Take a look at this article from the New York Times. According to a new study in the journal Nature Genetics, the human genome responds to changes in diet. Through natural selection, people living in areas with a high-starch diet produce more of a starch-converting enzyme than those who normally eat less starch. In other words, our bodies evolve to compensate for changes in our eating habits. Perhaps in several generations, my body will be able to process a diet of triple cheeseburgers and chocolate fudge Pop-Tarts without ballooning me to a crane-bending size. Now all we need to do is prepare for the embarrassment of explaining the origin of our Hot Pocket gene to our future alien overlords.
Monday, September 10, 2007
The Evolution Diet
