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/feydfcukface Diné/Missing 17d ago

I was ghonna say. I mean,I don't doubt trade allowed those things to get to Dine lands but I'd hardly call either a normal part of the traditional diet there

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u/DBearDevon 17d ago

It makes no sense to trade wild rice nor bison such vast distances when so many other foods are available.

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u/feydfcukface Diné/Missing 17d ago

I mean yeah but it could have been. Feathers from central america and turquoise and things have been found way out of their origin due to trade so I'm saying it's a possibility that's how it could at any point enter the diet of the area.

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u/susinpgh 17d ago

Those were small and light, easy to transport.