{"product_id":"evolving-health-9780471352617","title":"Evolving Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman illnesses can be understood as damage to those adaptations that we took on at various stages in our evolution from pre-life molecules to modern Homo sapiens. Preventing these illnesses entails avoiding what causes the damage  which too frequently are the everyday hazards of twenty-first-century life, as the chart below shows:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevel of Evolution\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eCause of adaptive failure\u003c\/i\u003e \/ resulting disease or problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePre-life\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental poisons\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Certain birth defects\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSingle cell (bacteria and amoeba-like)\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eViral infection\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Colds\/flu\/HIV\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorula (sponge-like)\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eCellular stress\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Cancer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChordate\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003ePhysical stress\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Back pain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFish\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eExcess dietary salt\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Hypertension\/heart disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmphibian\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eTobacco smoke\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Lung cancer\/emphysema\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLower primate\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eExcess dietary sugar\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Diabetes mellitus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigher primate\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eVit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...many of the book's points are excellent and would yield delight if effectively delivered to the public and to the clinicla specialists...a gem...\"(human-nature.com, 11 June 2002)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"...rich in facts and good quality high-fibre solid information...\" (Evolving Health Focus, August 2002)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Achieving Adaptive Normality, Your EvolutionaryBirthright.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. How Our Health Evolved.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. An Evolutionary Child s Birthright:Perinatal and Pediatric Diseases.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Virus War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Cellular Stress: A General Model for Cancer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Breast Cancer, Prostate Diseases, and Cancersof the Reproductive System.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Heart Disease and High Blood Pressure:A Story of Fish and Chips.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Why We Smoke.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Diabetes Mellitus and the Thrifty Genotype .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Gout, Liver Enzymes, and Global Climate Change.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Back Pain, Bad Knees, and Flatfeet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. Gut Diseases.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. The Evolution of Psychiatric Disorders.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Uncivilized Solutions: ReestablishingAdaptive Normality in Your Life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402571194711,"sku":"9780471352617","price":22.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471352617.jpg?v=1730480794","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/evolving-health-9780471352617","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}