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distant ancestral diet information

I'm interested in what type of genetic selection may have occurred among my very distant North Western European ancestors because of their available diet staples. For example, Scan …
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Can someone explain the ancestry references?

Hi everyone, I'm in my first week of Paleo and loving it so far. I have seen references on this site to people doing some sort of research into their ancestry to determine additona …
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Evolving Past The Paleo Diet

I have been eating a mostly paleo diet for over a year now, but lately I've been thinking more and more about evolution, and whether we should evolve the idea of paleo to move past …
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Are you eating like your grandparents ate?

My dad was Polish. Mom was Uruguayan and her parents were Hungarian. Assuming that my grandparents (on both sides) were healthier than people in my generation, it seems that I'd be …
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Paleo Diet and Ancestry/Heritage

Hey! Would a "Paleo" diet be better suited to an individual if he/she took into account where their people came from? Example: I am Oglala Lakota, n traditionally my people hunted …
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Ancestral Health Symposium

Quick question - is anyone else going to this? http://ancestryfoundation.org/ Just saw the agenda and speakers on Richard Nikoley's latest "Free the Animal" post and had to book th …
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Haplogroup research?

I know I'm not the first person to think of this, but looking over the archives here I don't see any mention of paleo people doing one of those genetic tests to discover their hapl …
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What do you think about DNA ancestry services?

Someone sent me a link to this https://www.23andme.com/ancestry/origins/ -- looks interesting. Map your global origins with the most complete coverage of your DNA. 23andMe …
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What would we have eaten in a desertlike environment?

my last name means scorched earth, and my ancestors came from a dry area in poland. What would they eat in a desert?
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Of ancestry and food choices. [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Should we eat according to our ancestry? What should be considered the cut-off point to fine-tune food choices considering personal ancestry? 500 year …