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Ancestral Health: An Alternative Approach
Don Matesz, M.A., M.S.
Figure 1: Big PictureFigure 1: Big PictureEvolution and Diet of HominoidsEvolution and Diet of Hominoids
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•Plant-based diet
Gibbons•high fiber•Plant-based diet
Orang-utan•high fiber•Plant-based diet
Gorilla•high fiber•Plant-based diet
Chimpanzee•high fiber•Plant-based diet
Human•Meat-based diet?
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Modified from a lecture by David Jenkins
HomeodynamicsFor any essential nutrient X:
If the CONTEXT limits availability or increases losses of X, the organism has to develop mechanisms to increase synthesis, intake, and accumulation to prevent deficiency.
If the CONTEXT supplies excess X, the organism has to develop mechanisms to antidote, or increase expenditure and excretion, to prevent poisoning.
Management of homeodynamics in a specific CONTEXT(niche) drives biological and behavioral adaptation.
Plants & Animals
Plant Foods Animal Foods Less like us
More like us
Lower energy density Lower bioavailability “Antinutrients”
Higher energy density Higher bioavailability “Hypernutrients”
More hypolipidemic P & F More hyperlipidemic P & F
More K and Mg
More Na and Fe
Antioxidants Anti-inflammatories Anti-coagulants
Pro-oxidants Pro-inflammatories Pro-coagulants
Draining Congesting
Plants & Animals
Plant Foods Animal Foods Less like us
More like us
Lower energy density Lower bioavailability “Antinutrients”
Higher energy density Higher bioavailability “Hypernutrients”
More hypolipidemic P & F More hyperlipidemic P & F
More K and Mg
More Na and Fe
Antioxidants Anti-inflammatories Anti-coagulants
Pro-oxidants Pro-inflammatories Pro-coagulants
Draining Congesting
Exemplary evidence of human adaptation to plant-based diet Feature Adapta tion Color vis ion
For id entifying ripe plants
Swee t tast e receptors
Iden tify carb ohydrate -rich foods
Sour taste rece ptors
Iden tify e dible fruits
Bitter taste rec eptors
Iden tify plant toxins
Vitamin B12 rec ycling Conser ve B12 with minimal intake of dietary a nima l food
= Homeo-dynamic adaptation
Exemplary evidence of human adaptation to plant-based diet Feature Adaptation CNS pr e ferenc e for glucos e Glucose -rich ancestr a l diet
Glycogen stor age Temporar y stor age for excess
die tary glucos e ; ensu re continuous su pply of glucose for CNS, RBCs, work capacit y
Carote ne con vers ion Vitamin A product ion
Pre fer caro tene complexion Iden tify hea lthy, fer tile mate
Endogenous choleste rol synthesis and bile aci d rec ycling
Minimal die tary cho lestero l, high intake of hypoch olester olemic phytoch emica ls
Endogenous SFA synthes is Minimal die tary S FA
Exemplary evidence of human adaptation to plant-based diet Feature Adaptation No ascorba te synthesis
Low fa t diet; increases uric acid levels to facilitate fructose con version to fat
Fructose con version to fat under low ascorbate conditions
Low fa t, high fructose diet
Uricase knoc k out , e levated uric acid levels
Low fa t fruit-rich diet / ura te faci litates synthesis and blocks oxida tion of fat Low Na diet / urat e raises BP
Avid die tary fat sto rage Ver y low fat diet
Avid Na conser va tion, K wasta ge Ver y low Na, h igh K diet
Avid iron s torage Low iron ava ilability
All predate meat-based diets by tens of millions of years.
The Primate Diet
5.5 kg food in
1.0+ kg feces out
1g bile acids lostFrom a lecture by David Jenkins
Daily Intakes of Vegetable Protein, Fiber, Phytosterols & Nuts
NCEP Step 2
High-Fiber
Starch-Based
High-Fiber
Vegetable-Based Simian
Vegetable Protein (g/d)
28
64
93
Total Dietary Fiber (g/d)
26
46
143
Phytosterols (g/d) Nuts (g/d)
0.3
0
0.5
0
1.0
30
Jenkins DJ, Kendall CW et al. Metabolism;(2001)From a lecture by David Jenkins
Intake +Synthesis +Recycling
Outflow +Expenditure
DiseasesDeficienciesUsual context: Poverty
ExcessesUsual context: Affluence
Underweight, hypofunction, hypo-oxidation, hypo-immunity, hypothermia, weakness, fatigue, pallor
Ex: Anemia
Overweight, hyper-X-emia, hyperoxidation, hyperinflammation, hypercoagulation, hyperimmunity, congestion & stagnation
Hypo- development & retarded ageing
Hyper- development & Accelerated ageing
Hunter-Gatherer Potential PaleodieterLifelong caloric restriction Lifelong caloric excess
Baseline low body fat Baseline high body fat
Low food availability High food availability
High energy expense Low energy expense
High lifetime/ concurrent ‘antinutrient’ intake
Low lifetime/concurrent ‘antinutrient’ Intake
Parasites No parasites
Tendency to deficient condition Plagued with excess conditions
Lean wild meat Fatty domestic meats
Meat acts as medicine Excess meat acts as poison
QUALITY + QUANTITY + CONTEXT = EFFECTS
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Every nutrient becomes toxic at some level.
The more nutrients in excess, the more disorder.
Excess caloric intake increases the toxicity of individual macronutrients.
Low caloric intake reduces or abolishes toxicity of Individual macronutrients.
Acute extreme excess acute toxicityLesser but chronic excess slow-to-manifest toxicity
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Provide draining phytochemicals that balance the potentially congesting effects of a animal-based diet.
Humans universally use culinary and medicinal herbs and gums.
Animals evolved another way to improve in/out balance:Non-nutritive ingestive behaviors
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The Masaai• Use 28 herbs and 25
gums• Meat always consumed
with a bitter herb soup• A dozen herbs added to
milk.• The Masaai state that a
person would not maintain health without using these additives.
Affluent BalanceCongesting Draining
Antidotes
Excess meat, milkExcess P, F, C Refined P, F, CVT&Min supplementsHormone supplementsHigh sodiumOvernutrition
Coffee, tea, alcohol, fiber supplements, red yeastAspirin, statins, coumadin, antihistamines, amphetamines, diuretics, etc.Caloric restriction
Extreme exercisePhlebotomy, surgery
The drug antidotes are plant-derived or phytochem mimics.
Humans retain basic physiologic mechanisms maladapted to diets rich in meat and fat.
By homeo-dynamic drive we evolved use of plants or mimics to reduce accumulation and congestion.
Similarly we use meat and animal derivatives(e.g. hormones) to correct deficiencies.
We became capable of animal-BASED diets primarilyby route of technology, not biology.
QualityQuantity& Context
Anything can be poison or medicine.
Your Primal Wisdom ConstantlySeeks Balance
It all depends on:
Do I have excessor deficiency?
Listen to it.
Ask yourself:
Eat accordingly.
Homeodynamics
synthesis+
intake >expenditure
+elimination
= accumulation & congestion
expenditure
+elimination
>synthesis
+intake
=Reduction &decongestion
Applies to P, F, C, VT, MIN, Everything.
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