Take a journey back in time with our top 10 articles of the year on evolution, beginning with our most recent ancestors and voyaging back to the dawn of life. (newscientist.com)
Modern diets commonly include far more arachidonic acid, mostly from grain fed animal products, than either the diet of our distant ancestors consuming more plant - based diets, or even relatively recent ancestors consuming smaller amounts of grass - fed animal products. (nutritionfacts.org)
Unlike the people who think that we should eat only what our Paleolithic ancestors ate (meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, tubers) because that is what we are genetically adapted to eat, people who follow the teachings of Weston A. Price (see May 20, 2010 post) look to our more recent ancestors and what they ate prior to the introduction of industrial foods in the 1800s, i.e. paleo foods plus dairy products and properly prepared grain products. (blog.realfood-realhealth.com)