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I was taught that when Native Americans transitioned to consuming ‘western’ foods like white bread and beer their bodies took it so badly that for generations their teeth came in crooked and bones developed wrong. Is this just racist bullshit? If so, where does this idea come from?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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