Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Original publication date: November, December 1935, and January 1936
Original publisher: Harper's Monthly Magazine
Publication status: Out of print
This often-mentioned study reported on the maintenance of health on a dietary of all flesh (and fish). Stefansson first lived with Eskimo and ate as they did, after which he organised a lengthy study in New York City where he and a volunteer were fed exclusively on meat and closely monitored by medical doctors.
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