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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 The fundamental truth of evolution is that individuals who are best able to acquire food and avoid predation or disease are the most likely to survive and pass on their genes.
#2 The brain and body’s abilities to endure periods of food deprivation are adaptations that allowed our ancestors to survive and pass on their genes. These include the creativity that allows us to design and manufacture tools for hunting, the organization of societies via governments and religions, and the tolerance of bitter-tasting phytochemicals in plants.
#3 The human brain was sculpted by evolutionary processes based on whether a brain structure or type of nerve cell improved success in food acquisition or reproduction. The ability to navigate accurately while moving through complex environments is fundamental for success in food acquisition.
#4 The size of the prefrontal cortex is much bigger in humans than in other animals. It is believed that the expansion of the prefrontal cortex in primates allowed them to make critical decisions that increased their efficiency in foraging for fruits and nuts.

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Santé et bien-être

Diététique

diététique

Diets

Diet

Health

Fitness

Nutrition

Religion

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	30 avril 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669395775
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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#1

The fundamental truth of evolution is that individuals who are best able to acquire food and avoid predation or disease are the most likely to survive and pass on their genes.

#2

The brain and body’s abilities to endure periods of food deprivation are adaptations that allowed our ancestors to survive and pass on their genes. These include the creativity that allows us to design and manufacture tools for hunting, the organization of societies via governments and religions, and the tolerance of bitter-tasting phytochemicals in plants.

#3

The human brain was sculpted by evolutionary processes based on whether a brain structure or type of nerve cell improved success in food acquisition or reproduction. The ability to navigate accurately while moving through complex environments is fundamental for success in food acquisition.

#4

The size of the prefrontal cortex is much bigger in humans than in other animals. It is believed that the expansion of the prefrontal cortex in primates allowed them to make critical decisions that increased their efficiency in foraging for fruits and nuts.

#5

The Agricultural Revolution, which began approximately 10,000 years ago, has led to the luxury of food abundance for many human societies. Humans have developed methods for interrogating nature that have led to a true understanding of our place in the universe and of life on earth.

#6

The Scientific Revolution, which took place during the Enlightenment in the late 1600s and early 1700s, studied inanimate objects and living things. It revealed that species evolve over long periods of time by a process of selection for traits that provide advantages for survival and reproduction.

#7

The brain is made up of billions of individual neurons connected by synapses. The main difference between the human brain and the brains of lower animals is that there are more neurons and synapses in the human brain.

#8

The reduction of brain size during domestication is a result of the animals being provided food continuously. They therefore do not experience intermittent food deprivation, and so they do not have to expend the mental and physical effort to acquire food.

#9

The phenomenon of reduction in brain size during domestication may be occurring in humans by a process of self-domestication. By measuring the skulls of people who died more than 10,000 years ago and comparing their cranial volumes to those of people living in modern societies, scientists have concluded that there has been an approximately 10 percent reduction in overall brain size in humans.

#10

The adverse effects of overindulgent sedentary lifestyles on the brains of current and future generations are extremely concerning. The brains of individuals who are obese or have diabetes or both perform worse on cognitive tests than those who are normal weight.

#11

The brain has evolved to function well or even optimally in a food-deprived state. Food overindulgence adversely affects the brain because the signaling pathways that evolved to enhance brain function under conditions of food scarcity are relatively disengaged when food is consumed throughout one’s waking hours.

#12

The importance of food in the organization, function, and belief systems of the large societies into which we were born is profound.