The food and nutrient intakes of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico
1979
Cerqueira, María T. | Fry, Martha McMurry | Connor, William E.
Extract: A nutritional survey of 372 semiacculturated Tarahumara Indians in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains of Mexico was carried out to determine the composition of their diet and its nutritional adequacy. Dietary histories from 174 adults and 198 children were obtained by interviews and field observations during 1973 and 1974. Nutrient calculations of daily intake, based upon food composition tables and some actual analyses of Tarahumara foods, are provided. The simple diet of the Tarahumara Indians, composed primarily of beans and corn, provided a high intake of complex carbohydrate and was low in fat and cholesterol. Their diet was found to be generally of high nutritional quality and would, by all criteria, be considered antiatherogenic.
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