Polymorphic trophonosis: the pseudo-omnivorous diet-related disease--a hypothesis.
Consideration of a wide range of seemingly disparate, non-infectious diseases reveals that most of them are only the varying forms or symptoms of a single, diet-related disease postulated to be Polymorphic Trophonosis. It is pointed out that they are all associated with pseudo-omnivorous dietary practices--negating the biological limitations of Homo omnivorus. In these practices, neither the out-of-all-proportion consumption of certain essential nutrients nor the liberal eating of new types of food seems to be suitable to the structure and mode of functioning of the digestive and/or metabolic systems.
D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*