On 3/26/98 7:46 PM, Rick Strong said:

>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?"

  I was referencing material related to a web resource:
http://www.crl.com/~zbear/essays.html.
Another resource for information on primitive Eskimo and other primitive
diets and degenerative disease is the book, "Nutrition and Degenerative
Disease" by Dr. Weston Price.  He does not necessarily report that the
Eskimo diet is exclusively meat (including seafood) and fat, but includes
sparse amounts of nuts, berries, and kelp.  He does not provide exact
ratios which seemed to vary during seasons, but I get the impression that
the majority of the primitive Eskimo diet was meat (including fish) and
fat.  This book is still in print through the Price Pottenger Foundation
in San Diego, 619-574-7763.  Dr. Price visited primitive cultures
throughout the world approximately 60 years ago, to study their diets and
the affects thereof.  His study concluded that these primitive peoples
had no signs of degenerative disease, until after the adoption of
modernized diets, and then rapidly within one generation showed signs of
degenerative diseases.
My various resources have given me the impression that an exclusively
meat (when I say meat I'm always including fish) and fat diet does not
produce caries in teeth (the archetype of degenerative disease).  And
furthermore, I'm under the impression, that if pursued long enough would
also cause degenerative tooth areas to regenerate, and would also be a
complete source of nutrition.  If anyone knows a contradiction to this
impression, I'd like to hear about it.
Jacki