RE: evolution and diet (was: FITNESS: Diet and Exercise)

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 23:53:12 MDT

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    Damien Sullivan wrote:

    > On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 01:06:58AM -0400, gts wrote:

    >> I don't think so. As far as I know C is never synthesized in modern
    >> humans, though it was synthesized in our very remote ancestors in
    >> Africa.
    >
    > As in most mammals. I meant could it be in the liver or other organs
    > of the animals [that the Eskimo, and the researchers who lived with
    > them] ate?

    Possibly. I don't know.

    It is however quite amazing that these scientists did not suffer any disease
    from eating a diet of only meat for a year or more. One might argue that
    only Eskimos can thrive on such a diet, but these researchers were Anglo.

    -gts

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