It takes a genome how a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick
Greg Gibson posits a revolutionary new hypothesis: Our genome is out of equilibrium, both with itself and its environment. Simply put, our genes aren't coping well with modern culture. Our bodies were never designed to subsist on fat and sugary foods; our immune systems weren't designed fo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Pearson Education
2009
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Greg Gibson posits a revolutionary new hypothesis: Our genome is out of equilibrium, both with itself and its environment. Simply put, our genes aren't coping well with modern culture. Our bodies were never designed to subsist on fat and sugary foods; our immune systems weren't designed for today's clean, bland environments; our minds weren't designed to process hard-edged, artificial electronic inputs from dawn 'til midnight. And that's why so many of us suffer from chronic diseases that barely touched our ancestors |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 187 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780137155408 9780137155736 0137155735 |