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Does the article contradicts itself? "during the zenith period of Grecian and Roman civilization monogamy was not as firmly established as the rule that a healt
by SapporoChris 4y ago
Does the article contradicts itself?
"during the zenith period of Grecian and Roman civilization monogamy was not as firmly established as the rule that a health-loving man should content himself with one meal a day, and never eat till he had leisure to digest, i.e., not till the day’s work was wholly done."
"Breakfast as we know it didn’t exist for large parts of history. The Romans didn’t really eat it, usually consuming only one meal a day around noon, says food historian Caroline Yeldham. In fact, breakfast was actively frowned upon."
Part of the article suggests one meal at evening, the other part says noon. This seems a serious discrepancy.
- causality0 4y agoSeconding this. How can one historian put such emphasis on this "only eat after the day's work is done and you can leisure to digest" and the other puts the major meal in the middle of the day?
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- hasmanean 4y agoThere is no contradiction. When does the days work end in Mediterranean countries? Eat before the afternoon siesta.
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- causality0 4y agoThe siesta is the middle of the work day, not the end.
- 1970-01-01 4y agoThe site contradicts itself: https://theiflife.com/2-meals-a-day/ https://theiflife.com/2-meals-a-day/
- ericmcer 4y agoWell it is an article implying we should get our dietary advice from 400 year old proverbs and historical texts about Rome so it might not be airtight.
- nickpeterson 4y agoI disagree, I take most of my programming advice from lays of Ancient Rome!!
- csours 4y agoAh yes, the four humors: DEBG INFO WARN ERRR
- throwaway4aday 4y agoDid no one bother to read the full article? > In terms of “meal” in the quotes above, this was most likely referring to their larger “cooked” feast later in the day. > To be fair, I wouldn’t personally say they ate “one meal” as it really doesn’t fully describe their full daily eating habits (as you will see below in another quote). > It was more like 2 meals. The later meal being the main and larger one, but they most likely also had an earlier smaller “meal” at some point of bread, fruit (like fig), cheese, olives or local grains mashed up into a porridge.