Your ancestors and your food choices -- poll

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Hello All,

I've been lurking and occasionally posting here for a while, and

CRON-ing for quite a few years. I'm working on some research in this

area. My hypothesis is that one's genetic background influences

one's food choices, even within a CR-framework. Since this board is

a fantastic resource of folks who are CRON-ing, I'd like to ask you

all a few questions. Please reply to this post or, if you would

prefer privacy, email me.

1. What is your predominant genetic background or which ancestors

are you most like? (Example: although I am only 1/4 Native American,

my body is an Apache. I am just like my Apache relatives in body

shape, triglycerides level, diabetes predisposition, alcohol

tolerance, gluten intolerance, etc.)

Please pick one:

A) Northern Europe (Scandinavia), Northern Asia (Russias,

Mongolia, Northwestern China), Iceland, Greenland.

Central North America, eastern South America (Brazil, etc.)

eastern Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya), Central Europe (British

Isles, northern France, northern Spain, Germany, Poland, Austria)

and parts of Asia (eastern China and northern India).

C) Southwestern North America (Apaches, Commanches, Dinae,

Akimel Au-Authm, Mexicans from northern Mexico, etc.), African-

Americans (descended from people enslaved before the Civil War),

northwestern Africa (southern Algeria, Niger, Sudan, Mali,

Mauritania, etc.), central Asia (Saudi Arabia and western China)

European-descended Australians, and people native to Australia.

D) areas of the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas,

southern Europe (Greece, Italy, southern France, and Spain), the

Middle East (including Syria, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Saudi

Arabia and the Arab states) northern Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia),

Native American people from the coasts, e.g. California and Florida,

and Korea, Japan, and the coastal regions of China.

E) Central America, southeast Asia (southern India, the

Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Indonesia), Central

Africa (the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Angola, Zambia, etc.), the

middle part of the Americas (southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,

Palau, Guatemala, Columbia, the Caribbean, etc.,) and Hawaii,

Polynesia and Samoa.

2. About what % carbohydrate (calorie %) do you eat?

3. About what % protein (calorie %) do you eat?

4. About what % fat (calorie %) do you eat?

Alternative question instead of #2, #3, and #4: what % volume-wise

of foods do you eat? Please include proteins, carbs, veggies,

fruits, and fat.

5. When you splurge, really splurge, 500 empty calories kind of

splurge, what do you eat (or would you eat)?

6. What is your favorite low-calorie and healthy food?

7. Do you feel hungry between meals? If yes:

A) A little hungry or crazy-hungry?

Low-blood-sugar hungry or empty-stomach hungry?

C) What do you do about it?

8. How long have you been CRON-ing?

9. Are you at, near, above, or below your ideal weight, according to

those old charts (or BMI = 20-25)?

10. Have you ever been overweight? Is there anything else I should

know about you?

Thank you so much for the information. Don't worry; I'm not trying

to sell you anything at all. Like I said, I need good examples. I

realize that anecdotes are not data, but I hope that enough folks

will resond that I can make some generalizations.

Thanks again,

TK