Sentences with phrase «diet of our human ancestors»

«When you're trying to reconstruct the diet of human ancestors, you want to look at a number of things, including the habitats they lived in, the potential foods that were available, how valuable those various food items would have been in relation to their energy content and how long it takes to handle a food item.»

Loren Cordain wrote the Paleo Diet based on his research about the probable diet of our human ancestors.

Not exact matches

It actually is possible for us to know what sort of diet our remote ancestors ingested, because the paleontologists, (anthropologists who study ancient sites etc) painstakingly collect human droppings, which are then analyzed for components which tell us what they ate.

A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa.

«The diet of our remote ancestors may be a reference standard for modern human nutrition and a model for defense against certain «diseases of civilization.»

Even though wild animals have a lower fat content associated with their muscles, our human ancestors did not limit themselves to lean muscle meat; doing so, in light of their high animal source diet, would have meant that they consumed a toxic amount of protein.

By looking to the diets and lifestyles of our ancestors, we believe that evolution has much to teach us about human optimization and healthful living.

A January 2014 study by oxford university revealed that 2 million years ago our earliest human ancestors relied heavily upon this root which fueled up to 80 % of their diet.

Ancient human diets, like those of our fellow great apes, largely consisted of plants, so they likely produced more base than acid in the kidneys of our ancestors.

Aside from the obvious problem of defining what our ancestors evolved to eat in light of the diversity of their diets, most paleo - diet fans miss the obvious fact that humans definitely did not evolve to eat the meats of today (even if grass - fed and free - range, although that IS healthier than factory - farmed) or the fish swimming in our polluted seas.

Bone broth's inception into the human diet began as the way our ancestors made good use of every part of the animals they hunted for food.

Using the latest scientific research and studies of primitive tribal lifestyles, Bond first explains the actual diet that our ancestors followed — a diet that was and still is in harmony with the human species.

Dr. Loren Cordain is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on the natural human diet of our Stone Age ancestors.

Dr. Loren Cordain is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on the natural human diet of our Stone Age ancestors.

Dr. Loren Cordain is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on the natural human diet of our Stone Age ancestors.