Estimated macronutrient and fatty acid intakes from an East African Paleolithic diet

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1666-1687

  Kuipers, Remko S ^a   Luxwolda, Martine F ^a   Janneke Dijck Brouwer, D A ^a   Eaton, S Boyd ^b   Crawford, Michael A ^c   Cordain, Loren ^d   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Arachidonic acid; Cholesterol; Docosahexaenoic acid; Evolutionary medicine; Hunter gatherers; Land water ecosystem; Linoleic acid; Long chain PUFA; Macronutrients; Paleolithic diet

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

AFRICA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING; LIFESTYLE; MACRONUTRIENT; MEAT; PALEOLITHIC; PROTEIN INTAKE; SATIETY; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650032022     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002679     Document Type: Article

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