On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:04:28 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-01-11 10:53 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:49:51 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-01-11 10:25 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So seal blubber isn't a superfood.
>>>>
>>> I can't say that it ever appealed to me. I guess we can follow
>>> Lucretia's advice for pork belly and cook it to render out *all* the fat.
>>>
>>> Fat was always an important part of the diet of the native people of the
>>> north. A few years ago I read a book that was the translated memoirs of
>>> an Innu hunter, and was sort of grossed out by his telling of taking a
>>> can of bear fat and eating it straight. Apparently their bodies have
>>> adapted to a diet that it high in fat and low in carbohydrates. There
>>> are some special challenges to natives because the switch to high carb
>>> and high salt and sugar and alcohol has led to high rates of type II
>>> diabetes.
>>
>> But they're not getting very old on their fat diets either.
>>
>It is curious but despite the conversion to a more European diet high in
>carbs and becoming prone to diseases related to it, they are living
>almost three times as long as they did 80 years ago.

Maybe they have better access to healthcare. Or maybe there are less
polar bears these days. Or maybe clogged arteries kill faster than
diabetes. It's hard to say what's causing what.