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Default Using a Induction hot plate as a slow cooker

On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:39:59 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:36:45 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:30:31 +1100, Bruce >
>>wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:26:30 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>>>wrote:
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>>>>On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 12:43:01 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
>>>>> Long lives among indigenous people can many times be attributed to the extreme physicality required of
>>>>> those traditional lifestyles.
>>>>>
>>>>> N.
>>>>
>>>>Those old timers were mostly farmers and laborers. They had a hard life. Life is easier for the Okinawans these days. OTOH, the easy life tends to lead to shorter lifespans. This seems like a mighty fine trade to me, mighty fine.
>>>
>>>There you go. You say they lived long because they had hard lives.
>>>Lucretia thinks it's because of the fat (that they actually ate little
>>>off in those days). I'm guessing it's because of low fat and sweet
>>>potato. We can all have our own party thanks to these people.

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>>Yes. The Inuit are well known for scoffing down tons of sweet potato.

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>The Inuit may do other things that make them live long (do they live
>long?)


Well, they were known for low levels of diabetes, heart disease and
cancer. Their diet was mostly high in protein and fats and low in
fruits and vegetables. Good fats, as opposed to bad fats, I should
add.