{"product_id":"food-and-western-disease-health-and-nutrition-from-an-evolutionary-perspective-paperback-softback-9781405197717","title":"Food and Western Disease; Health and Nutrition from an Evolutionary Perspective (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405197717","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFood and Western Disease\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHealth and Nutrition from an Evolutionary Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStaffan Lindeberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405197717, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 December 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 2.3 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This should make an invaluable guide for practitioners who already work in this area trying to help people whoare struggling with their weight, as well as those that just want to know more about the complex and challenging area of obesity management .” (\u003ci\u003eNutrition Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNutrition science is a highly fractionated, contentious field with rapidly changing viewpoints on both minor and major issues impacting on public health. With an evolutionary perspective as its basis, this exciting book provides a framework by which the discipline can finally be coherently explored.  \u003cp\u003e By looking at what we know of human evolution and disease in relation to the diets that humans enjoy now and prehistorically, the book allows the reader to begin to truly understand the link between diet and disease in the Western world and move towards a greater knowledge of what can be defined as the optimal human diet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a leading expert \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers all major diseases, including cancer, heart disease, obesity, stroke and dementia \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetails the benefits and risks associated with the Palaeolithic diet \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws conclusions on key topics including sustainable nutrition and the question of healthy eating \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e This important book provides an exciting and useful insight into this fascinating subject area and will be of great interest to nutritionists, dietitians and other members of the health professions. Evolutionary biologists and anthropologists will also find much of interest within the book. All university and research establishments where nutritional sciences, medicine, food science and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003eLoren Cordain.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Why do we get sick?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 We are changing at pace with the continental drift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Are we adapted for milk and bread?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Expanding our perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The perspective of academic medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The concept of normality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Genetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Dietary guidelines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Ancestral human diets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Available food.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Nutritional composition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Modern diseases.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Ischaemic heart disease (coronary heart disease).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Atherosclerosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Type 2 diabetes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Overweight and obesity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Insulin resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Hypertension (high blood pressure).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Dyslipidaemia (blood lipid disorders).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Heart failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Dementia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 Cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 Osteoporosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.13 Rickets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.14 Iron deficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.15 Autoimmune diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Risks with the Palaeolithic diet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Haemochromatosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Iodine deficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Exaggerated drug effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Viewpoint summary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Evolutionary medicine instead of vegetarianism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Traditional populations are spared from overweight and cardiovascular disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Insulin resistance is more than abdominal obesity and diabetes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Non-Europeans are affected the hardest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 ‘Foreign’ proteins in the food.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Effects of an ancestral diet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 The ancestral diet: a new concept.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Healthy eating.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Non-recommended foods?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Recommended foods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Variation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Compromises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Family \u0026amp; health [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Family \u0026amp; health\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Family%20\u0026amp;%20health%20%5BVF%5D%22\"\u003eVF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501371257112,"sku":"9781405197717","price":64.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405197717.jpg?v=1786234206","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/food-and-western-disease-health-and-nutrition-from-an-evolutionary-perspective-paperback-softback-9781405197717","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}