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tptacektoday at 3:42 AM2 repliesview on HN

Hard to imagine a diet of cultural significance that would put people into lifelong dialysis, at an epidemic scale.


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nine_ktoday at 3:55 AM

A diet that makes a particular infection easier to take root is very imaginable.

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riffrafftoday at 4:44 AM

Well there's cases of diets which came to prominence and caused issues,.from the obesity epidemic of modern west to the pellagra-riddled European countries consuming maize.

It is conceivable that social/natural changes might bring to dietary changes whose damage at scale is only visible on hindsight.