Judy: > My friend just returned from Hawaii, after living there for 5 years. She > informs me that all the native islanders are fat. Those eating their > traditional diet of poi (fermented taro root), fruit, fish, young coconuts > are fat. The old ones are fat. The young ones are fat. And where did she find any "native islanders" eating a traditional diet? LOL FWIW, native Hawaiians were never hunter-gatherers but farmers/fishers. There is a word for diabetes in the original language. Having lived in Hawaii for four years I have yet to see a "native" eating a traditional diet... And there _are_ natives who are not fat. Cheers, Kirt