The Aboriginal Eskimo Diet in Modern Perspective
The aboriginal diet of the Arctic Eskimo, which consisted mainly of land and sea mammals and fish, is analyzed with respect to its capacity to provide the nutrients now regarded as essential for nutritional health. It is concluded that, despite its remarkably restricted composition, the native diet...
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crwiley:10.1525/aa.1977.79.2.02a00070 2024-10-06T13:46:22+00:00 The Aboriginal Eskimo Diet in Modern Perspective DRAPER, H. H. 1977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.1977.79.2.02a00070 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Faa.1977.79.2.02a00070 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1977.79.2.02a00070 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Anthropologist volume 79, issue 2, page 309-316 ISSN 0002-7294 1548-1433 journal-article 1977 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1977.79.2.02a00070 2024-09-11T04:16:21Z The aboriginal diet of the Arctic Eskimo, which consisted mainly of land and sea mammals and fish, is analyzed with respect to its capacity to provide the nutrients now regarded as essential for nutritional health. It is concluded that, despite its remarkably restricted composition, the native diet is capable of furnishing all the essential nutritional elements when prepared and consumed according to traditional customs. However, its low carbohydrate and high protein content necessitated major metabolic adaptations in energy and nitrogen metabolism. Erosion of the traditional diet culture and life style has been accompanied by a decline in nutritional status. [Eskimo, diet, nutrition] Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic eskimo* Wiley Online Library Arctic American Anthropologist 79 2 309 316 |
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The aboriginal diet of the Arctic Eskimo, which consisted mainly of land and sea mammals and fish, is analyzed with respect to its capacity to provide the nutrients now regarded as essential for nutritional health. It is concluded that, despite its remarkably restricted composition, the native diet is capable of furnishing all the essential nutritional elements when prepared and consumed according to traditional customs. However, its low carbohydrate and high protein content necessitated major metabolic adaptations in energy and nitrogen metabolism. Erosion of the traditional diet culture and life style has been accompanied by a decline in nutritional status. [Eskimo, diet, nutrition] |
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