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Originally Posted by Cheese
Life expectancy among the Inuit is also very low compared to the rest of Canada. Now before you jump on me and suggest it is more than a diet based answer, I would tell you I concur. Poor housing, high risk lifestyles, etc also contribute, but I dont think you can discount the diet aspect either, an all protein diet must be a contributor.
In 1991, life expectancy in the Inuit-inhabited areas was about 68 years, 10 years less than for Canada as a whole. From 1991 to 2001, life expectancy in the Inuit-inhabited areas did not increase, although life expectancy rose by about two years for Canada overall.
Among the four areas, life expectancy was generally highest in the Inuvialuit region and Nunavut, followed by Nunatsiavut and Nunavik.
The findings for the Inuit-inhabited areas do not distinguish life expectancy for Inuit from that of non-Inuit people. However, if the life expectancy of the non-Inuit population (who make up about 20% of the population in the four areas combined) is assumed to be the same as in the rest of Canada, then, taking into account the relative population sizes of each group, the life expectancy of Inuit residents would have been 64.2 years, or 15 years less than for Canada as a whole.
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Cheese I am not talking about the modern Inuk. I am talking about those that lived 100+ years ago. Studies from 1990 onwards mean nothing because Inuit eat all kinds of crap now. It's ridiculous! Pop, chips and chocolate bars are eaten every day and most all have rotten teeth and diabetes.
I am talking about those who lived in Igloos and managed to survive in the north for thousands of years, in some of the most brutal conditions on the planet. All they ate was seal, walrus, whale, fish, caribou...There really were no veggies or fruits. Hell, most of the explorers who were trying to find the northwest passage died of scurvy.
I just wanted to clarify that I was not talking about the Inuit of today. They have the worst diets I have ever seen (now).