On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Todd Moody wrote: > Here's an interesting web site dealing with the dietary patterns > of the Inuit: > > http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/bindon/ant570/Papers/Boschma.htm > A good site. The small amount of vitamin C in meat is sufficient to sustain the Inuit provided the meat is consumed raw. An apparently minor detail in the preparation of the food is the difference between a practical diet and a non-sustainable one. I wonder how many of us are a hairs breadth away from success with our diets, but for some minor detail ? The inuit were not perfectly healthy, suffering from skeletal problems related to high meat/low calcium consumption. Heavy meat eaters should take note. The Inuit are now suffering from western diseases, having adopted a more western diet. This raises an awkward question for paleodiet apologists. If the Inuit had access to high quality natural food sources, why have they embraced western food so readily ? So much for intuitive eating. Finally, the Copper Eskimos had a taboo prohibiting the consumption of vegetable matter ! Something to taunt our vegetarian friends with :) Incidently, vegetarian is an Inuit word meaning "poor hunter" Andy.