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

From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 22:33:42 MDT

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    On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 12:10:18AM -0400, gts wrote:

    > Agreed, though the Eskimo environment is certainly a special case. If
    > Eskimos could reach beneath the ice to eat sea plants then they would
    > certainly do so.

    I think I've heard of Eskimo salad -- eating the plants from the stomachs of
    the animals they kill.

    > they were in perfect health upon their return home. One might think they
    > would have at least shown evidence of vitamin C deficiency (scurvy), but

    Liver?

    -xx- Damien X-)

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