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To: Grampa Dave
Our ancestors back a hundred years plus lived on this diet.

Not really unless you are talking the summer diet.

Without refrigeration and pressure canning having safe meat and veggies year around could be a problem which was why people ate things that stored. Small amounts of smoked or salted meat, potatoes, storage friendly vegetables such as cabbage and hard squash, some dried fruit and fruits that stored like apples.

Sure you had a cow and laying hens but once again, milk and eggs were seasonal.

Of course people were working all that carb heavy food off with manual labor. Just doing the laundry was a major work out.

65 posted on 12/23/2017 5:48:20 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

> Of course people were working all that carb heavy food off with manual labor. Just doing the laundry was a major work out.

The big problem appears to be the carb-heavy snacking as well. That messes with our insulin cycle.

Secondly, people’s health declined a lot when they switch from hunter/gathering to farming. Meat’s a much better source of food than wheat.


68 posted on 12/23/2017 5:55:52 PM PST by JohnyBoy (The GOP Senate is intentionally trying to lose the majority.)
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