Recent work on the Maasai is some of the first nutritional research on the famous African group since the early 1980s. Even at that time the image of the Maasai as living on blood and yogurt had been false for decades. The new work is particularly interesting as it shows the Maasai have excellent levels of long chain omega-3 oils in their cell walls, despite having no source of long chain omega-3s in their diet which is largely vegetarian.  Read more on the story here.