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"He began Diet evolution that day. I also prescribed supplements to augment his diet—there was no time to lose. Six weeks later, Jed's triglycerides were one-third their previous level. His LDL ("bad") cholesterol followed suit. More important, his HDL ("good") cholesterol, and specifically a subgroup of HDL that actually scours arteries had doubled. Three months later, Jed was skiing down the pristine slopes of Utah's Deer Valley for eight hours a day—pain free. Two years have passed since Jed's heart attack." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "Soon, other people I have come to call Club members began arriving, asking me to teach them about Diet evolution. Although I never advertised this program, word of mouth has changed my practice forever. Three days a week I teach these members how to stay away from me, earning the nickname "No More Mr. Knife-Guy." The remaining two days I operate on people who don't listen to me or haven't yet heard my message. Most of my surgery patients soon become Club members, too." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "I began to offer my Diet evolution program to patients I had operated on, in the hope that it would enable them to avoid a second operation. My office nurse, nurse practitioner, and office manager all started the program and lost 72 pounds, 45 pounds, and 42 pounds, respectively. Then one fateful day, I was referred a patient with 90 percent blockage in the main artery to the brain. He needed a carotid endarterectomy, which entails opening up the artery, removing the plaque, and sewing it back up." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"It makes sense that during evolution, organisms had to compete intellectually to figure out how to find food." Mattson's latest work will change the way we look at some of our healthiest foods. An enormous industry has sprung up to promote the cancer-fighting properties of foods and products that contain antioxidants. Eat more antioxidant-rich broccoli, the logic goes, and you'll live a longer and healthier life. True, perhaps, but not for the reasons the marketing folks would have you believe." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "THE ALARM SYSTEM Triggered by a primitive call to survive, the body's stress response is a built-in gift of evolution without which we wouldn't be here today. The response ranges from mild to intense depending on the cause. Severe stress activates the emergency phase, commonly known as the fight-or-flight response. It's a complex physiological reaction that marshals resources to mobilize body and brain, and engraves a memory of what happened, so we can avoid it next time. Where was that lion, exactly?" - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "Today there is an ever-widening gap between the evolution of our biology and our society. We don't have to run from lions, but we're stuck with the instinct, and the fight-or-flight response doesn't exactly fly in the boardroom. If you get stressed at work, would you slap your boss? Or turn and run? The trick is how you respond. The way you choose to cope with stress can change not only how you feel, but also how it transforms the brain. If you react passively or if there is simply no way out, stress can become damaging." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"In Diet evolution, you'll take an axe to some myths about healthy eating, which will further distinguish it from many other diets, particularly those focused on calories and low fat. These myths may seem like heresy at first, but in the coming chapters, you'll understand why much conventional advice about eating is off base. Consider these: myth: Drink three glasses of milk or the equivalent each day. reality: Most adults are not programmed to drink milk. myth: Orange juice is a great source of vitamins. reality: Drinking any fruit juice is like drinking liquid sugar." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"It adjusts all of them, to levels that, we can only presume, have been optimally programmed by evolution. The same goes for exercise's effect on BDNF, IGF-1, VEGF, and FGF-2, which provide the building material and oversight for the construction of new connections and neurons. In short, exercise affects so many variables in the brain that its nigh impossible to isolate its effect as we'd like — in the name of hard science. But the evidence is there, from the action of microscopic molecules to massive surveys of tens of thousands of people over the years. Yes, exercise is an antidepressant." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"From an evolutionary point of view, there is no great reason for us to stick around beyond childbirth. evolution isn't influenced by 401Ks or the joys of grandchildren. evolution is very shortsighted when it comes to aging. I am often asked, "Isn't supporting hormones unnatural? Weren't we supposed to just stop producing them and age gracefully, naturally?" Well, yes, it is true that we are meant to gradually produce fewer hormones as we age; and, yes, it is part of the aging process. But exciting things are happening. Life expectancy is increasing." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"When such societies feel respected, when their inherent legitimacy is acknowledged by more developed societies, this helps these societies remain open to evolution; it encourages them to create the conditions that allow for the gradual emergence of native forms of modernism within their midst." - Steve McIntosh, Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (Get the book.) "A government that provides democratic representation for economic interests may at first seem unfair, but any realistic assessment of the world will recognize that the evolution of civilization is at least partially based on economic development. Here at the beginning of the twenty-first century, power in the world is derived from economic and military might." - Steve McIntosh, Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (Get the book.) "WE, the free citizens of planet earth, thus affirm the need for a system of global governance founded on the values of integral consciousness, which include: The value of the universal family of humanity; The value of individual freedom and personal autonomy; The values of decency, honesty, and respect for traditions; The values of progress, prosperity, and economic development; The values of multiculturalism, environmentalism, and egalitarianism; The value of the channel of evolution as a whole—the system through which individuals and societies develop." - Steve McIntosh, Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (Get the book.)

"Evolution isn't influenced by 401Ks or the joys of grandchildren. evolution is very shortsighted when it comes to aging. I am often asked, "Isn't supporting hormones unnatural? Weren't we supposed to just stop producing them and age gracefully, naturally?" Well, yes, it is true that we are meant to gradually produce fewer hormones as we age; and, yes, it is part of the aging process. But exciting things are happening. Life expectancy is increasing. The median life expectancy has now risen to 77.6 years, compared with 58 years in 1930." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Throughout hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, humans became genetically adapted to their diets, lifestyles, and environments. However, since the advent of the Agricultural Revolution 9000 years ago and the Industrial Revolution a few centuries ago, the human diet has changed radically, but during this relatively short time period, virtually no new genetic adaptations have occurred." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"Evolving Away from Fats There are two ways to reduce the amount of fat in your diet—by evolution or revolution. If you already have a fat-related medical condition or major risk factors for one, consider the more revolutionary approach discussed under "Revolution to the Rescue" on page 271. If not, the evolutionary path can reduce your fat consumption enough to add years to your life and life to your years. Evolving one's diet away from fats begins with reading food labels." - Michael Castleman, Nature's Cures: From Acupressure and Aromatherapy to Walking and Yoga--The Ultimate Guide to the Best, Scientifically Proven, Drug-Free Healing Methods (Get the book.)

"The DNA-genetic control theory of aging emphasizes the important role of evolution and genetic control of the life span of animals.63 evolution has programmed senescence and mortality into the genetic control of life span so that through death senescent parents make ecological space available for their offspring. Recent studies with fruit flies and roundworms have suggested genetic control by genes that significantly prolong life span." - Kilmer S. McCully, The Homocysteine Revolution (Get the book.)

"Because linezolid worked differently, researchers believed it could stop the evolution of pathogens resistant to all other antibiotics. In April of that year, Kathleen Fleming, a seventy-eight-year-old in England, was given linezolid on compassionate grounds while the compound was still in the final stage of human trials. Fleming had contracted salmonella, which led to a perforated bowel that let all sorts of bacteria into her bloodstream. The infections resisted all drugs; her doctors literally told her there was no other medication they could give her." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "The other key way in which we can stop fueling microbial evolution is to end the overprescription of antibiotics. We can't stop organisms from developing resistance due to chance mutations, but we can de-escalate the arms race between us and them. As Stuart Levy at Tufts has been saying for years, doctors must prescribe antibiotics only when they suspect patients have bacterial infections, not viruses. And patients have to listen to doctors' advice instead of demanding nonexistent cure-alls. Doctors must also be careful about prescribing new drugs indiscriminately. For years, U.S." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "One of the most troubling features of this rapid evolution is that many bacteria are learning to resist more and more of the antibiotics we have to fight them. The uncomfortable truth is that the drugs that have so effectively countered many deadly bacteria are losing their power. Without their help, even people who have robust immune systems can be seriously sickened or killed by resilient bugs, and people with compromised immune systems face a significant chance of dying. A bacteria can mutate any time it reproduces, and all of that bacteria's offspring will bear that mutation." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "They ooze steadily throughout our bodies, brushing up against passersby, using their extensions to check for surface textures that they have learned through evolution might indicate foreign cells. Bacteria are mostly spherical or rod-shaped, and are about one-hundredth the size of a phagocyte. Viruses are ten to 1,000 times smaller still, and look like tiny globes, soccer balls, or even snakes. Both types of pathogens wear thin coats that contain some unique proteins." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.)

"The benefits of effective global governance would be abundant. Democratic control of the global economy would produce greater fairness for individuals and fragile local cultures while at the same time producing greater overall prosperity. An integral world federation would have the authority to protect human rights and the world's environment, inaugurating the kinds of safeguards that are currently impossible in a world of competing nation-states. It will almost always be morally illegitimate for one sovereign country to attack or dominate another sovereign country, regardless of the context." - Steve McIntosh, Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (Get the book.)

"Atkins' New Diet Revolution, the Beverly Hills Diet, Protein Power, the Carbohydrate Addict's Diet, the Scarsdale Diet, Charles Hunt's Diet evolution, and the Quick Weight-Loss Diet. These diets have several things in common. None is advertised as a low-calorie diet, and yet that is what all of them turn out to be. They all prescribe a daily caloric intake that is well below average requirements. As a result, they may seem to work in the short run, but they do not sustain long-term health." - John Robbins, Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world (Get the book.)

"The conclusion of these researchers was that ABO-related factors have had an insignificant impact on the evolution of coronary artery disease. Obviously, type Os are not immune to the damage from eating a diet rich in animal products, saturated fat, and cholesterol. Over 95 percent of Americans develop atherosclerotic heart disease or cancer, not just the type As. We are all susceptible to the nutritional inadequacy present in our diet." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"This is clearly a huge question with implications that rattle everything from the ideas of life and evolution to the basis of religion itself. Also, it spawned the hugely popular 1999 film The Matrix. Zuse was obviously a man ahead of his time. Thirty years later, he elaborated on these ideas in his book Calculating Space and set into motion the events that led to the revolution in our view of reality and everyday life.8 Commenting on how his mind-blowing insights took shape, Zuse described how he made the connection between the machines that he was building and the machinery of the universe. " - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"From that belief, the activities of every day can't be separate from our spiritual evolution—they are our spiritual evolution! I turned to my friend and suggested that just perhaps all of the challenges that were in his life at the moment were his spiritual path. While this was obviously not the answer that he'd expected, he was curious about what I meant. He had an idea that his spirituality would be realized by living in solitude and quiet contemplation each day." - Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (Get the book.)

"Evolving Away from Fats There are two ways to reduce the amount of fat in your diet—by evolution or revolution. If you already have a fat-related medical condition or major risk factors for one, consider the more revolutionary approach discussed under "Revolution to the Rescue" on page 271. If not, the evolutionary path can reduce your fat consumption enough to add years to your life and life to your years. Evolving one's diet away from fats begins with reading food labels." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures (Get the book.)

"In the evolution of science new knowledge would replace ignorance rather than replace knowledge of another and incompatible sort. Of course, science (or some other enterprise, perhaps less effective) might have developed in that fully cumulative manner. Many people have believed that it did so, and most still seem to suppose that cumulation is at least the ideal that historical development would display if only it had not so often been distorted by human idiosyncrasy. There are important reasons for that belief." - Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Get the book.)

"In other words, our bodies and brains have been shaped by the course of evolution to have nutritional requirements that aren't always met by the increasingly unhealthy and less diverse diets of our modern age. Perhaps the gap between our basic biology and modern way of life makes us more susceptible to the major degenerative disorders of our day, including AD.4 ?It is theorized that saturated fatty acids provided about 6 percent of the average total energy intake for pre-agricultural humans. ?" - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"So the original concept should undergo evolution to account for these recently developed facts. But in fact, the operative reasons for using a plus or minus lens have not changed since their original inception four hundred years ago. Thus the "theory of the eye" is driven by expediency and not by objective scientific facts (in my humble opinion). Science is based on objective facts. We should be able to recognize that there is a problem with expanding Kepler's theory beyond its original intended scope. He did an excellent refractive analysis." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

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