{"title":"Herman Pontzer","description":"Herman Pontzer is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University and Associate Research Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute. He is an internationally recognized researcher in human energetics and evolution. Over two decades of research in the field and laboratory, Dr. Pontzer has conducted pathbreaking studies across a range of settings, including fieldwork with Hadza hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania, fieldwork on chimpanzee ecology in the rainforests of Uganda, and metabolic measurements of great apes in zoos and sanctuaries around the globe. Dr. Pontzer's work has been covered in The New York Times, BBC, PBS, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, Scientific American, and others.","products":[{"product_id":"burn-new-research-blows-the-lid-off-how-we-really-burn-calories-stay-healthy-and-lose-weight-paperback","title":"Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and exercise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe burn 2,000 calories a day. And if we exercise and cut carbs, we'll lose more weight. Right? Wrong. In this paradigm-shifting book, Herman Pontzer reveals for the first time how human metabolism really works so that we can finally manage our weight and improve our health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePontzer's groundbreaking studies with hunter-gatherer tribes show how exercise doesn't increase our metabolism. Instead, we burn calories within a very narrow range: nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level. This was a brilliant evolutionary strategy to survive in times of famine. Now it seems to doom us to obesity. The good news is we \u003ci\u003ecan \u003c\/i\u003elose weight, but we need to cut calories. Refuting such weight-loss hype as paleo, keto, anti-gluten, anti-grain, and even vegan, Pontzer discusses how \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e diets succeed or fail: For shedding pounds, a calorie is a calorie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, we must exercise to keep our body systems and signals functioning optimally, even if it won't make us thinner. Hunter-gatherers like the Hadza move about five hours a day and remain remarkably healthy into old age. But elite athletes can push the body too far, burning calories faster than their bodies can take them in. It may be that the most spectacular athletic feats are the result not just of great training, but of an astonishingly efficient digestive system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevealing, irreverent, and always entertaining, Pontzer has written a book that will change how you eat, move, and live.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51364493459679,"sku":"9780593421048","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hpPHSqM2_u9780593421048.webp?v=1789048402"},{"product_id":"adaptable-how-your-unique-body-really-works-and-why-our-biology-unites-us-hardcover","title":"Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Really Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new understanding of how our bodies work, how to keep them healthy, and how our biological diversity unites us rather than divides us\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does the body work--and why does it seem to work so differently for each of us? Why do we grow tall or short, obese or slim? Why do some of us stay healthy despite our bad habits while others who do all the right things fall ill? When we look around the planet, why do people vary in skin color, facial features, stature, body proportions, and disease risk?\u003cbr\u003e The answer is both simple and powerful: We're different because we're adaptable. Over the past 100,000 years, as humans expanded into every biome on the planet, our bodies were fine-tuned to our local environments. Adaptability is at the heart of being human and the engine of our diversity - our species' original superpower. As an evolutionary anthropologist working with human populations around the globe, Herman Pontzer has conducted research that embraces our incredible diversity, documenting the connections among lifestyle, landscape, local adaptations, and health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Adaptable\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a tour of the human body. In each chapter, we learn how our bodies navigate an uncertain world: how we grow and mature; how our brains develop and learn; how our hearts, lungs, and digestive systems deliver oxygen and nutrients; how we manage toxins, temperature, and water balance; how we move and reproduce; how our immune system keeps invaders at bay; and how we age and decline. Along the way, we learn how to take care of our remarkable bodies, and that the universe of healthy lifestyles is vast (we don't need the latest fad diet or cleanse!). Crucially, we come to see how understanding our bodies helps us make sense of the big issues we face today, from vaccines to heart disease, IQ to athletic excellence, diets and obesity to sex and gender, and what we can do to live longer and healthier.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376915710175,"sku":"9780593539309","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/r8iHXRKp_d9780593539309.webp?v=1789228947"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/herman-pontzer.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}