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Begin at the Beginning

Begin at the Beginning Author’s Commen Author’s Comment The journey that led to the article, “Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Serum Cholesterol and Blood Pressure” in this issue of the ARCHIVES began with my lifelong interest in the origins and evolution of humans. This interest was maintained and strengthened during my 9 years of private practice in family medicine, seeing persons suffering with and dying of chronic diseases that seemed to be preventable. I wondered, what is it that we eat, do, etc, that is discordant with our evolutionary heritage that is causing these chronic diseases that appear to be diseases of modern civilization? In 1985 an article appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine that proved to be the precipitating factor for a major change in my career and life. The article, “Paleolithic Nutrition,” was an exciting work that provided estimates of the nu- tritional composition of the Paleolithic diet, the diet of our genus Homo from the transition of Homo erectus to Homo sapiens, through the refinement of archaic Homo sapiens to Homo sapiens sapiens, to the agricultural revolution. Estimates of differ- ences in the nutritional composition between Paleolithic diets and those of modern Americans were remarkable. Many were already http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Family Medicine American Medical Association

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Author’s Commen Author’s Comment The journey that led to the article, “Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Serum Cholesterol and Blood Pressure” in this issue of the ARCHIVES began with my lifelong interest in the origins and evolution of humans. This interest was maintained and strengthened during my 9 years of private practice in family medicine, seeing persons suffering with and dying of chronic diseases that seemed to be preventable. I wondered, what is it that we...
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Abstract

Author’s Commen Author’s Comment The journey that led to the article, “Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Serum Cholesterol and Blood Pressure” in this issue of the ARCHIVES began with my lifelong interest in the origins and evolution of humans. This interest was maintained and strengthened during my 9 years of private practice in family medicine, seeing persons suffering with and dying of chronic diseases that seemed to be preventable. I wondered, what is it that we eat, do, etc, that is discordant with our evolutionary heritage that is causing these chronic diseases that appear to be diseases of modern civilization? In 1985 an article appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine that proved to be the precipitating factor for a major change in my career and life. The article, “Paleolithic Nutrition,” was an exciting work that provided estimates of the nu- tritional composition of the Paleolithic diet, the diet of our genus Homo from the transition of Homo erectus to Homo sapiens, through the refinement of archaic Homo sapiens to Homo sapiens sapiens, to the agricultural revolution. Estimates of differ- ences in the nutritional composition between Paleolithic diets and those of modern Americans were remarkable. Many were already

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Archives of Family Medicine – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 2000

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    Bostick, RM; Fosdick, L; Grandits, GA; Grambsch, P; Gross, M; Louis, TA
  • Paleolithic nutrition: a consideration of its nature and current implications.
    Eaton, SB; Konner, M
  • Human studies of calcium supplementation and colorectal epithelial cell proliferation.
    Bostick, RM
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    Bostick, RM; Potter, JD; Sellers, TA; McKenzie, DR; Kushi, LH; Folsom, AR