I’ve made the case many times here on the site that a widespread incorporation of evolutionary health principles into our medical system could transform the health of contemporary Homo sapiens. I’m not the only one who holds such a belief. Several other health practitioners and researchers do as well. Today, I’m talking with one such […]
How Darwinian Medicine Can Transform Human Health – An Interview With Iver Mysterud (PhD)
April 18, 2017 by 2 Comments
6 Books That Will Change Your Perspective on Health & Medicine
March 5, 2017 by 1 Comment
I’m regularly contacted by people who find the emerging field of Darwinian medicine intriguing and fascinating. Many of these individuals aren’t comfortable with just sitting idly by watching the Darwinian medicine train passing them by. They want to get on and be a part of the journey. Some may even hope to become a part […]
Do Gut Bacteria Control Your Appetite? 15 Questions With Dr. Joe Alcock
February 11, 2017 by 2 Comments
Did you happen to see the wave of news stories on the microbiome-host appetite connection that recently swept across the internet? You probably did, as it was pretty hard to miss. Articles claiming that the bacteria that dwell deep in our guts affect our eating behavior and dietary preferences were popping up all over the […]
What Are the Root Causes of Modern Illness? 16 Questions With Researcher and Therapist Begoña Ruiz Núñez
February 8, 2017 by 7 Comments
Over the years I’ve read countless scientific papers on nutrition, health, and medicine. While I found many of these papers very interesting, only a few left a lasting impression on me. A couple of years back, I came across one such fascinating piece of writing. The paper, entitled Lifestyle and nutritional imbalances associated with Western […]
Do You Want to Become an Expert in Darwinian/Evolutionary Medicine?
January 22, 2017 by 2 Comments
Darwinian/evolutionary medicine is a fascinating and emerging discipline. Over the past couple of decades, more and more people, including many scientists and health practitioners, have started to recognize that our current health-care system is bleeding and diseased; a malady has taken hold at its roots. Some of these observant individuals make the case that the […]
Can Worms Cure Disease? 17 Questions With Dr. William Parker
January 20, 2017 by 7 Comments
Quite recently I was contacted by Donna Beales, a researcher and proponent of Darwinian medicine. She told me she was looking for like-minded people who would be interested in spearheading projects related to Darwinian/evolutionary medicine and biome reconstitution. Among other things, she was looking for officers for a non-profit organization she was trying to set […]
Learn From the Best: 10 Health/Nutrition Scientists You Should Follow
January 17, 2017 by 9 Comments
These days, you don’t have to look far and wide to find information about nutrition, health, and medicine. The internet is filled to the brink with it. If you do a quick Google search you immediately have thousands, if not millions, of articles, e-books, and videos at your fingertips. On the internet, everybody gets a […]
Research Roundup: 20 New and Interesting Articles on the Human Microbiome
October 29, 2016 by 3 Comments
I’ve read many scientific articles lately. Some were good and interesting, others were not. In today’s blog post I’ve collected the ones that I found most intriguing, so that you get to read them too. All of the papers are about the human microbiome, which is the main topic of today’s research roundup. Some of […]
Follow Darwinian-Medicine.com on Facebook
October 21, 2016 by 2 Comments
Do you follow Darwinian-Medicine.com on Facebook? You should! The blog has always been my main focus – and continues to be so. However, I also try to update the Facebook page on a regular basis. Instead of making a new blog post every time I come across an interesting article or study I want to […]
Evolutionary Mismatches: 6 Videos That Explain Why We Get Sick
June 1, 2016 by 1 Comment
I talk a lot about evolutionary mismatches here on Darwinian-Medicine.com – and for good reason. Many, if not most, of the chronic ills that affect contemporary human populations are caused by a mismatch between genes and environment. By combining the evolutionary discordance/mismatch model with other key concepts of Darwinian Medicine (e.g., trade-offs), we get a […]
