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Research shows that the 'Inuit Paradox' is no paradox at all. People believe that the Inuit were traditionally healthy despite eating loads of flesh and little plant foods. This premise goes deep, but it doesn't hold up.
Sources:
Where the Myth Started (1970's Study):
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/28/9/958.full.pdf
Study by team of Canadian and Danish Scientists:
www.researchgate.net/publication/10943329_Low_incidence_of_cardiovascular_disease_among_the_Inuit_-_What_is_the_evidence
High Cholesterol Despite Eating Traditional Diet Study:
atvb.ahajournals.org/content/12/12/1371.full.pdf
Mummies around the world & atherosclerosis:
www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(13)60598-X.pdf
High mercury levels in Inuit:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8871682
Lower bone density in Inuit:
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/27/9/916.full.pdf
Weston A Price Peanut Butter Osteoporosis Page:
www.westonaprice.org/modern-diseases/dem-bones-do-high-protein-diets-cause-bone-loss/
Book on Greenland Mummies:
books.google.com/books?id=mWkYGpmzQXMC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=bone+density+of+inuit+mummies&source=bl&ots=Fr-VfwtNRF&sig=ENkaIgDbx9YsQ9lflnOHemsrlRs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAGoVChMI9P2Pz6yLyAIVC1SSCh3zRQpQ#v=onepage&q=clinically%20defined&f=false
Credit to this blog for discovering the Russian Inuit Data on Lifespan:
wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/07/mortality-and-lifespan-of-inuit.html
Canadian Inuit live 10 years less:
( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18457208
Greenland Inuit live 10 years less & fish oil statement:
www.onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(14)00237-2/abstract
(bootleg text):
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1814937!/httpFile/file.pdf
Okinawan hip fracture study:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2021147
Main Okinawan Diet Study (1949):
www.okicent.org/docs/anyas_cr_diet_2007_1114_434s.pdf
Sources:
Where the Myth Started (1970's Study):
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/28/9/958.full.pdf
Study by team of Canadian and Danish Scientists:
www.researchgate.net/publication/10943329_Low_incidence_of_cardiovascular_disease_among_the_Inuit_-_What_is_the_evidence
High Cholesterol Despite Eating Traditional Diet Study:
atvb.ahajournals.org/content/12/12/1371.full.pdf
Mummies around the world & atherosclerosis:
www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(13)60598-X.pdf
High mercury levels in Inuit:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8871682
Lower bone density in Inuit:
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/27/9/916.full.pdf
Weston A Price Peanut Butter Osteoporosis Page:
www.westonaprice.org/modern-diseases/dem-bones-do-high-protein-diets-cause-bone-loss/
Book on Greenland Mummies:
books.google.com/books?id=mWkYGpmzQXMC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=bone+density+of+inuit+mummies&source=bl&ots=Fr-VfwtNRF&sig=ENkaIgDbx9YsQ9lflnOHemsrlRs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAGoVChMI9P2Pz6yLyAIVC1SSCh3zRQpQ#v=onepage&q=clinically%20defined&f=false
Credit to this blog for discovering the Russian Inuit Data on Lifespan:
wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/07/mortality-and-lifespan-of-inuit.html
Canadian Inuit live 10 years less:
( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18457208
Greenland Inuit live 10 years less & fish oil statement:
www.onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(14)00237-2/abstract
(bootleg text):
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1814937!/httpFile/file.pdf
Okinawan hip fracture study:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2021147
Main Okinawan Diet Study (1949):
www.okicent.org/docs/anyas_cr_diet_2007_1114_434s.pdf