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Hyperinsulinemic diseases of civilization: more than just Syndrome X.
Compensatory hyperinsulinemia stemming from peripheral insulin resistance is a well-recognized metabolic disturbance that is at the root cause of diseases and maladies of Syndrome X (hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, coronary artery disease, obesity, abnormal glucose tolerance). Abnormalities of fibrinolysis and hyperuricemia also appear to be members of the cluster of illnesses comp...
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Correspondence: Pedro Carrera-Bastos R. Gorgel do Amaral, No. 5, 1 e; Lisbon 1250-119, Portugal Tel +351 967 088 799 email [email protected] Abstract: It is increasingly recognized that certain fundamental changes in diet and lifestyle that occurred after the Neolithic Revolution, and especially after the Industrial Revolution and the Modern Age, are too recent, on an evolutionary ...
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Molecular chaperones dampen the effect of damaging mutations that would otherwise be removed from the population by natural selection. Here, I propose that the development of modern medical practice depressed this process, leading to a rise of phenotypically silent mutations in the genome. The background of misfolded proteins increases during ageing and, by competition, prevents the chaperone-m...
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PURPOSE The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence of chosen civilization diseases in families of children with food allergy/intolerance. We also wanted to indicate the need for developing and implementing activities preventing these diseases among children. MATERIAL AND METHODS On the basis of information from questionnaires, two groups of children were distinguished: a group of 80 c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700015063