Quote from killthesunshine:
The apparent "paradox" has been explained some time ago..intuits have high heart disease, stroke and diabetes. They also die +10 yrs sooner. The difference in diagnosis, classification and reporting of CVD in those remote locales accounts for the discrepancy or apparent "paradox".
When the reported data was reexamined and reassessed there is no paradox; they are less healthy and die sooner.
Get a clue.
Gotta source, Vegan Times? I would rather believe data directly from the Inuit as in the Discover Mag article.
Show me where they have studied those that are on their traditional diet. None are any more.
Of course they are sicker and die sooner now, why wouldn't they. They are being sickened by grains, and other modern crap. As time goes by and they eat more processed grains, they get sicker.
Few if any are now on their traditional diet. Introduce grains and processed crap, what do you expect. Yet they are only half as sick as the general population as the article mentioned of those that adhere to half of their traditional diet.
As all cultures' diets become Westernized, the incidence of heart disease, cancer and diabetes increases from nearly non-existent to catastrophic levels, and at younger and younger ages.
Native Americans' degenerative disease has been a disaster once their hunting-gathering was replaced with SAD.
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Data is from early 20th or 19th century before grains and such garbage were greatly introduced to the extent as today:
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/07/inuit-lessons-from-arctic.html
The Inuit:Lessons from the Arctic
Whole Health Source Blogspot
Stephan Guyenet
+Weston Price was fascinated by their excellent teeth, good nature and overall robust health. Here's an excerpt from Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: "In his primitive state he has provided an example of physical excellence and dental perfection such as has seldom been excelled by any race in the past or present...we are also deeply concerned to know the formula of his nutrition in order that we may learn from it the secrets that will not only aid in the unfortunate modern or so-called civilized races, but will also, if possible, provide means for assisting in their preservation."
+Most groups ate virtually no plant food. Their calories came primarily from fat, up to 75%, with almost no calories coming from carbohydrate.
+As with most hunter-gatherer groups, they were free from chronic disease while living a traditional lifestyle, even in old age.
+The anthropologist and arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson spent several years living with the Inuit in the early 20th century. He and his fellow Europeans and Americans thrived on the Inuit diet. American doctors were so incredulous that they defied him and a fellow explorer... (Typical Disbelief)
+ (read about their social structure which is typical among the truly healthy cultures that follow their traditional diet):
Yet another amazing thing about the Inuit was their social structure. Here's Dr. John Murdoch again (quoted from Cancer, Disease of Civilization):
The women appear to stand on a footing of perfect equality with the men, both in the family and the community. The wife is the constant and trusted companion of the man in everything except the hunt, and her opinion is sought in every bargain or other important undertaking... The affection of parents for their children is extreme, and the children seem to be thoroughly worthy of it. They show hardly a trace of fretfulness or petulance so common among civilized children, and though indulged to an extreme extent are remarkably obedient. Corporal punishment appears to be absolutely unknown, and children are rarely chided or punished in any way.
+++Unfortunately, those days are long gone. Since adopting a modern processed-food diet, the health and social structure of the Inuit has deteriorated dramatically. This had already happened to most groups by Weston Price's time, and is virtually complete today.
+++++Modern Inuit also suffer from very high rates of diabetes and overweight. This has been linked to changes in diet, particularly the use of white flour, sugar and processed oils.
+Overall, the unique lifestyle and diet of the Inuit have a lot to teach us. First, that humans are capable of being healthy as carnivores. Second, that we are able to thrive on a high-fat diet. Third, that we are capable of living well in extremely harsh and diverse environments. Fourth, that the shift from natural foods to processed foods, rather than changes in macronutrient composition, is the true cause of the diseases of civilization.
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In her book Queen of Fats, Susan Allport traces the research of Hans Olaf Bang and Jorn Dyerberg went to Greenland in the 1970s to study the health and eating habits of the Inuit.
-The Inuit ate a high fat diet of seal meat, but had low rates of heart disease.
-But what is sad is that in the decades following Bang and Dyerbergâs research, more and more processed foods were introduced into the Inuitâs diet, and the rates of heart disease have increased. (That will screw up your wonder studies)
http://wunderflax.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/why-dont-the-eskimos-have-heart-disease/
