Inuit, egg whites

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>>the Inuit

aren't

outdoors all the time so don't necessarily require a lot of PUFA in

their

limbs (as apparently reindeer do) in order for cell membrane fluidity

to be

maintained at low temps.

Please, for the love of all that's holy don't ask for a source, because I

don't and won't remember, but I read an interview with someone who lived with an

Inuit tribe for several years, and there were all these questions about cold,

and he kept trying to explain the technologies embodied in housing, clothing,

etc., and finally in frustration said, listen, they are NEVER cold. not at

home, not working outside, not driving a sled, not in the boats. Never. Toasty

all the time. Or words to that effect.

Obviously, falling in the water or having to run bareassed over miles of ice

would be a Bad Thing, but absent that, they know what they're doing.

I've also heard that Inuit mothers monitor their infants carefully to prevent

overheating - the babes ride semi-naked inside their furs, and are whipped out

for a split second at forty below to cool them just enough.

As for kefir-soaking raw egg whites, eew, but I leave eggs in kefir-based

batters overnight to no ill effect (but then, they get cooked). I guess, why

not mix a raw egg into kefir the night before and whiz up a smoothie in the

morning? But maybe refrigerate it?