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UPDATE (26 June 2010): One new article was uploaded today; 4 more articles are 100% complete and on hold - to be loaded in the future. Multiple additional, new research articles are in varying stages of completion and will be posted when complete. Two articles are approaching completion and may be posted in July.

• What is Humanity's Ancestral (Natural) Diet?   Date: 26 June 2010
  Select elements of the metabolic and genetic evidence for human omnivory are discussed in this article commissioned by a raw vegetarian magazine. Other topics covered include:
  

  • the relevance (behavior, genomic comparisons) and irrelevance of non-human primates as models for humans,
  • the important role of culture in human evolution, and
  • the contradictions of raw-vegan evolution pseudoscience theories.
   
  This version includes material excluded from the print version for length considerations, and includes the full reference list. Although written from a pro-vegetarian perspective, the article should be of interest to those interested in "natural" diets, e.g., Paleo, Primal, and many other diets.

• Is a Strict, 100% Vegan Diet Optimal (for Everyone)?   Date: 13 June 2010
  A 100% vegan diet - done intelligently - can work well for many people, but that does not mean it is optimal for everyone. This article examines a variety of issues related to strict vegan diets: nutritional requirements with an emphasis on essential fatty acids (EFAs) and choline, common logical fallacies found in vegetarian advocacy, and the naive naturalism promoted in the raw, vegan, and vegetarian communities.