Our Evolved Digestive and Metabolic Physiology and Biochemistry

question 24

Multiple Choice

Our evolved digestive and metabolic physiology and biochemistry:

• A) are not well-suited to many of the ingredients used in processed foods today.
• B) can easily handle industrially processed food; it is unprocessed food that is hard to digest.
• C) have kept up incredibly well with changes in our food supply, so that things like artificial sugar do not cause our bodies any problems.
• D) have not changed since well before the onset of pastoralism and agriculture.
• E) make it very hard for most people to get fat.

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