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There are a few behavioural ecologists working in Bolivia who have found that wild spider monkeys control their diets in a similar way to humans. These monkeys tightly regulate their daily protein intake, so that it stays at the same level regardless of seasonal variation in the availability of different foods, rather than simply trying to maximize their daily energy intake.

Up until now it was thought humans' eating patterns originated in the Palaeolithic era (between 2.4 million and 10,000 years ago). Tight regulation of daily protein intake is known to play a role in the development of obesity in humans, so this research suggests that the evolutionary origins of these eating patterns in humans may be far older than suspected.

Dr. Annika Felton followed 15 individual monkeys (7 adult males, 8 adult females), conducting continuous observations of the same animal from dawn to dusk, and following each of the monkeys for at least one whole day a month. She recorded everything they did and ate, for how long and she counted every fruit and leaf they ate when possible, then collected samples of what they had eaten from the actual trees the monkeys had chosen. The samples were then dried and sent to the laboratory in Australia where they were analyzed for their nutritional content.

"We found that the pattern of nutrient intake by wild spider monkeys, which are primarily fruit eaters, was almost identical to humans, which are omnivores, . What spider monkeys and humans have in common is that they tightly regulate their daily protein intake,” said Felton. “They appear to aim for a target amount of protein each day, regardless of whether they only ate ripe fruit or mixed in other vegetable matter as well.”

Tight protein regulation is the same for monkeys and humans: if the diet is poor in protein but rich in carbohydrates and fats (energy dense food) individuals will end up ingesting a great deal of energy in order to obtain their protein target, which can lead to weight gain. This 'protein leverage effect' is thought to play a significant role in the human obesity problem found in our modern western society. The monkeys maintained a stable intake of protein, by consuming large amounts of carbohydrates and fats when protein content in the food was low, for instance when their diet consisted entirely of ripe fruit, and consumed far fewer carbohydrates and fats when feeding on items rich in protein.

The results suggest that an adjustment of the nutritional balance of diets as a means to manage human obesity might similarly be an option for mitigating obesity in captive primates.

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Dr. Patricia Ryan talks about bioidenticals - after she has been involved in researching and learning about hormone therapy since 1993. She was always seeking what was safe, and the science behind what works, but it wasn't until she spoke to T.S. Wiley that she got the answers she had been looking for. Many of her patients were taking bioidenticals, but they were only doing OK, and there were problems.

Ryan switched her patients to the rhythmic dosing of the Wiley Protocol, and began to see improvements after three months with improvements in migrains, libido, vaginal dryness, insomnia and even cholesteral levels. She said, "Plus, nobody has gained weight, which is a big deal to women."

Lab tests are also proving reversals of bone density loss. "It has been a pleasant surprise to see their bones coming back to normal while taking this bioidentical hormone therapy."

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Heart disease is the number one killer and stroke is the the number three killer, accordingto the American Heart Association. So what IF hormone replacement helps prevent heart disease? Studies are being done worldwide on hormones and heart disease. In fact, one recent Danish study is very promising. It was featured in Europe’s leading cardiovascular journal, and suggests that women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should cycle their hormones to have a menstrual bleed -- and this is just like the Wiley Protocol.

The study states, a combined cyclic regiment with monthly bleeding creates a lower cardiovascular risk for women than continuous-combined estrogen/progesterone therapy, which does not cause a menstrual bleed. The study also found that overall there was no increased risk of heart attacks in current users of HRT compared to women who had never taken it.

T.S. Wiley believes this research is significant validation of the value of cyclical (estrogen, followed by a combination of estrogen and progesterone) hormone therapy and that biomimetic hormone restoration therapy (BHRT) could actually be safer than statically dosed continuous-combined alternatives.

What's more, time and time again we hear women in their fifties talk about the myriad of symptoms of menopause, from hot flashes to depression. And then there are other things like heart pain, which some people think is angina, but in reality could be from declining hormones.

Patiricia Diorio feels like a new woman on the Wiley Protocol. She talks about how when she read T.S. Wiley's book, "Sex Lies, and Menopause," she learned about taking progesterone as a preventative for heart disease. Within a month of starting to take the Wiley Protocol, the pain she had in her heart region completely disappeared.

The main cause of coronary artery disease and also arterial disease, is called Atherogenesis, which can be seen as cholesterol plaque within the arteries, and that is known as atherosclerosis. A female's hormones exert a protective effect against atherosclerosis, so of course, women prior to menopause are at a much lower risk of cardiovascular disease than men of the same age.

Atherogenesis begins in the middle layer of the arterial wall where oxidized low-density lipoprotein LDL-cholesterol) is ingested and recycled by lysosomal hydrolysis in macrophages into cytoplasmic cholesteryl ester (CE).

However, after menopause, a woman's cardiovascular disease risk increases. Studies have shown that progesterone inhibits the change of cholesterol into CE and decreases CE macrophage cellular levels.

Heart health also depends upon other factors, such as a proper diet, eliminating tobacco products and also getting exercise. But the many women on the Wiley Protocol feel as if they have hope in fighting against this disease.