Cardiovascular Disease Resulting from a Diet and Lifestyle at Odds with Our Paleolithic Genome: How to Become a 21st-Century Hunter-Gatherer

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-108

  O'Keefe Jr , James H ^a   Cordain, Loren ^b  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MINERAL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ARCHEOLOGY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FORAGING; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; OBESITY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0347623270     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.1.101     Document Type: Review

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