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From: "matesz"

>Inuit women ³usually seem as old at sixty as our
women do at eighty.²(11)

I haven't read Stefansson, so I'm wondering whether "seem" is based on some
kind of derived fact from his studies or personal opinion.  Environmental
exposure has much to do with how people (and women) look as they age.  And
cross-cultural perceptions/misperceptions of how someone looks or should
look is a factor.  When I used to teach ESL, my Asian students told me they
thought American women stayed looking young much longer than Asian women.
To them, Asian women started really showing their age in their 30's.  Well,
how many American women see a decline in their looks in their 30's?  The
point is the Asians just couldn't see the same signs of aging that Americans
see in themselves.  I'm just wondering if Stefansson carried with him some
pre-conceived notion and mental image of how women "should" look at 60 years
of age.

 >Systemic acidity is responsible for their rapid
rate of aging.

Is this your view or Stefansson's?

Theola