Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the 21st century.

By L. Cordain, S. Eaton, A. Sebastian, N. Mann, S. Lindeberg, B. Watkins, J. O’Keefe, J. Brand-Miller. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005

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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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• Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa (2010, background): “Profound changes in diet and lifestyle conditions began with the so-called “Neolithic revolution” with the introduction of agriculture and animal husbandry≈10,000 y ago (4).”
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• B Vitamins and the Brain: Mechanisms, Dose and Efficacy—A Review (2016, background): “It has been suggested that this divergence between our evolutionary diet and our modern diet underlies the high levels of vitamin deficiencies seen in developed societies and many of the associated “lifestyle diseases” such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and dementia [25–28].”
• Dietary intakes and food sources of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (2003, background): “Substantial amounts of seeds, grains, dairy products, vegetable oils and processed foods became important components of the modern western diet (Cordain et al., 2005; Simopoulos, Leaf, & Salem, 1999).”