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Food and Western Disease: Health and Nutrition from an Evolutionary Perspective 1st Edition

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (January 11, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1405197714
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405197717
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.7 x 9.6 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsImpressive work of research
By Martin on February 12, 2010
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I had read some books dealing with the Paleo-diet style. I also have a personal library with more than 200 books, whose subjects are in one or other way, related with the one in this book (say anthropology, evolution, primatology, nutrition and medicine). I can only say that this one is a really informative book, truly worked, plenty of wisdom and real science, that is, written with a sceptical point of view and with an interest in trying not to be biased at all. It's insightful and thoughtful. I highly recommend its reading if you're one who believe in evolution as the real tool for understanding nutrition. Nutrition is just an inseparable part from the ecosystem, and humans are not different from other animals. If nutrition in zoos is seen as a scientific issue, how is that human nutrition is seen as a political, social and economic arrangement? Once one read this book his/her live changes forever, because one cannot simply think of those colourful card box full of grain and dairy derived stuff as food. One starts looking at those edibles very different from food, from human food and its real meaning.

I reiterate my recommendation of reading this profound research. It doesn't mind you're a medical doctor or practitioner, an anthropologist or a mere human being who seeks light in the messed nutrition world, this is one of the few fresh books which deserves a read. No fad; no preaching; only science, true science, written in a readable way and with a humble and friendly style.

Martin

PS: If you read and liked this book, then you could be interested in this one (albeit dealing with a quite different subject): The Biology of Human Longevity:: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans.
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5.0 out of 5 starsEasy to Read, Informative, Packed with Footnotes on Studies
By Susan Schenck TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on March 3, 2010
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Amazon.com recommended this university textbook to me, based on my purchase of hundreds of nutrition books. Well, I hadn't spent so much money on a book since I was in college! But one look at the table of contents was enough to convince me that my nutritional knowledge would never be complete without this information. Then the snow storms delayed the book's arrival by a week as I eagerly anticipated the book's arrival, daily tracking its whereabouts on Amazon.com.

I was not disappointed. I read the book from cover to cover in less than a week. It is jam-packed with information. Nearly every sentence is backed with a footnote citing a study as evidence. There are a few things that I disagree with, for example that a high fat diet may be dangerous, but even the author admits those studies often include grains in the diet (which are, as the author would agree, detrimental to our health). I also wish the author had delved more into the relevance of cooked vs. raw since the Paleolithic diet (advocated in the book) undoubtedly contained mostly raw, enzyme-rich foods.

Why study our evolutionary diet? Author Staffan Lindeberg, MD, PhD, explains that (from the perspective of evolutionary biology) there are four causes of disease or symptoms: attack (as with bacteria and viruses); defense (as with a fever, in which your body is heating itself up to limit the cell division of the bacteria and virus); design error (as with choking on food--airway and gastrointestinal system are crossed); and lack of adaptability to new environment (as with insulin resistance, since we are eating more high glycemic carbs than our ancestors did). The drug companies would have you believe that every disease is a design error and needs to be fixed by a new chemical concoction.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsOutstanding
By Sasquatch on May 13, 2010
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Dr. Lindeberg is a leading figure in the paleolithic diet world, and arguably the most knowledgeable person alive on diet and health in Papua New Guinea. He lead the Kitava study, which is one of the most informative and complete characterizations of any traditionally-living population to date.

The book touches on many "Western diseases" and their possible dietary causes. Nearly every factual statement is extensively referenced. The book contains over 2,000 references. The book is a gold mine of references. Lindeberg is a consummate skeptic, a treatment he gives his own theories as well as those of others. This is a must-read book for any serious student of diet and health who has a scientific or medical background.

Although it's a paperback, the paper and print are top quality. I felt guilty marking on it and folding over pages.

For the Kitava study aficionados, the book contains some previously unpublished data.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFood for Thought
By Douglas T. Hawes on October 6, 2011
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At 76 years of age I read this book with a lot of past history. Dr. Lindeberg convinced me that I was eating way too much cheese. That perhaps I should be eating none at all. Secondly, that my eating of whole wheat crackers and bread along with the dairy products might well be a good part of the reasons I had high blood pressure, was over weight, and was prediabetic. Now, can I at this ripe old age change my eating habits? Time will tell but he has convinced me to try and I have added more fruit to my diet and am lowering the amount of whole wheat.

Dr. Lindeberg does not set out to convince you of the above and he appears not to in anyway gain by your conversion. He is rather just a 'dumb' scientist pointing out with 2034 references why the average Western man's diet leads the Western man to the diseases mentioned above. And I in the above have just simplified what he writes in pointing out those things that apply most to me of his well thought out expose.

He has arrived at his learned hypothsis by comparing the diet and diseases of primitive cultures that have diets more in keeping with man's evolutionary past, with the diets and diseases of Western man. He then has shown the scientific background for the conclusions he has drawn. There are only 230 pages of writing, plus glossary and references. It is in a dry but very readable (well with some checking on the meaning of words) text that should be on anyones book list that wants to better understand the effects of diet on the human body. It is a must, in my opinion for anyone in the medical or nutrition professions. Forget all those diet books; read this book first and then figure out where you need to go next. This book in time should become a classic
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsAn extremely interesting and well researched view of nutrition

I have not finished this book, so far it is extremely interesting and has taught me a great deal

Published 4 months ago by laura PhD
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

An extraordinary book. Should be obliged reading for every doctor and nutritionist (especially all the pseudo-nutritionists!

Published 18 months ago by John Cox
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Published on December 7, 2012 by Peter McCluskey
5.0 out of 5 starsThe science behind the hype

Dr Lindeberg has my complete respect for writing this book. The tone is unbaised, the references succinct and the conclusions pretty much unimpeachable. Read more

Published on November 7, 2012 by DMWFred
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat book

This magnificent book by the "master" S. Lindeberg is a breakthrough in understanding the origin of western diseases!! Read more

Published on June 28, 2012 by Gabrielp De Carval
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A smorgasboard of very palatable and easily digestible info ;-) Makes you come back for second helpings. Leaves an inspiring aftertaste, which may help prompt lifestyle changes. Read more

Published on October 13, 2011 by Voice O. F. Reason
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A precise and well-referenced meta-analysis of the studies and research done on human health as related to nutrition. This is now my "go to" book fror answers and further readings. Read more

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