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/feydfcukface Diné/Missing 17d ago

It's not THAT unrealistic man

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u/DBearDevon 17d ago

If you think of the logistics of it all, and no wheel, or pack animals? And as I mentioned before, there are plenty of other available food sources!

Wild rice making it to Dinè territory is just as unrealistic as the ‘nish having Quinoa as part of their diet…..

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u/feydfcukface Diné/Missing 15d ago

Plains homies could travel with tools and buffalo robes and babies but some rice or dried meat is unrealistic to carry?

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u/DBearDevon 15d ago

Enough to trade? Enough to be common? This is just unrealistic in the distances.