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To: Bill who wrote (96409)	2/24/2005 12:14:50 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

We all know the destructiveness of excessive animal fat in the diet. And, we know that animal fat was a large part of the diet in previous generations which did not have the diseases, which our prosperity has brought upon us. Why? One choice offset another, i.e., the level of activity was such that any negative impact of the animal fat in the diet was cancelled out. Even today there are illustrations of this. Heart disease has been relatively unknown among the Masai people of East Africa, yet their diet is very high in animal fat. Thinking that the "lipid theory" of heart and artery disease might be contradicted by these facts, researchers began doing autopsies on Masai warriors who died and/or who were killed. It was found that they had the same consequences of animal fat as everyone else, but they also walked and ran every where they went. Even though the fats they ate caused atherosclerosis, just as it does in Americans, the arteries in their hearts were so large that there were no obstructions to blood flow, and therefore no heart attacks. setma.com