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Originally Posted by thestudbeast  How would you explain how the inuits survive then? If this where the case. |
So you don't think there are essential carbohydrates and carbs serve no purpose in the body other than food?
The average life-span before the introduction of the Europeans was around 35 years of age as well.
Diet
The Inuit have traditionally been hunters and fishers. They hunted, and still hunt, whales,
walruses,
caribou,
seals,
polar bears,
muskoxen, birds, and at times other less commonly eaten animals such as foxes. The typical Inuit diet is high in protein and very high in fat - in their traditional diets, Inuit consumed an average of 75% of their daily energy intake from fat.
[9] While it is not possible to cultivate plants for food in the Arctic, gathering those that are naturally available has always been typical. Grasses, tubers, roots, stems, berries, and seaweed were collected and preserved depending on the season and the location (kuanniq or edible seaweed) = saccharides/carbs Kuhnlein, Harriet [1991]. "Chapter 4. Descriptions and Uses of Plant Foods by Indigenous Peoples", Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples: Nutrition, Botany and Use (Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology), 1st edition, Taylor and Francis, pp. 26-29. ISBN 978-2881244650. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. "Arctic Wildlife". Retrieved on 2007-11-20. “Not included are the myriad of other species of plants and animals that Inuit use, such as geese, ducks, rabbits, ptarmigan, swans, halibut, clams, mussels, cod, berries and seaweed.”