I remember watching a reel to reel film in elementary school in the early 1980s. It was a video on how Eskimos / Inuit Indians survive.

They certainly don't do it by eating vegetation. They do however, survive by eating a lot of raw meat. Eyeballs are considered like candy to them.

One would ask how do they avoid scurvy and other vitamin deficiencies? The truth of the matter is most of those nutrients and substances are COOKED out of the meat. By eating it raw they get all of the nutrients they need.

Now that isn't to say we should all start eating meat raw. The environment your meat is raised in is very important. Raw meat is a quick path to many types of parasites. Some of them very dangerous. The more we manipulate the environment, inject animals with all kinds of substances, and feed vegetarian animals grain mixed with ground up members of their own species the more WEIRD things happen with our food. So I am not advocating eating any raw meat.

If you were a hunter hunting out in the wilds it might be okay, but you could still end up with some parasites. Tape Worms, etc. That's how they spread. You could get the same by ordering your meat too rare. It is a risk people are often willing to take for their flavor.

Another tid bit I remember from that video. Don't eat Polar Bear LIVER. Why? It has an over abundance of vitamin A and you can overdose and kill yourself. :)

Nice post. Resteemed.