Scholars link obesity and disease to dramatic dietary changes – Medical Xpress

Are obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular illnesses and more the result of a “mismatch” between the meals we eat and the foods our bodies are prepared for?
The “mismatch hypothesis” argues that each of our bodies has evolved and adapted to digest the foods that our ancestors ate, and that human bodies will struggle and largely fail to metabolize a radically new set of foods.
“Humans evolved in a very different environment than the one we’re currently living in,” said Amanda Lea, a postdoctoral research…

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