I get where you are coming from, I also once believed in the Noble Savage type tribes and in Weston Price. But anthropologists have published lots of data questioning this myth, showing how cruel and superstitious many of those tribes are. The idea that we can find our roots and our destiny in wild tribes has been going around since the Age of Enlightenment, but it's a dead end.
Have you seen reliable data on what all those tribes are doing, or is this just anecdotical information from some people visiting a single tribe?
What these people do is not ideal and may not promote health or longevity, they just do it because they have been doing it for a long time. They don't have superior knowledge than us just because they have certain customs. But they also do not suffer from many of the problems that block liver detoxification, like EMF, vaccines, meds, lack of sun exposure, toxic processed foods, etc. so they can get away with more natural toxins in their diet.
What most of these tribes seem to have in common is that they have very high infant mortality, and general mortality due to infections. This, I think, is a survival mechanism, so only the healthiest of their people survive, making them adapted to their niche. (Once they stop this with antibiotics and other meds, they will all start degenerating I think.) But wouldn't it be better to not live in harsh conditions? That is the entire idea of culture and civilization.
Why have the Inuit the shortest lifespan in Canada and are by far the sickest population? Because they life a harsh life and eat toxic traditional food based on high PUFA fish and fish liver. Around 80% of their diet still resolves around this.
Masai have artherosclerosis, but their lifestyle protects them from the consequences.
"The hearts and aortae of 50 Masai men were collected at autopsy. These pastoral people are exceptionally active and fit and they consume diets of milk and meat. The intake of animal fat exceeds that of American men. Measurements of the aorta showed extensive atherosclerosis with lipid infiltration and fibrous changes but very few complicated lesions. The coronary arteries showed intimal thickening by atherosclerosis which equaled that of old U.S. men. The Masai vessels enlarge with age to more than compensate for this disease. It is speculated that the Masai are protected from their atherosclerosis by physical fitness which causes their coronary vessels to be capacious."
ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN THE MASAI1
Abstract. Mann, G. V. (Vanderbilt Univ. School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn. 37203), A. Spoerry, M. Gray, and D. Jarashow. Atherosclerosis in the Masai. Am
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Did you know that it is said the Masai spent their last 10,000 years raiding their neighbours for cattle and women?
If your ancestors have done the same, maybe you can live off milk, liver and blood (just kidding, I don't believe in evolution, at least not in macro-evolution).
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