Re: The Evolution Diet Has Evolved!

<trigonometry1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Some even argue some Asians are better adapted
to high starch diets.


Study Finds Evidence of Genetic Response to Diet
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DiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalinkBy NICHOLAS WADE
Published: September 10, 2007

"Researchers studying the enzyme that converts starch to simple sugars
like glucose have found that people living in countries with a high-
starch diet produce considerably more of the enzyme than people who
eat a low-starch diet.

The reason is an evolutionary one. People in high-starch countries
have many extra copies of the amylase gene which makes the starch-
converting enzyme"

Hunting for a reason to hunt while gathering reasons not to,
Chris
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