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> mostly ate a vegetarian diet. There is virtually no difference in terms of nutrition from the local "normal population." I would consider that to be a normal
by dghughes 12y ago
> mostly ate a vegetarian diet. There is virtually no difference in terms of nutrition from the local "normal population."
I would consider that to be a normal diet, even today I know I don't each meat everyday. My mother told me her family on the farm in the 1950s only had meat once per week at the Sunday dinner, sometimes not. This was normal for this region people were not called vegetarians it was just a normal diet; meat was expensive and hard to store.
>drank ashes after training as a tonic.
I wonder if it was an ancient belief of gaining the power of the item you were consuming in this case a volcano similar to eating tiger or bear would give you their strength.
- sunshinerag 12y agoThe ashes simply are a rich mineral source.
- elorant 12y agoI wonder if it was an ancient belief of gaining the power of the item you were consuming in this case a volcano similar to eating tiger or bear would give you their strength. It has nothing to do with that. In Greece where I live, in the past ashes were used to filter water. Even today it’s used in pastries as in bakery because it helps in digestion and cleans the bowel from infections. It has dozens of other uses, from cleaning dishes and pottery to fertilizer (that’s why some of the best wines are produced in places where used to be volcanoes). It can also drive insects like ants and roaches away, can be used in soaps, on open wounds to help disinfection, etc.
- brimstedt 12y agoAlso, ashes are basic (? I mean Non asidic) which is good for you.
- thrownaway2424 12y agoSo is drano.
- eropple 12y ago"Basic" works here, but as an alternative you might consider "alkaline" (which pulls double duty, both as "related to the alkali metals" and "has a pH over 7").
- hyperpape 12y agoMost days I don't eat meat, but the average in the US is 13 ounces per person per day. My impression is that the majority of people I know eat meat at least two meals per day. I'd guess that's the highest in the world, but I don't know for sure. Edit: it appears Luxembourg has us beat (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/06/27/155527365/visualizing-a-nation-of-meat-eaters http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/06/27/155527365/visual...).
- ssttoo 12y agoOr Denmark. From Wikipedia: -- With 145.9 kg (321.7 lb) of meat per person consumed in 2002, Denmark has the highest consumption of meat per person of any country in the world.