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Paleolithic Diet vs. Vegetarianism:
What was humanity's original, natural diet?
A 3-Part Visit with Ward Nicholson
Copyright © 1998 by Ward Nicholson. All rights reserved.
Contact author for permission to republish.

 P A R T   1

Setting the Scientific Record Straight on Humanity's
Evolutionary Prehistoric Diet and Ape Diets.


 P A R T   2

Fire and Cooking in Human Evolution,
Rates of Genetic Adaptation to Change, Hunter-Gatherers, and Diseases in the Wild.


 P A R T   3

The Psychology of Idealistic Diets and
Lessons Learned from the Natural Hygiene Many-to-Many about Successes and Failures of Vegetarian Diets.

"One of the best things to ever appear on the net
on the subject of diet and human evolution. Probably the most
meticulously documented, closely detailed, well-researched
discussion I have ever read."


--Dean Esmay, host and moderator of the PALEODIET listgroup    


A detailed TABLE OF CONTENTS linked to all portions of the article can be
found at the bottom of this first page of introduction
.


Introductory Remarks

The discussions here were first published as a series of three interviews in Chet Day's Health & Beyond newsletter in October and December 1996, and January 1997. As new/additional information is now available for some of the topics covered in the interviews, updates in postscript form have been added here for each of the three original articles.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to check the [Updates to Part 1], [Updates to Part 2], and [Updates to Part 3] before prematurely attributing specific views to the author based only on the original section of each part of the interviews. A quick outline of the updates can be found in the Table of Contents for each part. Also, please note the following important modifications/changes in the present web version:



T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S


PART 1
Setting the Scientific Record Straight
on Humanity's Evolutionary Prehistoric Diet
and Ape Diets


Updates To Part 1:
Newer Research and Observations


IMPORTANT: The updates and additional observations linked to below modify some of the conclusions that were reached at the time the interview was first published in 1996. Before attributing a specific view on a particular subject to the author, please make sure you read the updates first.


PART 2
Fire and Cooking in Human Evolution,
Rates of Genetic Adaptation to Change,
Hunter-Gatherers, and Diseases in the Wild


Updates To Part 2:
Newer Research and Observations


IMPORTANT: The updates and additional observations linked to below modify some of the conclusions that were reached at the time the interview was first published in 1996. Before attributing a specific view on a particular subject to the author, please make sure you read the updates first.


PART 3
The Psychology of Idealistic Diets and
Lessons Learned from The Natural Hygiene Many-to-Many
About Successes and Failures of Vegetarian Diets


Updates To Part 3:
Additional Observations


IMPORTANT: The additional observations linked to below provide more in-depth information that further explores the eating behavior patterns, and their health impact, as described in the original interview that was first published in 1997. Before attributing a specific view on a particular subject to the author, please make sure you read the updates first.



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GO TO PART 1: Humanity's Evolutionary Prehistoric Diet and Ape Diets
GO TO PART 2: Fire and Cooking in Human Evolution
GO TO PART 3: The Psychology of Idealistic Diets / Successes and Failures of Vegetarian Diets

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