The Eskimo Versus the Indian

A dramatic metabolic contrast is evident when you consider the differences between an Eskimo's and an East Indian's dietary patterns.

Traditional Eskimos eat as much as ten pounds of very fatty meat per day, thrive physically, and are able to successfully survive the harshest climate on earth. Historically, their overall incidence of diet-related disease has been minuscule, with no traces of cardio-vascular disease or cancer until only recentiy, with their adoption of "advanced" civilization. (Progressive dental decay and diabetes is something that modern man has lately given the Eskimos, with the introduction of refined sugars into their diets.)

During countless generations, the Eskimo's physiological constitution became perfectly suited to their environment through natural adaptation and mutation (Phenotyping). Their bodies became progressively more efficient at metabolizing the "types" of food naturally occurring within their harsh living environments. in essence, the Eskimos have developed a genetic need for high protein and high fat in their diets in order to healthfully survive. Without fatty meats, their health and survival would rapidly deteriorate.

The East Indian vegetarian diet offers the most vivid contrast on earth to the Eskimo's carni-vegan diet adaptation (bear in mind that Eskimos are almost pure carnivores, as are the Masai Tribes in Africa and the South American Gauchos). East Indians have an opposite food need, based mostly on vegetables, grains, and fruits with no animal meats or fat.

If either Indians or Eskimos completely switched to the other's typical diet, they would suffer an overwhelming dietary-disease plague that could potentially end the existence of both races very rapidly. Interestingiy, many paleontologists blame changes in the food chain many millions of years ago for both dinosaur mutations and their eventual extinction. It isn't inconceivable, when you think about it, that man may suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs from changing his dietary patterns too quickly for the necessary Phenotypic adaptation to keep pace. Man could potentially bring on his own extinction by altering his nutrition too drastically in too short a period of time.

The nutritional principles of VATTA, PITTA, KAPHA and others spawned in India aren't going to healthfully sustain a carnivore ( like Eskimos) or red meat - carni-vegan (like most Americans). In fact, these misapplied principles may actually doom him or her instead to poor health. Our only protection from accidental food-related extinction is to pay closer attention to our body-specific nutritional requirements and not take any drastic leaps into incompatible nutrition plans.