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Is the Inuit Diet Healthy? Really? Prove It.

Paleo eaters often talk about the Eskimos and how they were so healthy prior to modern food.

I found this detailed article (lots of citations), though, and wanted to know if there is any truth to it: http://www.raw-food-health.net/Primal-Diet.html

Author says the Eskimos were never healthy.

What do you think?

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I would recommend that they and everyone read: Catching Fire: How Cooking made us human – Stephen-Aegis Sep 17 2010 at 13:04
Well, even though the question is closed, if anyone is in the mood for an experience so frustrating it's transcendent, then check out that link at raw-food-health. It's like he lives in a bizarro backwards world, where everything he says is the complete opposite of what we say. – Paul Sep 17 2010 at 16:54

closed as exact duplicate by Bread-Eating Beelzebub Sep 17 2010 at 13:44

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The author takes primal/paleo and misrepresents/twists the ideals, completely ignores the benefits of cooking, lists inaccurate food choices for paleo..

They then proceed to link terribly weak studies to attempt to justify their position..

Do I think Eskimos were optimally healthy? No, but meat wasn't their problem, environment was...

Primal/Paleo is not based on Eskimos but rather Hunter Gatherers... But as most decisions as humans we decide with emotion and seek justification thru logic, even really really weak logic as you've found here

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