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The carnivore connection: dietary carbohydrate in the evolution of NIDDM.

Diabetologia - 1 Dec 1994

Miller J C, Colagiuri S

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We postulate a critical role for the quantity and quality of dietary carbohydrate in the pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Our primate ancestors ate a high-carbohydrate diet and the brain and reproductive tissues evolved a specific requirement for glucose as a sourc...

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Agriculture
Animals
Biological Evolution
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Dietary Carbohydrates
Europe
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Hominidae
Humans
Incidence
Insulin Resistance
Meat
Prevalence

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PMID: 7895958
DOI: 10.1007/BF00399803

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