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Quite interesting. The fact that native people eating their traditional diet do not have the western diseases of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, etc., is well
by marze 16y ago
Quite interesting.
The fact that native people eating their traditional diet do not have the western diseases of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, etc., is well documented, as is the fact that those same native peoples who adopt a western diet do suffer from the western diseases.
Those facts alone prove that the western diseases not genetic but environmental and thus avoidable. Anyone who wishes to avoid them can do so, but they need to figure out how, which may not be obvious.
- ascott 16y agoThere was a study of the town Roseto, Pennsylvania in the 1950s that may explain why this is the case. They ate a traditional american diet, exercised the same amount as other americans, etc. But they had almost no heart disease, which was astounding at the time. The difference was that everyone in town was very social. They would frequently share meals with neighbors, and several family generations would live together under the same roof. The conclusion the study came to was that the excellent health was from community and social connections. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/books/chapters/chapter-outliers.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/books/chapters/chapter-out... I think these social connections become necessary for survival in poor areas. So they are resistant to diseases of affluence when their diet changes.