Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of decades or are one of those people who’re in denial about climate change and other related issues, you know that our environment is in dire straits. Global temperatures are rising, unprecedented levels of CO2 are present in the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans are filling […]
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Celebrating the 35th Birthday of the Paleolithic Nutrition Concept
This year (2020) marks the 35th anniversary of the publication of Boyd Eaton and Melvin Konner’s exceptional paper on evolutionary nutrition entitled “Paleolithic Nutrition: A Consideration of Its Nature and Current Implications” in The New England Journal of Medicine (full text). As a way of eating, Paleolithic nutrition represents an extremely old, time-tested practise, extending […]
What Are the Real-Life Benefits to Ancestral Living? 14 Questions with Evolutionary Health Aficionado Alessio Angeleri
One of the most fundamental Darwinian implications of the recognition that we’re fundamentally Stone Agers from a physiological point of view is that we are mismatched to contemporary conditions and would benefit from adjusting our way of living so that it more closely resembles that of our distant, naturally living ancestors. A wealth of scientific […]
Strength Training Guide: A Gateway to Improved Posture, Body Composition, and Musculoskeletal Health
Are you one of the many millions of people in the modern world who suffer from a musculoskeletal related problem, such as back pain, poor posture, or fragile bones? Or perhaps you’re just not happy with the way your body in general looks and feels, preferring a bit more muscle, definition, and punch in certain […]
What’s the Darwinian Recipe for a Fulfilling Life? 14 Questions with Evolutionary Psychologist Glenn Geher (PhD)
Nutrition, chemical exposure, exercise, exposure to light and nature, microbial stimuli, and sleep. These are the dominant topics of discussion not only here on Darwinian-Medicine.com, but also in the health and fitness community at large. And rightly so: there’s no doubt that all of these things are of critical importance when it comes to producing […]
‘Why Evolution Is True’: The Evidence for Darwinism
Earlier this year, as I was browsing the science section of a local library that I regularly frequent, I came across a book called Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne, who I now know, after doing some research online, is an American biologist who’s known for his work on speciation and his commentary […]
The Latest in Darwinian Medical Science: 12 Noteworthy New Papers That Shed Evolutionary Light on Health and Disease
The Darwinian approach to medicine is now being utilized by an increasingly diverse array of researchers, which is reflected in the scientific literature, where new evolution-oriented papers on topics as diverse as psychiatry, cardiology, and bariatrics routinely appear. Many of these articles and studies shed light on important facets of the human condition and make […]
How Extensive Are the Health Benefits of Intermittent Fasting? 10 Questions with Neuroscientist Mark Mattson (PhD)
Intermittent Fasting (IF) is high on the list of dietary concepts that have received the most attention over the past decade. It’s become quite popular and gained a substantial following composed not only of hardcore fitness devotees and evolutionary health aficionados, but also of housewives, office workers, and weight watchers who’re looking to level up […]
‘Darwin’s Subterranean World’: An Intriguing Blog That Reveals the True (Darwinian) Nature of the Human Mind
I’m rarely excited or impressed by information presented on health & fitness blogs any longer; a key reason being that I’ve come to recognize that so much of what’s out there lacks scientific & evolutionary depth and therefore scores poorly in terms of its accuracy and durability. Every now and then though, I’m swept off […]
‘Natural Selection, The Microbiome, and Public Health’: A Superb, “Must-Read” Article That Demystifies the Microbiome via Darwinian Means
The human microbiome is all the rage in this day and age. It’s at the forefront of modern science and medicine and features prominently in newspaper articles, health & wellness magazines, and diet books. But despite being so visible and scrutinized, the microbiome is frequently perceived as being a mystery – something that it’s difficult […]