From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 10:00:13 MDT
gts wrote:
> 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.
>
It also is interesting that they had no heart disease, tooth decay, or
other problems that we all face today... even when they lived to be very
old. As long as they stayed on their traditional diet. I think though
there must have been hidden sources of vitamin C. For instance you often
hear of other groups such as the plains indians in America who primarily
lived from buffalo, but in most recipes for their amazing pemmican
product you will see that they included dried berries.
I actually found a supplier of real buffalo pemmican in Canada and am
thinking of trying some.
P.S. There are something like 2 million people in Poland who are
following a similar high fat diet called "Optimal Diet" who are
apparently doing very well.
-- Brian Atkins Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.singinst.org/
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