The Doctors digest health and nutrition advice » Quick Soundbites http://thedoctorsdigest.com health and nutrition advice Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Evidence of a vegetarian diet permanently shaping the human genome to change individual risk of cancer and heart disease http://thedoctorsdigest.com/evidence-of-a-vegetarian-diet-permanently-shaping-the-human-genome-to-change-individual-risk-of-cancer-and-heart-disease/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/evidence-of-a-vegetarian-diet-permanently-shaping-the-human-genome-to-change-individual-risk-of-cancer-and-heart-disease/#comments Sat, 21 May 2016 14:51:48 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2861 Evidence of a vegetarian diet permanently shaping the human genome to change individual risk of cancer and heart disease Click on the above link to go to the Science Daily summary of the original paper Are we what we eat? Date: March 29, 2016 Source: Molecular Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press) Summary: In a new evolutionary proof […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/evidence-of-a-vegetarian-diet-permanently-shaping-the-human-genome-to-change-individual-risk-of-cancer-and-heart-disease/feed/ 0 Why are doctors reluctant to accept change? http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-are-doctors-reluctant-to-accept-change/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-are-doctors-reluctant-to-accept-change/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:33:35 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2620 Why are doctors reluctant to accept change? Let me start by saying that I don’t know the precise answer to this question. In our defence, it isn’t only doctors who are reluctant to accept change. Most of us are creatures of habit and are probably all a little bit guilty of following accepted dogma blindly. And if a change […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-are-doctors-reluctant-to-accept-change/feed/ 0 Why “The Paleo Diet” is not synonymous with a “Low-carb Diet”. http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-the-paleo-diet-is-not-synonymous-with-a-low-carb-diet/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-the-paleo-diet-is-not-synonymous-with-a-low-carb-diet/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:15:15 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2769 Many people think that the “Paleo diet” is synonymous with a “Low-Carb” diet. This most certainly is not the case. A central feature of the Paleo diet is that how much carb, protein or fat that one eats is not as important as where the carbs, fat and protein came from. For example, a carb from a […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-the-paleo-diet-is-not-synonymous-with-a-low-carb-diet/feed/ 0 Dietary Controversies http://thedoctorsdigest.com/dietary-controversies/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/dietary-controversies/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:47:46 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2757 1. Video of “Dietary Controversies” talk at the Royal Society of Medicine. Introduction to “Seminar on Evolutionary Nutrition” at the Royal Society of Medicine on the 6th of November 2015 2. Are Western Diseases Normal? 3. The Western Diet and Diseases of Civilisation.

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/dietary-controversies/feed/ 0 Is there such a thing as one single Hunter-Gatherer diet? http://thedoctorsdigest.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-one-single-hunter-gatherer-diet/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-one-single-hunter-gatherer-diet/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:28:54 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2691 Until 10,000 years ago all humans ate wild and unprocessed food. These last 10,000 years represent roughly 500 generations of mankind – this recent blip in our long history is the era in which agriculture, farming and civilisations developed. Even though modern Man may be civilised and intellectually superior to pre-historic Man, our genomes are […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-one-single-hunter-gatherer-diet/feed/ 0 The Story of Mokolo the Gorilla: How he shed 65 pounds whilst doubling his calorie intake http://thedoctorsdigest.com/the-story-of-mokolo-the-gorilla-how-he-shed-65-pounds-whilst-doubling-his-calorie-intake/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/the-story-of-mokolo-the-gorilla-how-he-shed-65-pounds-whilst-doubling-his-calorie-intake/#comments Tue, 05 May 2015 11:17:58 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2540 It appears that humans aren’t the only species to be afflicted with heart disease. Animals in captivity are too. In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of male Western lowland gorillas in North American zoos. Brooks, a 21-year-old gorilla, died of heart failure at an American Zoo in 2005. Following the death of Brooks, […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/the-story-of-mokolo-the-gorilla-how-he-shed-65-pounds-whilst-doubling-his-calorie-intake/feed/ 0 10 Paleo Myths Busted http://thedoctorsdigest.com/10-paleo-myths-busted/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/10-paleo-myths-busted/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:16:04 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2346 1. Hey Caveman, isn’t the Paleo diet all about meat? Not true. You can eat fruit and vegetables to your heart’s content on a Paleo diet. 2. I will be missing out on important nutrients because I’m cutting out whole food groups. Not true. Replacing “grains, refined oils, refined sugar and dairy” with “fruit, vegetables, […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/10-paleo-myths-busted/feed/ 0 10 FAQs about the Palaeolithic diet http://thedoctorsdigest.com/faqs-palaeolithic-diet/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/faqs-palaeolithic-diet/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:32:48 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=1790 What you should be eating:  Vegetables, fruit, fish, eggs, unprocessed meat and nuts. What you shouldn’t be eating: Grains, refined sugar, refined oil, legumes and dairy products. 1. Isn’t the Paleo diet all about meat? A resounding ‘NO’. You can eat fruit and vegetables to your heart’s content! Studying cultures which have eaten the Palaeolithic […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/faqs-palaeolithic-diet/feed/ 2 20 health related facts that I didn’t know 20 years ago http://thedoctorsdigest.com/20-health-related-facts-didnt-know-20-years-ago/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/20-health-related-facts-didnt-know-20-years-ago/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:44:58 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=1067 1) Most Western diseases are related to diet and lifestyle. 2) Sugar is worse for you than saturated fat. 3) Most people (including myself) are deficient in vitamin D. 4) The type of fat that you eat is more important than the total amount. 5) The type of carbohydrate that you eat is more important […]

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