{"product_id":"food-and-western-disease-9781405197717","title":"Food and Western Disease","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book commences with a look at evolutionary medicine and then covers what we know about the food available to humans in palaeolithic times, and its nutritional components. The major section of the book which follows, covers the main 'modern' diseases including heart disease, stroke, cancer, overweight, dementia and hypertension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This should make an invaluable guide for practitioners who already work in this area trying to help people whoare struggling with their weight, as well as those that just want to know more about the complex and challenging area of obesity management .” (\u003ci\u003eNutrition Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003eLoren Cordain.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Why do we get sick?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 We are changing at pace with the continental drift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Are we adapted for milk and bread?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Expanding our perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The perspective of academic medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The concept of normality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Genetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Dietary guidelines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Ancestral human diets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Available food.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Nutritional composition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Modern diseases.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Ischaemic heart disease (coronary heart disease).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Atherosclerosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Type 2 diabetes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Overweight and obesity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Insulin resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Hypertension (high blood pressure).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Dyslipidaemia (blood lipid disorders).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Heart failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Dementia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 Cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 Osteoporosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.13 Rickets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.14 Iron deficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.15 Autoimmune diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Risks with the Palaeolithic diet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Haemochromatosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Iodine deficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Exaggerated drug effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Viewpoint summary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Evolutionary medicine instead of vegetarianism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Traditional populations are spared from overweight and cardiovascular disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Insulin resistance is more than abdominal obesity and diabetes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Non-Europeans are affected the hardest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 ‘Foreign’ proteins in the food.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Effects of an ancestral diet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 The ancestral diet: a new concept.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Healthy eating.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Non-recommended foods?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Recommended foods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Variation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Compromises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407930794327,"sku":"9781405197717","price":67.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405197717.jpg?v=1730500994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/food-and-western-disease-9781405197717","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}