Food, Ancestry, and the Modern Diet
A practical route into ancestral foods, modern processed foods, sugary drinks, starch quality, food history, glycemic load, and metabolic risk.
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Food basics2 links
Ancestry and food history9 links
Sugar, processing, and modern food environment10 links
- History of Sugar (Pre-1984)
- History of Sugar (After 1984)
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Glycemic Index vs Glycemic Load
- NOVA, Nutri-Score, and International Dietary Practices
- Sugary Drinks
- Sugary Drinks and Heart Disease
- The Modern Processed Foods
- The Western Diet and the Metabolic Environment
- Why Sugary Drinks Are Worse Than Sugar in Whole Fruit
Food, genes, and community action7 links
Understanding what has changed in the food environment is essential for understanding modern metabolic disease.
