Thanks very much to Gary Ditta for the very interesting story of hereditary
hemochromatosis.  It augments the argument that Europeans or whites have
been exposed to high cereal diets for longer than any other racial group.
Is that true?  If agriculture arose in the Middle East and spread gradually
to Europe, why don't Arabs have an even higher prevalence of HH?

The lower prevalence of heart disease in the French (called the French
paradox) has usually been put down to their moderate wine/alchohol intake
rather than food diversity.

Best wishes  Jennie

Jennie Brand Miller  PhD
Associate Professor in Human Nutrition
Department of Biochemistry  G08
University of Sydney
NSW 2006  Australia
Phone: (61 2) 9351 3759
Fax: (61 2) 9351 6022