In a message dated 5/7/99 7:39:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> This
>  implies that the mere fact that people have been eating a certain
>  food for a very long time does not imply that it doesn't make
>  them sick; it only means that it hasn't killed them off.

This statement raised another interesting issue to me -- it seems that many
of the diseases we associate with a contemporary diet -- the heart disease,
auto-immune disorders, diabetes, etc., occur in mid-or-later life (with
exceptions, of course), AFTER prime child-bearing years.

It would be interesting to see statistics on rise or fall of percentage of
these types of diseases in children, adolescents, and young adults,  esp.
since the industrial revolution and refridgerated food transport (1935 or
so), which radically altered the standard American diet.  It is my impression
(although I have not researched or studied it) that certain chronic diseases,
including obesity, are on the rise in younger populations.

Kim
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