evidence of cancer in the Inuit, postulated that cancer is a disease of modern civilization.84 Schmid includes quotes from three doctors who worked among the Inuit, all of whom confirmed that ‘cancer was unknown’ there. But once the Inuit adopted the industrial diet, cancer ‘frequently occurred’, as did tuberculosis.85 The absence of cancer in mummies from Egypt and South America86 led one study to propose: ‘In industrialised societies, cancer is second only to cardiovascular disease as a cause of death. But in ancient times, it was extremely rare. There is nothing in the natural environment
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