> > I'm going back to southern New Mexico shortly and will be in an area
where
> > there is very high bean, grain, corn consumption...people there also eat
a
> > LOT of lard.  I've always assumed that the lard had something to do with
the
> > very early heart problems many of the people there suffer from; is it
not
> > the lard but, rather, the combination of lard with beans, etc. that is
> > contributing to the problem????
>
> I think it is the very high use of wheat flour and corn, and also the
extremely
> high incidence of diabetes in the population with the switch from native
to
> modern foods.  There is also a lot of poverty in the area, causing people
to
> eat high-carb diets and fill up on cheap sweets.


This article tells a said tale about the state of affairs among native
people in New Mexico:

http://www.price-pottenger.org/Articles/Navajo.html