Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 >>> 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@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 > >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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 > 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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