Northwest Greenland Eskimos 1940s and prior | Northwest Greenland Eskimos 1970 onward |
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Low rate of atherosclerotic disease (2–4 times less atherosclerotic disease*) | Normal or higher rate of atherosclerotic disease** |
Carbohydrate intake=2–8% of total calories (1855) Refined sugar intake=6 g/day (1855)*** 1½ teaspoonful of sugar/day Description—a near absence of refined sugar in the diet | Carbohydrate intake=39% of total calories(by 1955) Refined sugar intake=164–175 g/day (1970s) 40–44 teaspoonful of sugar/day Description—‘sugar was used abundantly, about five times a day, mostly in coffee or tea’. Indeed, the Eskimo had ‘terrible teeth from their habit of sipping their coffee through a sugar cube’. |
*Versus Korpo, Finland; **versus western populations; ***Eskimos in the Southern Inspectorate.