Its Not the Genes that Controls Your Health
The central dogma that genes are the main cause of death in our nation is no longer the complete gospel. The cause and cure of a vast majority of illness is the environment.
"Although our genes have hardly changed, our culture has been transformed almost beyond recognition during the past 10,000 years, especially since the industrial revolution. There is inreasing evidence that the resulting mismatch fosters "diseases of civilization" that together cause 75 percent of all deaths in Western nations, but are rare among persons whose lifestyle reflect those of our preagricultural ancestors"
-Boyd Eaton MD
Stone agers in the fast lane: Chronic degenerative diseases in evolutionary perspective
The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 84, Issue 4, Pages 739-749
S. Eaton, M. Konner, M. Shostak
"Although our genes have hardly changed, our culture has been transformed almost beyond recognition during the past 10,000 years, especially since the industrial revolution. There is inreasing evidence that the resulting mismatch fosters "diseases of civilization" that together cause 75 percent of all deaths in Western nations, but are rare among persons whose lifestyle reflect those of our preagricultural ancestors"
-Boyd Eaton MD
Stone agers in the fast lane: Chronic degenerative diseases in evolutionary perspective
The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 84, Issue 4, Pages 739-749
S. Eaton, M. Konner, M. Shostak
