I have been doing a lot of reading over the years on isolated hunter-gatherer populations; see three references at the end of this post, all...
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Showing posts with label diseases of civilization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diseases of civilization. Show all posts
How lean should one be?
BMI,
body fat,
diabetes,
diseases of civilization,
evolution,
fat loss,
muscle gain,
muscle loss,
obesity,
Okinawa
Loss of muscle mass is associated with aging. It is also associated with the metabolic syndrome, together with excessive body fat gain. It i...
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Adiponectin supplementation: Body fat loss
Adiponectin is a hormone exclusively secreted by body fat. This hormone has been recently gaining attention from researchers because of some...
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Vitamin D levels: Sunlight, age, and toxicity
Calcidiol is a pre-hormone that is produced based on vitamin D3 in the liver. Blood concentration of calcidiol is considered to be a reliabl...
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Vitamin D deficiency, seasonal depression, and diseases of civilization
George Hamilton admits that he has been addicted to sunbathing for much of his life. The photo below (from: phoenix.fanster.com), shows him ...
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Cancer patterns in Inuit populations: 1950-1997
Some types of cancer have traditionally been higher among the Inuit than in other populations, at least according to data from the 1950s, wh...
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