OK, here’s yet another article extolling the terrors of fat:
Also known as Eskimo Ice Cream, akutaq, (pronounced agoodik or agooduk) is a classic native dish that is still popular today. Traditionally, women made a batch of the frosty treat when the men returned with a freshly killed polar bear or seal. Today, modern versions are usually prepared with Crisco, but traditional recipes called for meat and fat from caribou, moose, bears, seals, and fish.
Ingredients: Reindeer fat, seal oil, salmonberries, blackberries
Fat content: It’s hard to estimate without a known serving size of this native treat. But consider this: An average serving of reindeer fat packs a whopping 91 grams of fat. A different version made with fish, berries, and seal oil contains 9 grams of fat.
And you know what? Those on the traditional Inuit diet have very low rates of hearth disease. So what does this do for your thesis? You know what’s wrong with most of the dishes listed? Hint: it’s not fat.
Yes, they have low “hearth disease” — you cannot put a brick cook stove in an igloo (ba doom-boom!)
It is frustrating to see this study follow the pattern of reporting I have seen in others like it. They report that the instances of heart disease are lower in those eating the traditional diets, but never identify the foods in the non-traditional diets that they are clearly identifying as the problem.
It is terrifying to think of this being made with Crisco (crystallized cottonseed oil, i.e. frankenfat). Give me the rendered reindeer anytime.
The Inuit have consumed a meat and blubber based diet for 5,000 years.
I wonder if 5,000 years from now, evolution can create people who can safely exclusively drink 64 oz Cokes and eat a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts at a time?
Except, of course, in New York City.
Mmmm, I love bacon wrapped meatloaf. Instead of bread crumbs I run a bunch of pork rinds through my food processor until they are pork rind crumbs. Together with the bacon it has a nice smokey flavor.