Can you refer me to the source that establishes that eskimos who consume only fats
and meats have no degenerative diseases?  I think that I read somewhere along the
line that osteoporosis is more prevalent ( I will look for the citation);  Is it a
fact that indigenous Eskimo populations ate "only meat and fat?"

Marc Harmon wrote:

> On 3/26/98 10:18 AM, Phyllis Walker said:
>
> >Hello, my name is Phyllis, and I'm a recovering vegetarian.  In those 5
> >meatless years I watched my weight shoot up 30 lbs, my strength lessening,
> >and my energy levels drop to nothing.  Why did I keep at for so long, you
> >ask?  Because it was so "good" for me (I read a whole bunch of books
> >testifying to that fact), obviously the problem was that I wasn't doing it
> >right.  I experimented: cut out dairy, eating raw veggies, eating only rice
> >etc.  I stayed constipated, low energy, constant heartburn, and chronic,
> >stinky "gas" (sorry, but it's true).  So at the end of 1997, I thought here I
> >sit, a failure, what is wrong with me!? Why can't I get this right!?
> Dear Phyllis,
>     Congratulations!  I was a vegetarian for a long time also, and
> experienced the same things you did.  My skin looked very pale, and I
> usually felt bad.  My husband and I went to a nutritionist/cleanser once
> (about seven years ago) and he took us off all grains-(good), all meat,
> all dairy, and had us do several fasts, after three months I was way too
> thin and felt like I was going to die.  And now, after learning more
> about fats, I probably was close to death...  It was hard at first to eat
> so much meat, and fat, but after just three weeks I feel so much better
> than I have in a long time.  I haven't had gas in so long, I forgot how
> bad it was until you mentioned it again!  We've actually been doing a lot
> of research, and are on a no carb diet (or way of eating) now, and I feel
> so much better even than before. Only a no carb diet stops insulin
> production - insulin being the main culprit which damages arteries, ages
> the skin, and is responsible for the loss of collagen in the connective
> tissues.  Plus, we're trying to find a diet which will not contribute to
> caries, and actually help heal cavities already started (my husband is a
> dentist).  Eskimos who only consume fats and meat have no degenerative
> diseases.  Socially it's not easy, but our friends (except for a few
> exceptional ones) think we're strange anyway, so this doesn't surprise
> them - they just roll their eyes, and suck down their oatmeal, rice,
> pasta, and pie, and blow their noses constantly...
>
> >To "enlighten"
> >them (I try to squash my zealot tendencies, but you know, when you're right,
> >you're right!) I'll try to explain a bit of physiology, but if they're trying
> >to understand but attack, I just stop and smile (they say my teeth are
> >whiter, no coffee I guess), and say I refuse to lead a life unexamined.
>  Great retort!
> Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the "club".
> Jacki