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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago

Rather broccoli. Mulberry and flaxseed too. Who knew, our pre-agriculture ancestors ate the healtiest.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

pre-agriculture ancestors ate the healtiest.

and lived to the ripe age of 42.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago

But not because of their food.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Most likely also because of their food. Diabetes, gluten intolerance, food allergies, vitamin deficiency from eating way too much of the one thing that grew and didn't die that harvest. Food related issues were all rampant, people just died of them.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

But even more likely is child mortality bringing down the averages.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You're not gonna believe why child mortality was so high.

Also, the (often) improper diets of pregnant ladies, especially among the poorer classes of society, that meant a lack of essential vitamins and minerals, put mothers too at great risk. To compound the issue, matters got out of hand during the periods when the annual Nile floods did not materialize. With the mother dead, the newborn faced an uphill task in surviving the odds. Feeding a motherless child was one of the greatest difficulties that the ancient Egyptians encountered. The milk of livestock – cows and goats – was the only substitute to natural mother’s milk. How many could afford it? This is where the aunts or other close family members of the baby stepped in to carry out this function and keep the baby well-fed.

It was also the food.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Y'know, I had a feeling this was coming.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Uhm, i'm talking pre-agriculture. Hunter-gatherer style, lots of seeds, some roots and vegetables, berries fruits, sometimes meat or fish.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Dying of hunger, so healthy.

/s

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago
[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

A plastic fannypack, so primitive!

/s

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