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Volume 346:1102-1103 April 11, 2002 Number 15 Next

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In the Book of Genesis, fish appeared in the waters on the fifth day of creation, after dry land and water separated. This may be the first reference to a functional, indeed lifesaving, food for humans. In the 19th century, New England ships harvested marine oil not for food but to light lamps. Fast forward to the 20th century and the identification of the "Eskimo paradox," which refers to the extremely low rates of death from cardiovascular disease among the Inuit, as compared with their northern European counterparts, despite similarly high intakes of fat — about 40 percent of calories. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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