Humans are not adapted to a cereal-based diet

This post includes a summary of a study published in BMC Endocrine Disorders 2005 5:10 and a recipe for baked salmon.

Study title and autors:
Agrarian diet and diseases of affluence – Do evolutionary novel dietary lectins cause leptin resistance?

Books:

Tommy Jönsson1 , Stefan Olsson2 , Bo Ahrén1 , Thorkild C Bøg-Hansen3 , Anita Dole3 and Staffan Lindeberg1

1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
2 Department of Ecology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark
3 Institute of Molecular Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

This study can be accessed at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/5/10#B57

Johnsson concludes that humans are not adapted to a cereal-based diet, and that lectins in the cereals are the cause of diseases of affluence which could indicate insufficient adaptation to such a diet.

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Recipe of the day

Baked Salmon

Ingredients:

• 4 salmon steaks (about 1 3/4 lbs)

Food Mall: Salmon Fillets

• 4 T lemon juice

• 1 t dill weed
• 2 T finely chopped chives
• lime wedges

Instructions:
Place individual salmon steaks on pieces of aluminum foil large enough to wrap each steak. Pour a T of lemon juice over each steak, sprinkle with dill, and seal each steak in an aluminum pouch. Place the aluminum-sealed steaks in an oven dish and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve salmon with sprinkled chives and lime wedges.