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Scientists Think Eating Potatoes May Have Changed Human Digestion Over Thousands of Years - Food & Wine

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Scientists Think Eating Potatoes May Have Changed Human Digestion Over Thousands of Years - Food & Wine
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Potatoes have long been a cornerstone of the Andean diet. Now, new research suggests that history may also be reflected in the genes of Indigenous Peruvian Andean populations, who carry the highest known number of copies of the AMY1 gene, which helps the body…

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