The ancestral human diet: What was it and should it be a paradigm for contemporary nutrition?

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Eaton, S Boyd ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral human diet; Dietary recommendations; Health promotion; Human evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; MINERAL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; TRANS FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PROTEIN DIET; SODIUM INTAKE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FRUIT; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; VEGETABLES;

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EID: 32944473153     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2005471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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