Interview with a Kitavan

Kitava is a Melanesian island has been waiting almost exclusively traditional, non-industrial food until very recently. It was shown that Kitavans (undetectable) rate very low of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and obesity have a study by Dr. Staffan Lindeberg and colleagues I have written about many times. Their diet as consisting mostly of Yam, sweet potato, taro, cassava, coconut, fruit, fish and vegetables described Dr. Lindesberg. Measured in the seven days that Dr. Lindesberg, food intake, you ate, 69% of your calories as carbohydrate, 21% than FAT (mostly from coconut) and 10% protein.

Recently I received an E-mail from a Kitavan by the name of Daniel. He worked at the Institute for medical research in Madang, studies of the social and economic impact of malaria and related health problems in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea. It is reminiscent of many details of Dr. Lindeberg's visit to Kitava, Dr. Lindesberg is confirmed are correct. Instead generously offered, some of my questions about the traditional Kitavan answer diet. My questions are bold and his answers are below.

How many meals a day to eat Kitavans?
People on the island food usually two meals a day. But nowadays breakfast consists mainly of tubers (sweet potato, Yam and Greens all in Coconut cream and salt cooked) and dinner is the same with adding fish as protein in most cases. Between these two meals lunch is considered a light refreshment with fruit or young coconut, to mention only these two most popular. Between the morning and in the evening we eat mostly fruit as a snack or lunch. In General, there are only two meals a day, IE breakfast and dinner.

Eat Kitavans all fermented foods?
There are fermented fruits and nuts, as you have said bread fruit, nuts, sweet potatoes and remember fish. We ferment you use the traditional method of dry you over the fire for months. And this fermented foods last for almost two years without outdated or corrupted. Food preservation is a skill that our great grand fathers, that taking into account the island location and availability of food inherited from. Foods such as bread fruit and fish are preserved as a replacement for fresh food in times of difficulties or lack to serve and fermented. Otherwise, you are eaten on the way.

Is this really fermentation or simply dry?
To your query apart from food over a fire that use drying fermentation methods that we use, we do this method, Hawaiian style with taro

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