[BarryRX]

Very interesting! I have read similar studies done on the Japanese, who even though they live in a first world country still have a very traditional diet based on rice and fish. People like to do studies on the Japanese because their society is very pure genetically, not like we Americans that are from everywhere. It turns out that the Japanese have much lower rates of western diseases like heart disease and certain cancers. Yet, when Japanese emigrate to the United States they develop these diseases at the same rate as other Americans by the second generation. So, many vegetarians and vegans (I am a vegan) point to the American diet as the cause. But we have to be careful. Their is a difference between something being "connective" and something being "causative". We can say that our diet is different from a Japanese diet, so their is a connection between the diets and health, but that doesn't mean that is the cause of the health differences. We can also say that their is more heart disease in countries that have more telephone poles. But that doesn't prove causation.