Re: Larry Hoover's Eskimo diet notions.

"nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure what your point was in that Greenland Eskimo post,

It was pretty obvious what my points were, if you can read....

>  It could be
> the case that Eskimos do have specific genetic defects that are
significant
> when assessing stroke risk...

That was one of my points...and it may entirely account for all the
increased susceptibilty to haemorrhagic stroke.

> ...but my point is...  the evidence on Eskimos is just not strong enough
to really
> say much of anything when with regard to what an American, for example,
> might decide to eat as dietary staple foods.

No that was my point, not yours.... I've been discrediting your
generalizations based on the "Eskimo evidence" all along, twit.

Considering Americans do not eat muktuk (spelled in various ways, but that
is sea mammal skin, often from beluga whales), which is an extraordinary
source of selenium, and are not as exposed to mercury....there are too many
variables apart from the genetic ones and PUFA ones to conclude a damn thing
from studying Greenland Eskimos. You can generate hypotheses, but then you
have to take those over to the e.g. American population to see what effect
dietary manipulations may have on non-Eskimo non-Greenlanders.

And, with respect to your ramblings about arichidonic acid/omega-6 in North
American diets, again, that has been my point all along.....too much
omega-6, deficient in omega-3.

I'm glad you're finally getting it.