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Peter wrote (in part):
>I find another example by looking at some of the traditional dutch farmers here in the rural area's. Many of these hard-working people have big strong bodies with thick arms and legs, thick bone-structure and lots of body-mass. They've been eating lots of meat, potatoes and dairy for many centuries, and I can pinpoint a few of them that have lived to above 90. These people would never have had this kind of strong constitution if they would have been raised macrobiotically.<
RC: Yes, Peter is correct in this observation. I noticed the same thing when I was in Amsterdam this past summer. Quite amazing to see both men and women with this big bone structure. The extremes of eating meat and potatoes certainly is due to these body types. The same goes for the Viet Cong who live in more tropical climate and eat more vegetable quality food, especially white rice. We can easy see here that we are becoming what we are eating! More big bone, larger body mass from eating more cow meat and expanded potatoes, and smaller bone, smaller frame from eating more grains, vegetables and fish. As to one Dutch taking on 3 Viet Cong, I would not be so sure. The US forces fought against Viet Nam for more than ten years and could not defeat them!
We are all free to look, feel and eat what we want, but larger bones does not always equate to more bone density. Osteoporosis afflicts people with all bone shapes and body mass forms. Osteoporosis means “hollow bones.” In other words you can have large or small bones and because of the inability to utilize calcium because of a number of reasons, your big or small bones can become hollow and thus brittle.
In peace, Roy
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