Sentences with phrase «large part of the human diet»

This until now seemingly unnoticed mechanism can improve the nutritional value of a large part of the human diet, since Biologists have yet to discover any type of crop that does not have a variant of these so - called zinc pumps, Michael Broberg Palmgren explains.

In 2001 the Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association published a long overdue review warning people of the dangers of high protein diets, like the Atkins, the Zone, and Sugar Busters diets.14 Unfortunately, this one statement in an otherwise valuable report is scientifically incorrect: «Although plant proteins form a large part of the human diet, most are deficient in 1 or more essential amino acids and are therefore regarded as incomplete proteins.»

Not exact matches

The hypothesis on dietary differences between modern humans and Neandertals is based on the study of animal bones found in caves occupied by these two types of hominids, which can provide clues about their diet, but it is always difficult to exclude large predators living at the same time as being responsible for at least part of this accumulation.

Some late Paleolithic humans may have consumed smaller quantities of certain types of cereal grains, however, the weight of the evidence clearly indicates that grains did not make up a large part of the typical diet of Paleolithic humans.