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"Meat eating made us human. The anthropological evidence strongly supports the idea that the addition of increasingly larger amounts of meat in the diet of our predecessors was essential in the evolution of the large human brain. Our large brains came at the metabolic expense of our guts, which shrank as our brains grew. In April 1995 an article appeared in the journal Current Anthropology that was an intellectual tour de force and, in my view, an example of a perfect theoretical paper. "The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis" (ETH) by Leslie Aiello and Peter Wheeler demonstrated by a brilliant thought experiment that our species didn't evolve to eat meat but evolved because it ate meat. It was our gradual drift toward the much higher quality diet provided by food from animal sources that allowed us to develop the large brains we have. It was hunting and meat eating that reduced our GI tracts and freed up our brains to grow. As I wrote at the start of this post, the evidence indicates that we didn't evolve to eat meat - we evolved because we ate meat."

Last week, Harvard researchers reported how healthy 50-year-old men and 60-year-old women could benefit from taking a statin even if they didn't have high cholesterol. The people they studied had high levels of C-reactive protein, or CRP, which is a marker for inflammation. The study showed that risk for major heart problems was cut by about 50 percent among the statin users.\n\nBut like many industry-sponsored drug studies, the results focused on something called "relative risk," which compares differences between study groups. Relative risk has the effect of exaggerating a drug's benefits. What does a 50 percent reduction in heart risk mean? It means that just one out of 120 statin users was helped by the drug.

Benoquin is chemically composed of monobenzone. This active constituent is known as monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone in chemical terms. Benoquin (monobenzone) is known to decrease the pigmentation of the skin and treats the uneven appearance of the skin color. Benoquin helps in vitiligo and improves skin color permanently and quickly.

"Maybe vitamin D isn't the answer after all. Not only does the above statement ring true, it's also the title of a recent post on "Dr. Len's Cancer Blog" - a website written by Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the national office of the American Cancer Society, in order to facilitate communication with the public on important issues related to cancer. "

"came across a gem of a study the other day, courtesy of Dr. John Briffa's blog. It's titled "Margarine Intake and Subsequent Coronary Heart Disease in Men", by Dr. William P. Castelli's group. It followed participants of the Framingham Heart study for 20 years, and recorded heart attack incidence*. Keep in mind that 20 years is an unusually long follow-up period. "

"In a prospective study involving 6,937 men and women, higher levels of vitamin D were associated with a significantly lower risk of lung cancer in women and younger participants. During a maximum follow-up of 24 years, 122 cases of lung cancer were identified. After adjusting for potential confounders, higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were associated with reduced risk of lung cancer risk in women (84% reduced risk) and younger participants (66% reduced risk). No association was observed between vitamin D status and lung cancer risk in men and older participants. "

What is PāNu? PāNu is an approach to living centered on the thesis that the diseases of civilization are largely related to abandonment of the metabolic conditions we evolved under - what I have termed the "evolutionary metabolic milieu" - EM2. Returning to EM2 is not based on paleolithic food re-enactment. You don't have to eat bugs or wooly mammoths. Unlike many popular "diets", it doesn't require a calculator, or even a recipe book once you learn some basic science about food.

"Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Wheat is Invading China Dr. Michael Eades linked to an interesting study yesterday on his Health and Nutrition blog. It's entitled "Vegetable-Rich Food Pattern is Related to Obesity in China." It's one of these epidemiological studies where they try to divide subjects into different categories of eating patterns and see how health problems associate with each one. They identified four patterns: the 'macho' diet high in meat and alcohol; the 'traditional' diet high in rice and vegetables; the 'sweet tooth' pattern high in cake, dairy and various drinks; and the 'vegetable rich' diet high in wheat, vegetables, fruit and tofu. The only pattern that associated with obesity was the vegetable-rich diet. The 25% of people eating closest to the vegetable-rich pattern were more than twice as likely to be obese as the 25% adhering the least. The authors of the paper try to blame the increased obesity on a higher intake of vegetable oil from stir-frying the vegetables, but that explanation is juvenile and misleading. A cursory glance at table 3 reveals that the vegetable-eaters weren't eating any more fat than their thinner neighbors. Dr. Eades suggests that their higher carbohydrate intake (+10%) and higher calorie intake (+120 kcal/day) are responsible for the weight gain, but I wasn't satisfied with that explanation so I took a closer look.

"A new study suggests many Americans aren't getting anywhere nearly enough of the vitamin, and it may be affecting their heart health. In the study, researchers looked at tens of thousands of healthy adults 50 and older whose vitamin D levels had been measured during routine checkups. A majority, they found, were deficient in the vitamin. About two-thirds had less vitamin D in their bloodstreams than the authors considered healthy, and many were extremely deficient. Less than two years later, the researchers found, those who had extremely low levels of the vitamin were almost twice as likely to have died or suffered a stroke than those with adequate amounts. They also had more coronary artery disease and were twice as likely to have developed heart failure. The findings, which are being presented today at an American Heart Association conference in Orlando, don't prove that lack of vitamin D causes heart disease; they only suggest a link between the two. "

Sometimes, you tend to experience a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal. To get rid of it, you can bite a few cruxes of hazelnuts, walnuts with a little red wine to see immediate effect.

Cut the garlic cloves into quarter, clean the garlic and place it in a container. Pour ½ liter of red wine and recap the jar tightly. Keep it in a bright place for about 2 weeks.

In a pan, put a quarter of a cup of unrefined olive oil, and then add four chopped garlic cloves to it. Until the garlic become brownish; fry it, and then, remove the garlic and leave oil to cool down.

Take one tablespoon of thistle oil and natural honey. Mix both of them. Rub this into your hair roots first and then apply the mixture over entire hair up to the ends.

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While the beginner at Yoga may find that some yoga accessories are not essential, once you get past that stage you will find that certain items will not only make those exercises much easier, but safer too. When you don't have to worry about where your essentials are or whether you are going to slip out of your yoga pose you will be able to concentrate on doing it with a much better focus.

While the beginner at Yoga may find that some yoga accessories are not essential, once you get past that stage you will find that certain items will not only make those exercises much easier, but safer too. When you don't have to worry about where your essentials are or whether you are going to slip out of your yoga pose you will be able to concentrate on doing it with a much better focus.

Have you always loved the sour and tangy taste of juicy bright oranges? Has the refreshing flavor of lemonade always delighted your taste buds? The same citrus fruits also delight your body in many different ways! Citrus fruits are rich in antioxidants which help in preventing you from cardiovascular disease and cancer to skin damage …

Have you always loved the sour and tangy taste of juicy bright oranges? Has the refreshing flavor of lemonade always delighted your taste buds? The same citrus fruits also delight your body in many different ways! Citrus fruits are rich in antioxidants which help in preventing you from cardiovascular disease and cancer to skin damage …

I believe as we start running we need to get the fundamentals of our running action right then we can build on that.

I believe as we start running we need to get the fundamentals of our running action right then we can build on that.