One of the founding fathers of the paleo diet, Loren Cordain, Ph.D. is an expert on the evolutionary change in human diet.
According to the IU College of Arts and Sciences, he will speak about his research, demonstrating the health benefits of Stone Age diets for contemporary people.
His lecture will be free and open to the public.
According to his study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, “the evolutionary collision of our ancient genome with the nutritional qualities of recently introduced foods may underlie many of the chronic diseases of Western ?civilization.”
His lecture is a part of the College of Arts and Science’s Themester series, “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science.”
Every year, the College “invites speakers who possess significant scholarly or creative credentials, as manifested through performances, publications or productions and independent of their political ideology,” according to its website.
Cordain is a recently retired professor of health and exercise physiology at Colorado State University, according to the College.
His research appeared in the world’s top scientific journals and his dietary advice books, including “The Paleo Diet,” have been widely acclaimed by both scientific communities and the public.
Audrey Perkins
