A multidisciplinary reconstruction of Palaeolithic nutrition that holds promise for the prevention and treatment of diseases of civilisation

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-129

  Kuipers, Remko S ^a   Joordens, Josephine C A ^b   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary recommendations; Disease prevention; Disease treatment; Evolutionary medicine; Healthy ageing; Palaeolithic nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DIET; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HABITAT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PALAEOLITHIC NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAVANNA; VEGETATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CIVILIZATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HABITS; GENOME; HEALTH; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LONGEVITY;

EID: 84863657965     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422412000017     Document Type: Review

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