@LurkerBaba
1. McCarrison's experiments showed the superiority of the Sikh diet over other Indian diets (Wheat diet over Rice diet)
Within the same area of interest were the comparisons drawn by McCarrison between
the growth rates and vital statistics of rats fed on good diets and bad diets. One of the
good diets was the so-called Sikh diet, resembling that of the Hunzas whom he never
forgot; this diet, composed mainly of whole wheat, milk and vegetables, became the
stock diet of the thriving Coonoor rat colony. The poor diets, including one called
the 'poor Madrassi diet' or 'the poor rice-eater's diet' which was used in much
subsequent work, produced opposite effects : a high infant mortality, poor growth,
disease of various kinds and premature death
http://journals.cambridge.org/downl...cover=Y&code=b2a4b84bc4899883954f7b01a59f9543
I will try to reproduce some more of these findings.
One can deduce that wheat eaters are generally sturdier and healthier than rice eaters.
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2. One research proves that eating excessive wheat fiber burns through bodies vitamin d reserves, which makes the skin appear lighter. And it is also known that paler skin generates more vitamin d.
Reduced plasma half-life of radio-labelled 25-hydr... [Br J Nutr. 1983] - PubMed - NCBI
White skin & wheat? | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine
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The current increase in height, is imo due to 2 reasons
1.
Excessive calories leading to maximal growth (this is not necessarily good for longevity)
2. Hormones in food