...had a new sushi place open way too close to where I live. They have Monday night specials. All plates $1-$1.50!!!!!!! I seldom sleep well Monday nights now. :D
On Jan 13, 11:48 am, CrossBow <[email protected]> wrote: > After that lunch, I am convinced you could EAT a moose! Girl can down sushi! > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Liz Purkrabek <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > MOOSE! > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *CrossBow > > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:45 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: Another one > > > Thanks, explains why sitting all day at my computer has caused a widening > > of the arteries...no deer to chase in here...no, wait...*DEER!* > > > Liz, I know you will understand:) > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Liz Purkrabek <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Nomadic hand-me-downs: what is to blame for obesity, lactose intolerance, > > and ADHD? Some researchers are pointing squarely at hunter-gatherers.(data). > > > Author(s):Emily Anthes. > > > Source:*Discover > > *<http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.memphis.edu/itx/publicationSearch.d...>29.12 > > (Dec > > 2008): p12(1). (506 words) > > > Document Type:Magazine/Journal > > > Bookmark:Bookmark this > > Document<http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.memphis.edu/itx/generateInfomark.do...> > > > Library Links: > > > - > > - > > > *Full Text :*COPYRIGHT 2008 Discover Media LLC > > > The ADHD children of the world may have their wandering ancestors to blame. > > A genetic variant associated with impulsivity, novelty seeking, and > > attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might have actually been > > adaptive in nomadic populations, according to a recent study by Dan > > Eisenberg at Northwestern University. Kenyan nomads with this variant, he > > says, may have been better at searching for food and defending their > > resources, giving them a survival advantage. But the study shows that the > > nomads' settled descendants who carried this gene were more often > > malnourished than those without the gene. "Just because we don't see a trait > > as being currently advantageous," Eisenberg says, "does not preclude the > > trait from having had a function in the past." Geneticists continue to > > unravel our ancestral evolution in hopes of better understanding how > > formerly advantageous genes have led to modern-day health problems. > > > HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE > > > High blood pressure may be caused by a gene that was key to nomadic > > survival. The ability to retain salt--controlled in part by a gene called > > CYP3A5--varies by latitude, according to geneticists at the University of > > Chicago. The closer a population lives to the equator, the better > > individuals are at retaining salt. "Since hunter-gatherers weren't assured > > of getting sodium every day, they needed to be sure not to lose what they > > did acquire," says Alan Weder, a hypertension specialist. But bring this > > gene to a modern setting--with couch lounging and salty snacking--and it is > > easy to retain more salt than is needed, which can lead to medical problems > > like high blood pressure. > > > [GRAPHIC OMITTED] > > > LACTOSE INTOLERANCE > > > Whether or not you can drink milk may depend on where your nomadic > > ancestors settled down. Early humans, like other mammals, were able to > > digest milk only during infancy. But when humans started raising cows and > > milk became widely available, an ability to digest it brought a selective > > advantage, according to genetic research by Cornell University biologist > > Paul Sherman. DNA analysis of skeletons from between 5840 and 5000 B.C. > > found evidence that the early wave of European farmers could not produce the > > enzyme lactase, which permits the digestion of milk, while later farmers > > could. In regions where dairy farming is currently not safe or economical > > because of an extreme climate or cattle diseases, Sherman says, populations > > still possess ancestral genes that make them lactose intolerant. > > > OBESITY > > > Could our growing waistlines be blamed on nomadic ancestors? Some > > scientists think so. The Pima Indians of Arizona are a recently settled > > group whose members today have sky-high rates of obesity and diabetes, > > thanks to their genes, say Leslie Baler and her colleagues at the National > > Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Eight years ago, > > Baler identified a genetic variation in the Pimas associated with slowed > > metabolism and increased glucose conservation. Researchers think that the > > gene helped Pima ancestors survive food shortages. Though most of us are not > > Pimas, our own hunter-gatherer forebears would also have needed to survive > > food shortages and scarcity-conditions that favor the evolution of similar > > fat-storing mechanisms, which are a problem in times of plenty. > > > *Source Citation:*Anthes, Emily. "Nomadic hand-me-downs: what is to blame > > for obesity, lactose intolerance, and ADHD? Some researchers are pointing > > squarely at hunter-gatherers.(data)." *Discover* 29.12 (Dec 2008): 12(1). > > *General OneFile*. Gale. University of Memphis. 12 Jan. 2009 > > <http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.memphis.edu/itx/start.do?prodId=ITOF>. > > > *Gale Document Number:*A191854539 > > > -- > > gnothe se auton > > -- > gnothe se auton- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
