Evolutionary Association, Chapter 8: Fertiliser
‘Spoiled soil’ is nowhere near the whole story, and fertiliser is nowhere near everything a plant needs.
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Evolutionary Association, Chapter 7: Emulsifiers
Soap in your food? It’s not quite that bad - but not much better either.
Read moreEvolutionary Association, Chapter 6: Sourdough
Why modern turbo-bread burdens the body - and why the lockdown sourdough craze accidentally got it right: long fermentation pre-digests what the gut cannot.
Read moreEvolutionary Association, Chapter 5: Does Size Matter?
Human height dropped dramatically with the agricultural revolution - but lately it has climbed again, and there are other growth-dimensions to be aware of.
Read moreEvolutionary Association, Chapter 4: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
A buzz without the blood-alcohol reading - how the classic alcoholic’s diseases can arise without the drink, plus a brand-new dietary guideline
Read moreEvolutionary Association, Chapter 3: Mental Health Crises
Our psyche, too, is built from the building blocks we feed the body - a long-ignored angle
Read moreEvolutionary Association, Chapter 2: Fertility
So, who had it on their bingo card that our fertility depends on whether we eat rice cakes with hummus or steak with butter?
Read moreEvolutionary Association, Chapter 1: The Composition of Body Fat
Your love handles are a food diary of the last few years - and many of the entries come from the deep fryer.
Read moreEvolutionary Association: Prelude and Overview
Old biochemistry meets new food: why many modern diseases of civilisation coincide, in time and in mechanism, with very specific dietary changes. Prelude to a new series
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