It is hypothesized that several millennia of low exposure to high carbohydrate loads caused the Inuit population to either increase the sensitivity of the GLUT1 transporter or down-regulate its expression, which may explain the lack of scurvy in the Inuit pre-contact with Westerners and their increased susceptibility to diabetes, alcoholism, and scurvy post-contact as described by Price.

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  Comparison of Traditional Indigenous Diet and Modern Industrial ...

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• diabetes concept
• Inuit entity
• alcoholism concept