It is generally believed that atherosclerosis is a disease of the modern man, however we’ve got evidence for atherosclerosis going back to 4000 BC, spanning 3 continents in a wide variation of climate and lifestyle.
And apparently the Inuit hunter-gatherer people living 500 years ago were not immune either, in spite of them eating a marine-based diet rich in Omega-3 that’s supposedly protective:
The study of mummies shouldn’t drive policy of course, but it does drive the point that ultra-processed food or carbs are not necessary for atherosclerosis
And the idea that fish and blabber kept Eskimos healthy might be a myth, as the prevalence of CAD seems to be the same as in non-eskimo populations:
https://www.onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(14)00237-2/abstract
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