The Claim
Populations such as Europeans may have a lower prevalence of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes due to earlier adoption of agriculture and high-carbohydrate diets approximately 10,000 years ago, which may have allowed more time for genetic adaptation and reduced selective pressure for insulin resistance, compared to populations like the Pima Indians or Nauruans who adopted agriculture more recently.
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Some groups, like Europeans, might be less likely to get type 2 diabetes because their ancestors started eating farm-based, high-carb diets thousands of years ago—giving their bodies more time to adapt—while other groups, like the Pima or Nauruans, started later and may not have had as much time to adjust.
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Populations such as Europeans may have a lower prevalence of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes because their ancestors adopted agriculture and high-carbohydrate diets approximately 10,000 years ago, allowing more time for genetic adaptation and relaxation of selection pressure for insulin resistance compared to groups like the Pima Indians or Nauruans, who adopted agriculture much later.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: The carnivore connection: dietary carbohydrate in the evolution of NIDDM
The study says people whose ancestors ate more carbs for thousands of years, like Europeans, became less prone to insulin resistance over time, while groups that started eating lots of carbs later didn’t have as much time to adapt. This matches the claim.
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