Homo sapiens‘ intake of salt has skyrocketed over the most recent millenia, reaching shocking, unprecedented levels. A growing body of evidence indicates that this influx of sodium chloride into the human diet not only is at the center of the etiology of the hypertension epidemic, but that it has also contributed to driving up the […]
Health disorders
How Salt Causes Hypertension: The Latest Science
It’s widely acknowledged among well-read, perspicacious nutritionists and nutritional scientists that all of the salt that’s entered into our diets over the most recent millennia, and in particular the past century, has had a devastating impact on our health. Salt has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of ailments, including various forms of […]
Mental Illness Typically Starts in the Gut
Over the past decade I’ve been reading and thinking quite a bit about the etiology and pathophysiology of mental illnesses such as chronic depression, autism, and attention deficit disorder. Throughout this process it has become increasingly clear to me that mental illness typically doesn’t start in the mind, but rather, in the gut. This statement […]
Why Women Get Sick: The Origin of Breast Cancer and Other Reproductive-Related Disorders
Diseases and health problems associated with components of the female body that are critical with respects to the production and successful development of offspring pose a serious threat to modern women, in particular women who lead a western-type lifestyle. The fact that breast cancer, cervical cancer, and other similar conditions are a significant cause of […]
The Darwinian Causes of Mental Illness
Why do so many contemporary humans suffer from a mental illness? The global, collective prevalence of chronic depression, Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), autism, and other disorders of the mind is today fairly high, which is very concerning, seeing as these types of conditions in many cases have a devastating impact on measures of […]
The Beautiful Faces of Traditional People
Over the years I’ve looked at a number of photographs depicting traditional, non-westernized people who live under natural, non-industrialized conditions. One of the things I’ve repeatedly noticed and found enthralling is that such people generally have well-developed, beautiful faces. They don’t use skin lotions, cosmetics, shampoo, or conditioner, brush their teeth, or have access to […]
The First Ever Clinical Study on Fermented Vegetables and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
I came up with the idea for, and was in charge of planning and conducting, what is to my knowledge the first ever clinical research study that has looked into the efficacy of fermented vegetables in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The study, which was recently published in the journal Food & Function, […]
Why Hunter-Gatherers, as Well as Most Wild, Non-Human Animals, Are Fairly Lean
In some parts of the world, it’s now the norm rather than the exception to be overweight. This is an evolutionarily novel situation. Up until quite recently in our evolutionary history, virtually nobody was overweight or obese. Not only have we, via the changes we’ve made to our environment, been fattening ourselves up, but we’ve […]
The Evolutionary Underpinnings of the Obesity Epidemic
Obesity is a major problem in many parts of the world. In some nations, such as in the U.S. and Mexico, the ratio of overweight to lean people has actually exceeded 1, meaning that there are more overweight individuals than there are lean ones. This is concerning for a number of reasons, one of which […]
Why I Eschew Salt
Salt is a ubiquitous part of our current nutritional environment. It’s found in almost all convenience foods and in several of the food products that make up the foundation of the diet the average Joe and Jane eat, including in “the staff of life”, AKA bread, which typically contains as much as 1-1,5 grams of […]