Just as Stefansson was taken in by the Hunza story in "Cancer Disease of
Civilization" (and I was taken in by myths of sex on the internet) others
(including S. Boyd Eaton M.D.)have been influenced by the more recent
story of the Tsaday in the Philipine Islands. These turned out to be
actors hired by the head Anthropologist of the Phillipines (a relative of
Imelda Marcos). These "Tsaday" were alleged to be vegetarian gatherers
but were actually recruited from local farmers.
Ray Audette
Staffan Lindeberg wrote:
> >
> >From what I have read, the story of the Hunza, like that of the Georgians,
> looks more like a myth than scientific data.