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And neither do we absolutely need to eat plants to live a long, healthy life. Case in point? The traditional Eskimo diet that consisted majorly of fats, offal a
by Valmar 9y ago
And neither do we absolutely need to eat plants to live a long, healthy life. Case in point? The traditional Eskimo diet that consisted majorly of fats, offal and meat. They lived long healthy lives only shortened due to the extreme coldness of their environment.
- cageface 9y agoThis is actually a myth. Eskimos have a relatively high rate of cardiovascular disease and not particularly long lifespans: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25064579 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25064579 https://nutritionfacts.org/video/omega-3s-and-the-eskimo-fish-tale/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/omega-3s-and-the-eskimo-fis... The risk of the dying from the top 10 causes of death in the US is reduced, in many cases dramatically, by eating a plant based diet. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_04.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_04.pdf Vegans have longer lifespans than non-vegans: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/vegan-meat-life-expectancy-eggs-dairy-research-a7168036.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/...