<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 April 2011 20:09, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
For instance,<br>
the Inuits have developed the ability to subsist entirely on meat, whereas<br>
the Europeans tend to develop gout and ketosis if we try that. </blockquote></div><br clear="all">Same as for scurvy, I believe there is some evidence suggesting that gout has little to do with a diet based on fresh meat and fish, and that once proteins are are mixed with the right balance of fats we do not really need much else.<br>
<br>An europoid Norwegian tried to subsist for a couple of years on a purely carnivorous diet, and the only thing he had to do to be perfectly well was to adjust his fat intake.<br><br>-- <br>Stefano Vaj<br>