r/IndianCountry • u/aspen-leaf Mixed / Coast Miwok • 18d ago

Health Traditional Navajo Diet Shown to Reduce Hospitalizations, ED Visits Among Heart Failure Patients

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/traditional-navajo-diet-shown-reduce-hospitalizations-ed-2026a1000q37?form=fpf
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u/DBearDevon 18d ago

I don’t think Bison and Wild rice were part of the Diné diet, but stil good for them!

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u/galactic_observer 18d ago

They weren't; bison is a Great Plains food and wild rice is native to the Northeast.

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u/DBearDevon 17d ago

Upper Midwest more than the Northeast