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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  9:50, your story is interesting.  I think it's definitely true that some populations can more easily eat a low-nutrient, high-sugar diet while others simply cannot tolerate it.  This may include your genetic population and definitely includes many American Indian and also Latino populations.  It seems that the Western European "white" populations tolerate this diet the best, and of course it isn't healthy for us long-term either.

My grandparents were Irish and Swedish farmers who cooked traditional farm food, similar to Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch food today.  Some of it is high calorie and high sugar, but most of it is healthy traditional food along the lines of what you've described from your mother's country.  Unfortunately, you had the bad luck to start at a family that didn't have any traditions of food and cooking, it seems, and opted entirely for fast/easy/unhealthy food.

Also, I like oatmeal and my kids do, too.  We get the expensive Red Mill oatmeal from Whole Foods.  It is yummy, high fiber, and keeps me full for hours.  [/quote]

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