IIRC, he theorized that women aged more rapidly than men because they remained primarily indoors in very warm dwellings. Maybe they didn't get enough sunlight? Kathy -------------- Original message -------------- From: Adrienne Smith <[log in to unmask]> > ...Stephansson hypothesized that the Eskimo women had a > prematurely aged appearance and I think that is partly subjective (no make-up), > partly > because of the harsh climate and largely because of the regular ingestion of > spoiled fish. They also ate plenty of caribou and boiled fish -- but > Stephansson rights about the spoiled fish delicacy. One last thing -- Ross > Horne > advocated an all-fruit diet. So I take anything he has to say with a grain of > salt...on my hunk of fatty meat of course. > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com