Inuit criticism

[srid]

Response to this?

Studies on the Inuit and Masai are commonly cited, but they generally either are flawed or don't show what people think. The Inuit had similar health problems to westerners, apparently. And while the Masai didn't tend to suffer heart attacks, they did have hardened arteries -- it was just that their extremely high levels of physical activity granted them wider arteries that didn't get blocked so easily.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/ne8ggb/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_may_17_2021/gz4os69/?context=3

[srid]

To clarify, I went to https://justmeat.co/peoples/inuit/ - and it refers to books. I thought we could improve the page by addressing individual arguments like the above.

I don't have the time/interest/energy to read these studies individually and come up with a critique. But if somebody else does it, it would be great to record it all in the wiki site. I'm pretty sure the detractors are not being 100% factual, and mostly likely cherry-picking an aspect of something to promulgate a slanted view ... but finding out what exactly it is requires time to read these things.

[bitstein]

Likewise, I have limited time and energy to put into this website at the moment, but I agree addressing common critiques like this would be useful. From skimming that article, it appears they are looking at Inuit primarily post-1950. Even with regards to prior data, it was from a time where westernization in diet and lifestyle had already taken place. Weston Price showed the detrimental effects it was having on their health in the 1930s. My goal with the peoples page is to try to uncover what unadulterated native diets were like.

[srid]

@bitstein I'm happy to help with the website maintenance if you'd like.