--- Thomas Dekany <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
> While I don't want to prove or disprove anything
> here, the HEALTHIEST
> people on earth are the Hunzas. Yet they don't eat
> Paleo.


If you believe the hype.  Vegetarians love to talk
about the Hunza, but fail to mention the problems with
malaria, dysentery, worms, impetigo, goiter, tooth
decay, rickets, and tuberculosis.

Their claims for longevity have never been
substantiated.  They do suffer lower incidences of
heart disease and cancer than us in the west primarily
because they haven't been exposed to trans fat,
twinkies, and supersized fast food meals.  They do
consume plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, and raw
goat milk, and the quality of their water is vastly
superior to ours.

Quote from an article I read on the webb last year.

"There are three populations that have been thought to
contain particularly long-lived individuals: the
Hunzas of Pakistan,  inhabitants of Vilcabamba in
Ecuador, and inhabitants of the Caucasus in
  the Soviet Union. There are anecdotal accounts of
the advanced ages attained by individuals of these
groups in early reports of travelers to  these
regions. Leaf (1973, 1975) is, however, primarily
responsible for describing and popularizing these
groups as particularly longevous.  Subsequent work,
however, has failed to substantiate the extreme
  longevity of members of these communities. Social
factors which invest  aged individuals with increased
status and misidentification are responsible for age
exaggeration in these populations.  Hunza is located
in the Karakoran Mountains in western Pakistan
  bordering on Afghanistan and China. This is an
extremely isolated mountainous area with little
contact with the rest of the world.
  Travelers to the area, particularly a British
doctor, Sir Robert McCarrison, did much to popularize
knowledge of the health, diet, and longevity of the
people in the area. Leaf (1975) recounts meeting
  several nonagenarians and centenarians on his visit
to the area. These physically active individuals
continued to work in the fields and  existed on a
Spartan diet. There are apparently no subsequent
  re-evaluations of this community and no
documentation exists to substantiate the reports of
extreme old age of some of the individuals  in the
community." END...

Mark










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