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Letter to the Editor

thumbnail I wrote a letter to the New York Times about their recent article "The Overflowing American Dinnerplate", which I reviewed here . ...

Rats on Junk Food

thumbnail If diet composition causes hyperphagia, we should be able to see it in animals. I just came across a great study from the lab of Dr. Neil ...

Hyperphagia

thumbnail One of the things I didn't mention in the last post is that Americans are eating more calories than ever before. According to Centers f...

Media Misinterpretations

thumbnail The New York Times just published an article called " The Overflowing American Dinner Plate ", in which they describe changes in t...

Life Expectancy and Growth of Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Humans

thumbnail If paleolithic people were healthier than us due to their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, why did they have a shorter life expectancy than we do ...

Hunting

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Like 99.9% of the world's population, I am mostly dependent on agriculture for my food. It's fun to pretend sometimes though. I en...

Composition of the Hunter-Gatherer Diet

thumbnail I bumped into a fascinating paper today by Dr. Loren Cordain titled "Plant-Animal Subsistence Ratios and Macronutrient Estimations in ...