> Take your unhealthy suburban aboriginal out of town, put him with a
> group of his tribalbrothers and three months later, eating whatever is
> caught in the bush, the fat sick suburban black fella will have bright
> eyes, shiny healthy skin, low blood pressure, half his original
> weight, and so much improved in appearance that his own mother won't
> recognise him.

This is true but misleading. Aboriginals have herbal "remedies" dating back
long before Western enculturation that include treaments for many common
complaints of Western lifestyle, i.e. colds and flu, gastro-intestinal
disorders (bad diet?), congestion, coughs, generally feeling unwell, sore
throat etc. They were never healthy to start with, they just got made much
worse with a newer dose of civilisation.

John