Posted on 07/24/2021 6:16:46 AM PDT by Qiviut
Sure, a healthy diet overcomes tuberculosis, syphilis, smallpox, polio, cancer, malaria, and all sorts of things. No need for medicine, right?
“their freedom from degenerative disease”
I’m reminded of “what about out freedom to not be shot?”
This language suggests that freedoms are about to be jeopardized.
“…It reads as if they decided what happened, then wrote their narrative to fit….”
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There’s a whole lot of that going on in recent years. And THEY GET AWAY WITH IT because our youngsters are not taught to think critically. The IDIOCRACY lives.
Kippers (smoked herring) were standard for British breakfasts during the Edwardian and Victorian eras
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/07/food-kippers-smoked-fish-sales-revival
An oily fish high in Omega 3, kippers are quick and easy to cook, whether frozen, “in the bag” or chilled. As a sustainable fish they are on the Marine Conservation Society’s list of fish to eat.
Kippers were the quintessential British breakfast food — also enjoyed for high tea and supper — of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. They sold well until the 1970s when they fell out of favour with the advent of fast food which had greater appeal for younger diners.
Gary Hooper, Tesco fish specialist and president of the National Federation of Fishmongers, said: “Kippers, along with other traditionally popular oily fish such as mackerel and sardines suffered from a culinary prejudice by younger people who considered them old-fashioned and the kind of food eaten by their grandparents.
“Demand dwindled for nearly four decades but a combination of factors such as their competitive price, a move towards healthier eating and also a foodie revival for old heritage favourites has put them firmly back on dinner plates.”
They gotta have 'em in Texas.
They didn’t have industrially processed liquid seed oils like canola, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, and the like. They ate more animal fats. There was no low fat madness. Also less processed foods. Canning in the mid 1800s was a recent invention.
If you say so.
The Victorians died rapidly of infection and/or trauma, whereas we die slowly of degenerative disease.
And a reminder. I had intended to drive the 3/4 mile to the Post Office. I think I will walk.
“I’m not buying it.”
me neither ... not one second ... are we to believe that people didn’t die in epidemics of bacterial disease when no antibiotics were available or that no one died of appendicitis, or during childbirth, etc., etc,.? ... article is complete nonsense ...
And did the authors likewise factor out murder, transportation deaths, drug overdoses and other causes of death that either did not exist in the Victorian era or were much more rare? If you’re going to carve out the stats that favor your argument it makes debate a lot easier.
If I say so about what? You might try being a little less vague.
They talked about the way people died then and now in the podcast - I had never thought about that before. Thinking back to my grandparents & great-grandparents ... how hard they worked, what they ate, the way they died & this was in America, not UK. World of difference between then and now.
It was a thought provoking article at a minimum.
BTW, I went REAL food 3 years ago, eating like my farm relatives & even better - turned my health around (overweight, pre-T2D, etc.). Feel great, able to be more active not toting around extra weight and I do some heavy work around our place which is much easier than it used to be!
Enjoy your walk! :-)
No many.
But you left out:
How many dies in horse accidents (even today, horse riding is more dangerous than motorcycle riding).
How man died in boating accidents (common form of transportation, no personal flotation devices required.)
How many died in accidents otherwise? No guards on machinery, no safety standards, just personal prudence.
How many died of poison? easy access to poisons, Mercury, Arsenic, used as medicine.
They gotta have ‘em in Texas.
LOL. That was my first thought, too, when I read this.
Agree with all you said. There is some feeling now that the vegetable seed oils could be even more harmful than the sugar/carbs!! I saw something the other day saying the “half life” of the vegetable oils in your body is 4 years. The vegetable oils, rather than animal fats, make for inferior cell membranes which are made of fat. Omega 6 vs Omega 3 ratios are way off - too much Omega 6 by a long shot. It’s interesting topic(s) for sure.
Are you really going to argue horse accidents over autos? Boating? How many people in England set foot on a boat back then? I’d wager the vast majority stayed damn close to home their entire lives. And a much higher percentage of people lived in rural areas compared to today.
The line that read “… the incidence of degenerative disease was 10% of ours.” is suspect too. Alzheimer’s wasn’t even diagnosed until around 1900.
O-kay.
What a bunch of BS.
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