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A Study of the Diet and Metabolism of Eskimos Undertaken in 1908 on an Expedition to Greenland
Publish date:
January 1, 1908
A few interesting tidbits:
1- Their usual daily intake of protein was >280 grams and fat >135 grams, and carb ~50 grams, half from meat glycogen.
2- Remarkably, despite such high protein intake, they did not seem to have gout, like Europeans.
3- they could work extremely hard and long hours despite few carbs.
4- they studied 4 subjects (2 men/2 women) in a respiratory chamber set up in the field in West Greenland, the most food one person ate in 24 hours was 1804 grams boiled seal meat - makes the "56 ounce steak -eat it and its free" in US restaurants child's play!
5- Respiratory, urine and feces studies showed 90% of calories were absorbed.
6- When traveling at -30 degrees their meat was naturally frozen, so they had to eat it as such. They shivered uncontrollably for 30 minutes after eating before warming up. Humans are a tough species...
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Man The Fat Hunter | Man is a lipivore - hunting and preferring the fattiest meats they can find. When satisifed with fat, they will want little else. | |
Facultative Carnivore | Facultative Carnivore describes the concept of animals that are technically omnivores but who thrive off of all meat diets. Humans may just be facultative carnivores - who need no plant products for long-term nutrition. | |
Eskimo | The Inuit lived for as long as 10,000 years in the far north of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland and likely come from Mongolian Bering-Strait travelers. They ate an all-meat diet of seal, whale, caribou, musk ox, fish, birds, and eggs. Their nutritional transition to civilized plant foods spelled their health demise. | |
Carnivore Diet | The carnivore diet involves eating only animal products such as meat, fish, dairy, eggs, marrow, meat broths, organs. There are little to no plants in the diet. |