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Paleolithic lifestyle and prevention of chronic disease / S. Boyd Eaton.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Eaton, S. Boyd, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Evolution.
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (42 min.) : digital, mono, SWF file, sound, color
Place of Publication:
London : Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, 2007.
System Details:
video file
Summary:
Audio-visual presentation : Stone Age genes and Space Age lives ; Chronic degenerative diseases ; Case illustrations: from dental caries to diabetes ; Paleolithic health promotion: deviation from the basics of ancestral life increases disease risk whilst reversion reduces it.
Contents:
Introduction
Outline
Chronic diseases have complex causality (1)
Normal distribution for genetic susceptibility
Chronic diseases have complex causality (2)
Genes and lifestyle influence disease incidence
We are genetic stone-agers (1)
Human evolution
Human evolution by Gould
Human evolution by Wilson
Human evolution by Klein
Contemporary humans live unnaturally
Representative illnesses
Categories of genetic-lifestyle discordances
A partial list of discordance-related diseases
Representative discordance-related diseases (1)
Dental caries
Refined carbohydrate and dental health
Refined sugar consumption
Representative discordance-related diseases (2)
Lung cancer
Cigarette consumption and lung cancer
Tobacco consumption in USA 1890-1990
Lung cancer in women
Why do girls and boys smoke?
Radon and lung cancer (1)
Radon and lung cancer (2)
Radon and lung cancer (3)
Emphysema
Representative discordance-related diseases (3)
Hypertension prevalence has increased in USA
Complications of hypertension (1)
Complications of hypertension (2)
Hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes
Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (1)
Comparative body mass indices
Triceps skinfold thickness in young males
Female figures from the Stone Age
Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (2)
Sodium and potassium consumption
Sources of sodium in the American diet
Normotensive populations
Sodium intake and hypertension
Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (3)
Comparable physical activity
Men and women activity in hunter-gatherers
Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (4)
Stone-Agers did not consume alcohol
Lifestyle changes for preventing hypertension (5)
Fruit and vegetable consumption
Representative discordance-related diseases (4)
Increase in prevalence of diabetes
Percentage of U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes
Insulin resistance syndrome
What is meant by insulin resistance?
Peoples with exceptional insulin sensitivity
Body composition
General muscular strength
Glucose removed from blood
Mean aerobic power aged matched males
Components of insulin resistance
Insulin action and body composition
Carbohydrate consumption
Apples, pears and insulin receptors (1)
Apples, pears and insulin receptors (2)
Insulin resistance: a biphasic process (1)
Insulin resistance: a biphasic process (2)
Insulinotropic foods (1)
Insulinotropic foods (2)
The Paleolithic lifestyle and disease prevention
Kuhnian paradigm (1)
Kuhnian paradigm (2)
Paradigms and science
We are genetic Stone-Agers (2)
Prospects.
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Retrieved April 6, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/143/.

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