> They ate more bread and almost four times more butter than we do today. They also consumed more cream, milk, and lard. This seems closely related to observati

> They ate more bread and almost four times more butter than we do today. They also consumed more cream, milk, and lard. This seems closely related to observations like the French Paradox — the French eat a lot of fatty cheese and butter, so why aren’t they fatter and sicker? Because the issue is - in fact - the sugar, not the fat (https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/theres-no-sugar-coating-it-all-calories-are-not-created-equal-2016110410602 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/theres-no-sugar-coating-...).