A friend (now a very fine lawyer in London) travelled PNG during an election assisting in some fashion for several weeks if not months. She came home with a crimp in her hair and ridges on all her toe and fingernails from nutritional deficiencies. This is when I realised differences in standards of living were not theoretical.

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hackernud3s 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Malnutrition after 3 weeks? I mean, pack 21 multivitamins.

	▲	wodenokoto 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		She’ll probably do that on her next 3 week trip.
	▲	TheOtherHobbes 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I had ridges in my nails after an exceptionally bad bout of flu. It's not obscure or complex.
	▲	jesterson 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Indeed. Given average western diet, 3 weeks of malnutrition can only do good.

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dzonga 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

if she was eating sweet potatoes how can that be ? unless she wasn't eating the sweet potatoes at all ?

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avazhi 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> A friend travelled PNG during for several weeks if not months. She came home with a crimp in her hair and ridges on all her toe and fingernails from nutritional deficiencies.

Gonna press X to doubt on that one, bro.

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etcetcetcetceta 4 hours ago | parent [-]

F is for respect, X is for doubt.

	▲	avazhi 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Touche. F, even.