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My family has Sami heritage, we run cold. My average body temp is 96.8 degrees. We also have trouble with hyperlipidemia, obesity, and early heart disease. So
by FollowingTheDao 4y ago
My family has Sami heritage, we run cold. My average body temp is 96.8 degrees. We also have trouble with hyperlipidemia, obesity, and early heart disease.
So the genetics of all of this will be interesting. I have managed to avoid my family curse by eating pretty much only fish and game meat, like a Sami. And I do not eat much. It was the only diet that would raise my HDL.
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- sgt 4y agoSamis are also pretty small people. Almost like elves. That can actually be an advantage for longevity in some ways.
- FollowingTheDao 4y agoYeah, we are all short stature as well. If fact, my older brother was given growth hormones as a young child because he was not "growing as expected". Idiots. All Inuit populations are shorter on average.
- sgt 4y agoThat's terrible! Hope they put an end to that.
- giantg2 4y agoI'm surprised how little is said about traditional diets. It's like everyone has to have the same numbers, diet, etc. If they don't, then it's automatically statins or bust.
- FollowingTheDao 4y agoYes, but "traditional diets" for who? An Inuit? A Mediterranean farmer? A Sri Lankin Indian? Our traditional diets changes our genetics, so who you are will determine what is healthy for you. I agree with the statin. They tried to force them on me. I took a look at my genetics, changes my diet accordingly, and LDL and HDL reversed in three weeks and I have the blood work to prove it.
- giantg2 4y ago"Our traditional diets changes our genetics, so who you are will determine what is healthy for you." That's my point - traditional for the individual based on their ancestry.