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Actually bread was the most common issue for poor dental hygiene at this time. Flour was ground by stone, tiny pieces of stone made its way into the bread, and
by hx8 2y ago
Actually bread was the most common issue for poor dental hygiene at this time.
Flour was ground by stone, tiny pieces of stone made its way into the bread, and the stone stripped the enamel from teeth.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agough!
- readthenotes1 2y agoAnd still not as dangerous as adding sugar to everything
- hx8 2y agoI wouldn't trade my diet for the diet of a roman. The estimated 500ml wine/daily is very high.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago> The estimated 500ml wine/daily is very high. My dad and grandad would laugh at this. 500ml/day is rookie numbers in the former Roman parts of Eastern Europe.
- seszett 2y agoYour dad might not be the best example of a healthy lifestyle. Because they (and many other people) drank more than that, doesn't mean it's a good diet. The Romans drank they wine cut with water though I think.
- fnordlord 2y agoLess than a bottle/day. Not something I do but not something I wouldn't do either.
- frenchwhisker 2y agoRoman wine was heavily diluted though, at least.
- foobahify 2y agoYes maybe it is more like a pint of weak beer per day by modern alcohol standards. Not great for you but maybe a good source of clean water.
- hx8 2y agoThe 500ml is the undiluted amount [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome_and_wine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome_and_wine
- sva_ 2y agoGerman breweries gave their workers an allowance of 4 to 8 liters of beer per day not too long ago. ('Haustrunk')
- hx8 2y agoOften when the conversation of drinking comes up it becomes a contest to see who can drink the most. The WHO actually keeps track of this data on a population level[0]. Right now the country with the highest alcohol consumption per capita is Romania, with an average consumption of >2.9 units of alcohol a day for the entire population 15 years old or older. In case there is some national pride in your comment about Germany, rest assured they are 5th place. I'll leave the readers to decide if that is an enviable position. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c...
- disambiguation 2y agoSo youre saying micro stones in the food supply were causing a public health crisis?
- nickpinkston 2y agoUnderrated comment And yes, this was a real thing.