Increased demand for local heritage food increases local production of heritage crops.
On Saipan, for the past 2 years, people eating taro and ube and breadfruit instead of sodas, white rice and modern breads, are losing weight and their biomarkers for gout and diabetes are improving. The local micro-economics effect is increased demand for local produce of the heritage crops of these islands. This is the proof of sustainability which can be applied by similar Rotary "good food of our ancestors" local initiatives, anywhere in the World.
Our latest effort was included in a Global Grant health and nutrition mission in Micronesia. A return to the heritage diets of ancestors is being tried with good initial success. Our model from the medical literature is the success of Dr. Godfrey Temba and his researchers in Tanzania as in the graphic further down in this page.
On May 22, 2026, PP Dr Peter Gregor explained in a Medical Grand Rounds, the metabolic syndrome and what Rotary has been doing to address this in the Western Pacific.
December 15, 2025, Marianas Variety Newspaper covered PP Dr. Peter Gregor's speech to the Rotary Club of Saipan urging a return to ancestral foods.
This website internets.com explains how all ethnicities of humans have adapted to the foods available in the original environments of our ancestors. Returning to the food that kept our ancestor healthy is the most effective and economical way to reverse the diseases caused by modern food.
The 21st Century most convenient form of heritage food is breads and other readily available food for a busy modern lifestyle. The opportunity for Rotarians all over the world is to subsidize the cost of ancient breads to match the price of modern sugar-laden breads. The difference of one or two dollars subsidy to bakeries all over the world can prevent and reverse the weight gain and biomarkers of obesity and diabetes.
That means rye breads for Northern Europe, yam breads for Africa, taro and ube breads for the Pacific, basmati rice for India and Asia.
The world is facing a food induced epidemic of disease. At every local and District level, Rotarians can take this Pacific Islands model and show governments and business that returning to heritage foods can create increased demand for locally grown foods and result in increased economic activity in our communities.
PP Dr. Peter Gregor is available for a zoom presentation to any Rotary Club about returning to ancestral foods and how Rotarians all over the world can start this process as local sustainable micro-economic projects. Contact email is info@internets.com.