Archive for January, 2009
Cultural vs Natural Selection, Part 1
Modern parents seem to forget how useful children can be around the house. At other times, in other cultures, adults knew that if they didn’t rear enough children, life would be extremely difficult. Traditionally, children were expected to “earn their keep” in a material sense. In the Brazilian Amazon, a village head man was overheard [...]
In: Insulin, Populations
Visit Your Dentist Twice A Year, Part 3
So what we’ve learned this week is that any people who eat the softest vegetables, bread, or leafy vegetables is bound to chew a good deal more than the average for a carnivorous people. However, the Eskimo or meat eaters are the only ones ever found in present or former times who can show 100 [...]
In: Diet, Populations, Teeth
Visit Your Dentist Twice A Year, Part 2
The “experts” like to retort that the Eskimo’s tooth health is due to their eating coarse foods which require much chewing and massages the gums. This provides an “out” for the dentist whose care does not save the patient’s teeth. It’s hard to find evidence for this theory, however. The best teeth of the mixed-diet [...]
In: Diet, Populations, Teeth
Visit Your Dentist Twice A Year, Part 1
It seems that back in 1946, the dental advice was the same as it is today. A clean tooth never decays, brush your teeth and floss after every meal, and visit the dentist every six months. Evidently, merchants were selling exotic toothpastes, powders, gargles and rinses, and special toothbrushes. I’ve seen some electric versions that [...]
In: Diet, Populations, Teeth
Ronald Krauss, the Conclusion
Now that we know why all carbohydrates are bad for heart disease, there is yet more to learn from the brilliant Dr. Krauss. Throughout the 1980s, he continued to refine his understanding of how the LDL subclasses affect heart disease. He discovered that LDL in the population falls into two distinct patterns which he called [...]
In: Cholesterol, Diet
