X-Message-Number: 13420
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 06:55:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: Stroke mortality, heart disease question

In Message #13417 "George Smith" <> wrote:

> I have been given to understand that there may be a direct coorelation
> between the increased incidence of heart disease in general to the
> introduction of refined sugar in the diet of that culture.
>
You may suspect that cardiovascular disease is a modern phenonmena.
If that is the case, I would like to confirm that your suspicion is
probably correct. The most primitive peoples appear to have a zero
incidence of both ischemic heart disease, and stroke. I'm currently
researching up this interesting fact, and will report on it further. 
Sugar is not the villian, but it is not entirely clear what is. The
case for the usual suspects (like animal fat) is surprisingly weak, 
but several overlooked micronutrients look like they may be able to
explain the lack of cardiovascular disease in primitives.

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