Comment by hx8
1 year 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.
1 year 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.
So youre saying micro stones in the food supply were causing a public health crisis?
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And yes, this was a real thing.
ugh!
And still not as dangerous as adding sugar to everything
I wouldn't trade my diet for the diet of a roman. The estimated 500ml wine/daily is very high.
Less than a bottle/day. Not something I do but not something I wouldn't do either.
> 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.
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Roman wine was heavily diluted though, at least.
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German breweries gave their workers an allowance of 4 to 8 liters of beer per day not too long ago. ('Haustrunk')
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