Thanks Barry, we are having a food discussion on a traditional list where I am the webmaster. It is common in our myths of previous eras for each era to have its own food. In Africa there are people who only eat one thing while down the road another eat something totally different and yet they are both healthy. A few years back there was a conference at Rockefeller University here on the extreme diversity of diets around the world and how we are shaped by our history and that our bodies are not as able to synthesize international foods as much as our egos would tell us. It was a common phrase that our stomachs "were formed in the Pleistocene." What it really came down to was this as one researcher told me: "When it comes to nutrition we basically don't know shit!" A telling statement to say the least on many levels.
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Stennett Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 11:14 AM To: EDUCATION RE-DESIGNING WORK INCOME DISTRIBUTION Subject: [Futurework] You are what your father ate, too: Paternal diet affects lipid metabolizing genes in offspring, research suggests Given recent discussions of epigenetics, I thought I'd forward these two links. The first is a very brief summary of research reported at the second. Barry http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223130149.htm http://www.cell.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867410014261#Summary
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