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1. Introduction
2. Food may explain human uniqueness
3. Brain volume and early cultural events evolution
4. The shore-based diet
5. Fire and cooking
6. Out-of-Africa (1)
7. Out-of-Africa (2)
8. Out-of-Africa (3)
9. Out-of-Africa (4)
10. Food shaping the genome and human diversity
11. Salivary amylase
12. Distribution of salivary amylase copy number
13. Dairy products
14. Lactose tolerance/intolerance
15. Lactase persistence and lactase non-persistence
16. World map lactase persistence
17. Alcoholic beverages consumption
18. Alcohol tolerance: the ADH1 locus
19. Towards globalization
20. The agricultural revolution
21. Food globalization
22. Dietary globalization consequence (1)
23. Dietary globalization consequence (2)
24. Human nutrition research in the 20th century
25. The first reported ethnic/lifestyle interaction
26. Diet-blood cholesterol connection
27. The Javanese-Dutch connection
28. Ancel Keys and the diet-blood cholesterol
29. Ancel Keys and the seven countries study (1)
30. Ancel Keys and the seven countries study (2)
31. Ancel Keys and the seven countries study (3)
32. Migration studies on nutrition and health (1)
33. Migration studies on nutrition and health (2)
34. Men participating in the Ni-Hon-San study
35. The westernization/globalization of lifestyles
36. Specialized genes in a global environment
37. The upcoupling of traditional genes
38. The Puerto Rican migration to the USA
39. Puerto Ricans living in the US mainland
40. Working hypothesis
41. Differences in allele frequencies
42. Summary
43. Thank you

Topics Covered

• Nutrition and evolution of brain development
• Human diversity
• Salivary amylase and starch digestion
• Positive selection of lactase persistence
• Food globalization
• The diet-heart connection: nature versus nurture
• Health disparities
• Genetic predisposition
• Gene-environment interactions

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Series:

• Biomarkers

Categories:

• Metabolism & Nutrition

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

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Publication History

• Published on October 11, 2012

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Jose Ordovas has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.