Gary:
>As a dentist, it would be most interesting to hear your take on
>Stefansson's discussion of this topic. Is there knowledge of Stefansson's
>work among dentists?

You might find this book even more fascinating: NUTRITION & PHYSICAL
DEGENERATION, by Dr. Weston Price. (1945/1970, Price-Pottenger Nutrition
Foundation). Available only in hardcover, this books summarizes the life's
work of a dentist who traveled the world earlier this century looking for
pristine traditional peoples in order to prove the superiority of a
vegetarian diet, but concluded instead that animal foods are fundamental to
human well-being. Each chapter deals with a specific traditional culture,
showing photos and listing data (almost always in prose form, tough going)
comparing the dental heath of the people eating the traditional foods and
those people of the same heritage who have been eating refined western
foods. The traditional foods (especially seafood) win. Contact the
Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, Box 2614, LaMesa CA 91943-2614
(Phone: 619-574-7763) The photos alone are worth the price if you have some
disposable income. $40+. :(

Amazon.com has it as well. A copy should be next to the old Sports
Illustrated mags in every dentist's office. Those pictures...;)

Cheers,
Kirt

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