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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
To clarify, I did not mean for the point to sound like an appeal to nature fallacy. It was really just to demonstrate an example of how accessible modern healthcare is not heavily tied to health. You can point to their life expectancy to debunk my claim, but I think that ties more into higher earlier life mortality rates due to living conditions and births than the actual health of the people.
You can look at the history of the Okinawan people for one example.
You can also check out this very recent study: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...xt?elsca1=tlpr |
It was mostly the use of the word "holistic" that got me. *shudders*
I'm sure the evidence backs up the concept that they were generally healthier than the modern American or Mexican, but I think there are some confounding factors like availability of food and daily physical demand required just to survive.