The theory predicts that the
> > Tarahumara should be dropping like flies from their high-carb, corn and
> > bean based diet.  But they are extraordinarily healthy.

your so..ah..wrong...

The death rate among the Raramuri [ie Tarahumara] people is staggering.
Families are doing well if they have only lost 25% of their children. Many
of our  [notice the 'our'...this is written by one of them] friends have
lost 75%. Most children die from complications initiated or exacerbated by
contaminated water http://www.raramuri.org/


, the precarious state of Tarahumara children's health has been known for
decades. Tarahumara infant mortality rate (95 per 1000 live borns) is nearly
double that of the national indigenous infant mortality rate (55 x 1000).
Children's anthropometry is typical of chronic undernutrition. In the local
hospitals of Guachochi municipality, high numbers of child deaths are
reported due to infectious diseases along with moderate to severe
malnutrition
http://www.chi.itesm.mx/~investig/Salud_Indigena/7foodaid.html


.  Infant morality is high, ten or eleven offspring may be born and a family
may only raise two or three to maturity.  The life expectancy of the
Tarahumara is estimated to be around 45.


http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:K-Q6ndnmceMC:www.dana.edu/~dwarman/abs.
htm+tarahumara+malnutrition&hl=en

etc etc but you get the point. fitness isn't health or longevity. would be
hard to find a sicker group of peope on the planet.

andrew



> >
> > Hold on.  Your theory predicts that.  Mine says that they should not be
as
> > poorly off as those of us eating processed foods.
>
> But your theory says that their heart disease rate should still
> be greater than that of hunter-gatherers who don't eat beans and
> corn.  But it isn't.  Heart disease is rare among the Tarahumara.
>
> Todd Moody
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