolic demands. These adaptations include biochemical and physiological homeostatic mechanisms plus a variety of social adjustments. Contents include: 1) The causes and relationship of child growth retardation; 2) Nutritional adaptation and genetics; 3) Energy intake and expenditure; 4) Appetite control and other mechanisms of weight homeostasis; and 5) Consequence of protein deficiency in man. A postscript is included which reflects participants' attempts to define adaptation.




Evolving Human Nutrition


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Exploration of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives and its influence on health and disease, past and present.




Nutritional Adaptation


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Human Evolutionary Biology


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Wide-ranging and inclusive, this text provides an invaluable review of an expansive selection of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability for professionals and students in biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, medical sciences and psychology. The chapters are organized around four broad themes, with sections devoted to phenotypic and genetic variation within and between human populations, reproductive physiology and behavior, growth and development, and human health from evolutionary and ecological perspectives. An introductory section provides readers with the historical, theoretical and methodological foundations needed to understand the more complex ideas presented later. Two hundred discussion questions provide starting points for class debate and assignments to test student understanding.




Fat Detection


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Presents the State-of-the-Art in Fat Taste TransductionA bite of cheese, a few potato chips, a delectable piece of bacon - a small taste of high-fat foods often draws you back for more. But why are fatty foods so appealing? Why do we crave them? Fat Detection: Taste, Texture, and Post Ingestive Effects covers the many factors responsible for the se




Human Adaptation


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Nutritional Needs in Cold and High-Altitude Environments


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This book reviews the research pertaining to nutrient requirements for working in cold or in high-altitude environments and states recommendations regarding the application of this information to military operational rations. It addresses whether, aside from increased energy demands, cold or high-altitude environments elicit an increased demand or requirement for specific nutrients, and whether performance in cold or high-altitude environments can be enhanced by the provision of increased amounts of specific nutrients.




The Biological and Cultural Sources of Variability in Human Nutrition


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Abstract: Based on the symposium "The Biological and Cultural Sources of Variability in Human Nutrition (University of California, Berkeley, December 3-5, 1975), the updated papers examine the history and evolution of man and his food. Considered are man and food in terms of history and ethnography; present-day man and his genetic and cultural relationships to food along with ability to adapt; and why malnutrition (including undernutrition and overnutrition) has become a serious problem and where to look for solutions. Papers discuss aspects of the following major topics: man's historical and sociocultural evolution and the effect of nutrition; effects of man's cultural and biological interactions and variability on nutrition; biological variables in human nutrition--human adaptability to nutritional variables; limits of tolerance of man's biological variability; and man's complex culture of today and tomorrow--can man's biological adaptation cope with cultural change, especially as regards nutrition?




The Contribution of Nutrition to Human and Animal Health


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This 1992 volume was prepared for the Golden Jubilee of the Nutrition Society and celebrates 50 years of nutrition research. It details the contribution which nutrition research has made and continues to make to the health of man and animals.




AARP The Paleo Diet Revised


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AARP Digital Editions offer you practical tips, proven solutions, and expert guidance. Eat for better health and weight loss the Paleo way with this revised edition of the bestselling guide with over 100,000 copies sold to date! Healthy, delicious, and simple, the Paleo Diet is the diet we were designed to eat. If you want to lose weight-up to 75 pounds in six months-or if you want to attain optimal health, The Paleo Diet will work wonders. Dr. Loren Cordain demonstrates how, by eating your fill of satisfying and delicious lean meats and fish, fresh fruits, snacks, and non-starchy vegetables, you can lose weight and prevent and treat heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, and many other illnesses. Breakthrough nutrition program based on eating the foods we were genetically designed to eat-lean meats and fish and other foods that made up the diet of our Paleolithic ancestors This revised edition features new weight-loss material and recipes plus the latest information drawn from breaking Paleolithic research Six weeks of Paleo meal plans to jumpstart a healthy and enjoyable new way of eating as well as dozens of recipes This bestselling guide written by the world's leading expert on Paleolithic eating has been adopted as a bible of the CrossFit movement The Paleo Diet is the only diet proven by nature to fight disease, provide maximum energy, and keep you naturally thin, strong, and active-while enjoying every satisfying and delicious bite.