Sentences with phrase «evolving human diets»

Another pet nutrition trend that grew out of evolving human diets is grain - free, which initially gained traction alongside the paleo and gluten - free trends in the human market.

What do a heist thriller, the evolving human diet, water quality, consumer behavior, literature, and Mars have in common?

Not exact matches

Apparently both ergot and the grasses that now form most of the diet for the human race evolved together.

The world's largest land predators have evolved genes that let them eat a diet ultra-high in fat that would give most humans a heart attack

Whereas humans evolved over time on a complex diet, hummingbirds evolved on a diet rich in sugar.

Walter and co-author Edward Deehan, his PhD student, are concerned that a dramatic shift away from a diet similar to the one under which the human - microbiome symbiosis evolved is a key factor in the rise of non-communicable disorders like obesity.

Studies have suggested that humans evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega - 6 to omega - 3 essential fatty acids of 1:1 but that the Western diet has a ratio that is closer to 15 or 16:1.

Paleos argue that meat was an essential part of the early human's diet, and many vegans argue that while our species evolved eating flesh, it's not necessary when plants are available.

The Paleo diet is not so much a diet as it is a lifestyle that focuses on optimal human nutrition — favoring food sources that we evolved to thrive on more than 2.5 million years.

It is estimated that humans evolved eating a diet that is close to equal in Omega 3s and 6s.

A. Every creature, including humans, has the perfect diet it evolved to eat, whether it's a cricket, a parrot or a wolf.

Humans evolved on diets that were liberal in carbs, and spending one's life living without these is nearly impossiblly hard.

Perhaps an omnivorous diet is how we humans evolved.

The WAPF philosophy involves eating a traditional diet composed of «nutrient dense foods» and natural animal fats, reflective of what humans evolved to eat over millions of years.

Carbohydrates come from plants and there is no doubt that a plant - based diet provides the phytonutrients that humans evolved to eat and need in order to create optimal health.

Scientists have already stated it would take millions of years for humans to evolve their diet from a plant / meat style diet to incorporate grains.

The concept of the Paleo approach to eating is that humans were evolving for millions of years prior to the Neolithic period, which is when agricultural practices changed our diet considerably.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the common rationalization for paleolithic diets that humans have been following these diets for vast periods of time and therefore should have evolved (i.e. physically adapted) to eating that way?

The human race has eaten this diet for millions of years, thus our bodies have evolved to require the nutrients in this diet to function optimally.

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Despite what you'll hear from extreme vegans, extreme raw foodists, and other believers in «extreme» types of diets that eliminate entire portions of the historical human diet, the human digestive system evolved to eat a mixture of plants and animal foods (yes, we evolved as omnivores), as well as a mixture of raw food AND cooked food.

Studies show that humans actually evolved on a diet lower in omega - 6 and higher in omega - 3 than what we typically consume today (one of the many reasons to consider going Paleo).

Humans evolved eating these alkaline (base - forming) diets over millions of years.

Humans are certainly capable of living on an omnivore diet, but human / primate anatomy and biochemistry evolved over tens of million years as a plant eater.

Archaeologists examining fossil poo (no, I'm not making this up) from paleolithic humans finds that they ate a diet containing 100 grams and more of fiber a day showing that our bodies evolved eating a simply staggering amount of fiber!

Proponents of Ancestral diets claim that the human body has never evolved to eat glutinous grains which is why wheat is linked to so many health problems including obesity.

Paleo - diet promoters like to point out that because B12 vitamins are new on the human species» timeline, we are not evolved to eat a purely vegan diet, and because we are not evolved to eat it, they argue, a purely vegan diet is not optimal for human health.

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.

I noticed there was little to no debate in the opposition of this subject I have to disagree with the theory that vegetarianism is an ideal diet for the human body, mainly for the fact that is not how humanoids have evolved for thousands of years.

Murdoc's Take: The idea is that genetically we evolved to thrive on certain foods that were the primary source of the human diet prior to mass industrial farming and other changes to our food supply.

The basis for the Paleo diet is that adherents believe that humans evolved into modern humans as hunter - gatherers.

Our human physiology evolved on a diet rich in plant foods.

While humans evolved to eat a wide range of foods, cats have bodies that are highly specialized — their bodies really only «know how» to pull nutrition out of animal flesh, which is why cats eating even the most varied of vegetarian diets will develop nutritional deficiencies without proper supplementation.

While humans thrive on diets that include more calorically dense foods like fruits, starches, nuts, and seeds, rabbits have evolved to eat hay, grass, and leafy greens almost exclusively.

While humans can do quite well on diets that contain moderate amounts of starch and healthy fats (including nuts, seeds, and avocados), rabbits have evolved to eat diets that consist mostly of low - fat, low - calorie, high - fiber foods like grass and hay.

Humans, who are omnivores, have evolved to thrive on diets that are full of more calorically dense foods, like starches, nuts, seeds, and fruits.

However, dogs have evolved alongside humans, and their diet needs have evolved as well.

Although your dog can survive on an all - meat diet if certain nutrients and minerals are added, dogs have evolved with humans long enough that they often do better on diets more similar to ours.

You may have heard of the «Cave Man» diet as it applies to humans, the theory being that unprocessed fresh foods high in protein and low in carbohydrates are best for people who evolved successfully over thousands and thousands of years consuming just such a diet.

As with human nutrition, there are many schools of thought as to what is considered to be a healthy balanced diet and continuing research makes both human and pet nutrition a constantly changing and evolving topic.