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Hi All,

I know we have been discussing the fascinating diet of the Eskimo's,

but how about some research on the Dinka's. They were the most

physically perfect, strongest and healthiest tribe Price ever saw.

Here is a quote from WAP:

" The healthiest tribe that Price studied was the Dinkas, a Sudanese

tribe on the western bank of the Nile. They were not as tall as the

cattle-herding Neurs groups but they were physically better

proportioned and had greater strength. Their diet consisted mainly of

fish and cereal grains. This is perhaps the greatest lesson of

Price's African research—that a diet of whole foods, one that avoids

the extremes of the carnivorous Masai and the largely vegetarian

Bantu, but incorporates both nutrient dense grains and seafood,

ensures optimum physical development. "

I have begun a search for more information about the Dinka's. So

far what I have found is a sad story concerning the changes in their

way of life. War has greatly altered their lives, as it is bound to

do anywhere. Apparently they now have a lot of cattle, but I have

seen no mention of fish.

I did come across one fine lecture by a nutritionist, Dr. J.

Georiou, Ph.D.. It is a brief, but very fine description of Dr.

Price's work. You will find it at:

www.worldwidehealthcenter.net/article62.htm

This article would certainly make a great waiting room read or a

handout to explain NT and Price's research.

Does anyone have access to more information concerning the foods the

Dinka's ate and how they prepared it? If I find anything more I will

send a another post.

Thanks,

Sheila

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>>> I did come across one fine lecture by a nutritionist, Dr. J.

Georiou, Ph.D.. It is a brief, but very fine description of Dr.

Price's work. You will find it at:

www.worldwidehealthcenter.net/article62.htm

This article would certainly make a great waiting room read or a

handout to explain NT and Price's research.

-------->thanks for sharing that sheila - it's a great synopsis of price's

work.

Does anyone have access to more information concerning the foods the

Dinka's ate and how they prepared it? If I find anything more I will

send a another post.

------->this would be really interesting. the only thing i've come across so

far (haven't looked hard) is info on the 'lost boys' the large group of

dinka young men and boys who've been homeless and travelled in large bands

due to civil wars. a number of them have ended up in the US, and apparently

the group in boston still sings their family cattle songs. apparently,

cattle are extremely important to their culture, but i have no idea how long

they've been raising cattle. not as far back as the 1930s...?

please do share whatever you find. i just started stefansson's " not by bread

alone " last night - the chapter on dental health and it's incredibly

fascinating! when i read a little more i'll post about it.

Suze Fisher

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

mailto:s.fisher22@...

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>Does anyone have access to more information concerning the foods the

>Dinka's ate and how they prepared it? If I find anything more I will

>send a another post.

A couple of months back, Discovery Channel, or one of its subsidiaries, ran a

series about ancient warriors. The Dinka was one of the tribes looked at.

Unfortunately, diet was a very minor point of the show. What I remember was

cattle and milk products and blood with some occasional grain, but this is more

from just watching the food prep in a very casual manner, since the program was

all about the boys growing to become men and warriors.

A point that was also casually made is the Dinka are a very large group of

people, possibly the largest tribe in the area. They are also the prime victims

of the Arabic slave traders.

I read that Price felt that the meat eaters were the brightest, bravest,

strongest, most honest and moral people, yet we have here a people who, if this

information is correct, refuse to protect their own. I can't figure out why any

family group wouldn't organize to protect itself from marauders, and this has

been going on for centuries, and they just seem to not get it. They seem to have

taken the " school of fish " approach to group security. Enough population and you

won't miss the few that the predators take out.

I know this doesn't relate specifically to the topic of the group, but it is

something I have wondered a lot about since seeing the TV program.

Thanks for the link, now that I have posted, and possibly put my foot in my

mouth, I will go read it :-)

Mike E

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> but how about some research on the Dinka's. They were the most

> physically perfect, strongest and healthiest tribe Price ever saw.

> Here is a quote from WAP:

>

> " The healthiest tribe that Price studied was the Dinkas, a Sudanese

> tribe on the western bank of the Nile.

WAP says that, but does NAPD actually say that?

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Hi Mike,

Perhaps this recounting of the trials the Dinka's have had to deal

with will help to answer your question about why they " just don't get

it " . Ethical, moral and all other virtues seem to always alter to

some degree when war is occuring. Fortunately many of us have not

been subjected to these horrors. This paragraph is from a book

written about the questionable eventual survival of human being.

Sheila

" Hertsgaard encounters many problems with the environment on his

travels. He starts off with visiting the Dinka tribe in Ethiopia. A

tribe that originally lived near Bor in Central Southern Sudan, on

the White Nile. The Dinka's lived as farmers who raised cattle,

caught fish, and grew a variety of crops. The Dinka's fled Bor in the

mid 80's when civil war swept the area and settled in a UN relief

camp in Ethiopia. Then in 1991 the Dinka's moved back to the Sudan

because off more political unrest and violence. An estimate 150,000

Dinka's have been displaced with an indeterminate number killed.

Civil wars, famine, drought, soil erosion, deforestation,

desertification and lack of clean water are all huge issues discussed

by Hertsgaard including poverty and development. For the Dinka tribe

environment is not the main issue but food and homelessness are. The

Dinka tribe is caught in a never ending cycle of war, drought, famine

and homelessness. For the Dinka's environment and development

strategies can not be implemented till poverty has been conquered.

Though maybe environment, development and poverty should go hand in

hand? "

>

> >

> >Does anyone have access to more information concerning the foods

the

> >Dinka's ate and how they prepared it? If I find anything more I

will

> >send a another post.

>

> A couple of months back, Discovery Channel, or one of its

subsidiaries, ran a

> series about ancient warriors. The Dinka was one of the tribes

looked at.

> Unfortunately, diet was a very minor point of the show. What I

remember was

> cattle and milk products and blood with some occasional grain, but

this is more

> from just watching the food prep in a very casual manner, since the

program was

> all about the boys growing to become men and warriors.

>

> A point that was also casually made is the Dinka are a very large

group of

> people, possibly the largest tribe in the area. They are also the

prime victims

> of the Arabic slave traders.

>

> I read that Price felt that the meat eaters were the brightest,

bravest,

> strongest, most honest and moral people, yet we have here a people

who, if this

> information is correct, refuse to protect their own. I can't figure

out why any

> family group wouldn't organize to protect itself from marauders,

and this has

> been going on for centuries, and they just seem to not get it. They

seem to have

> taken the " school of fish " approach to group security. Enough

population and you

> won't miss the few that the predators take out.

>

> I know this doesn't relate specifically to the topic of the group,

but it is

> something I have wondered a lot about since seeing the TV program.

>

> Thanks for the link, now that I have posted, and possibly put my

foot in my

> mouth, I will go read it :-)

>

> Mike E

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