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

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 23:06:58 MDT

  • Next message: Karen Rand Smigrodzki: "Re: SARS or something else?(long)"

    Damien Sullivan wrote:

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

    That might explain it if true. Personally I've never heard of "Eskimo
    salad". Sounds pretty unappetizing to me, but if it's true then it could
    very well be the reason Eskimos don't get scurvy.

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

    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.

    -gts

    This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Tue Apr 15 2003 - 23:13:03 MDT