medieval diet

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Ignoramus20984 wrote:

In article , Priscilla H Ballou wrote:
In alt.support.diet.low-carb Ignoramus8847
wrote:

Because I choose to do things that bring my body closer to the
medieval lifestyle. I eat, more or less, only foods available to an
affluent person during middle ages. Bread, butter, meat, fish, nuts,
fruits, eggs, cheese, etc.

No vegetables?

Priscilla

No, I eat plenty of vegetables -- tomatoes, peppers, some cauliflower,
potatoes in moderation etc.

Oh, OK. You just didn't mention them.

Priscilla
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"revek" wrote in message ...
"Jon Mundsack" wrote in message
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"Ignoramus20984" wrote in message
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No, I eat plenty of vegetables -- tomatoes, peppers, some cauliflower,
potatoes in moderation etc.

The only one of those vegetables that was available in Europe during
the Middle Ages was cauliflower.

Tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are all New World vegetables.



I thought people believed tomatoes to be poisonous in the middle ages?

I remember that too. Possibly because they are part of the nightshade
family?

That wasn't the Middle Ages. However, tomatoes were believed to be
poisonous in the 17th and 18th centuries, because scientists believed
that they were the poisonous "wolf-peach" described by Galen. Also,
the leaves are poisonous to forage animals (goats, cows) and so people
reasoned (incorrectly) that the fruit must be poisonous as well.

Eventually, enough Europeans observed the indigenous people of the
Andes (where the tomato comes from) eating tomatoes without ill
effects and started spreading the word that they were delicious and
nutritious.

Today, some macrobiotic folk believe that tomatoes are Bad For You
because they are part of the nightshade family. They're wrong, of
course.

Mmm, tomatoes.

T.

(Cyrakis) wrote in message . com...
"Susan Jones-Anderson" wrote in message ...
I am hoping this doesn't start up a flame thread about religion.. but
When I first decided to change my way of eating I went to my very thin
healthy sister for advice and as she dragged me around the track that
afternoon she said she was and always will be on what she calls the "God
Diet" - she explained that if God didn't produce it, she didn't eat it.
I asked about bread and she said God didn't bake bread.. If you want a
handful of wheat to eat, by all means.. go grab a handful of wheat to
eat from the field but God didn't bake bread. God didn't produce HiC
Fruit Punch, but he did make an apple. It went on and on.
I don't totally agree with her outlook on things but here again... She's
thin and healthy and at the time I was 260 lbs and struggling to just
stay alive.
Anyhow, I just thought it was interesting that people name their WOE.

Susan
260/220/160

That sounds like the paleo diet for bible-thumpers.

Yeah. That's what I (and many others) called the Caveman diet. If
man made it -- don't eat it! Only eat what a caveman could have
gotten his hands on. Meats, fruits, vegetables, nuts. No corn or
potatoes, though -- they are Neolithic, IIRC.

"Ignoramus8847" wrote in message
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I finally found a name for my diet/exercise regimen, of which most of
you are painfully aware by now. I decided to call it the "medieval
diet".

Why?

Because I choose to do things that bring my body closer to the
medieval lifestyle. I eat, more or less, only foods available to an
affluent person during middle ages. Bread, butter, meat, fish, nuts,
fruits, eggs, cheese, etc.

Pringles and sugar were not available, and incidentally I do not eat
those things. Same goes for all other processed foods.

Also, medieval people did not have cars and walked a lot, which I do
as well.

The theoretical (if you can call it that) basis for such a name is
that we have been tuned to such a lifestyle by hundreds of years of
our past history. So returning to it has some reason to be expected to
bring the metabolism and the cardiovascular system (blood pressure
etc) in order.

It worked so far in returning me from obesity and hypertension back
into the normal weight interval, with little loss of strength and I am
feeling great.

Onwards, back to the Middle Ages!

i
223/179/180

Hmmm...let's see, in the Middle Ages no one drank water, it was not clean,
so, they drank ale or wine. Do you drink ale or wine instead of water? : )

Martha

"Ignoramus20984" wrote in message
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In article , Priscilla H Ballou wrote:
In alt.support.diet.low-carb Ignoramus8847
wrote:

Because I choose to do things that bring my body closer to the
medieval lifestyle. I eat, more or less, only foods available to an
affluent person during middle ages. Bread, butter, meat, fish, nuts,
fruits, eggs, cheese, etc.

No vegetables?

Priscilla

No, I eat plenty of vegetables -- tomatoes, peppers, some cauliflower,
potatoes in moderation etc.

Sorry, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes were not available in Europe then.

Martha

i
223/178/180

"MH" wrote in message
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Hmmm...let's see, in the Middle Ages no one drank water, it was not clean,
so, they drank ale or wine. Do you drink ale or wine instead of water? : )

Well, they did drink water, but they weren't real careful about keeping the
water supply clear of the sewage disposal. That's why cholera tended to be
such a problem. So, following your line of questioning, do you drink water
with other people's **** in it?

Duffy

"Jean B." wrote:
Duffy Pratt wrote:
Do you not bathe?
Are you going to have leeches applied when you are ill?
Are you going to get rid of the central heating and
plumbing, and install a moat around the house to take
care of your bodily needs?

Mmmmm. Garderobes............


I agree with Magrit Garlick about those. Ick.

April.
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In article , TdN
wrote:

Today, some macrobiotic folk believe that tomatoes are Bad For You
because they are part of the nightshade family. They're wrong, of
course.

Mmm, tomatoes.

T.
Not when dealing with folks with nightshade allergies and they exist.
This also includes eggplant for some.

In article , April Goodwin-Smith
wrote:

"Jean B." wrote:
Duffy Pratt wrote:
Do you not bathe?
Are you going to have leeches applied when you are ill?
Are you going to get rid of the central heating and
plumbing, and install a moat around the house to take
care of your bodily needs?

No, I'm going to eat all the wonderful genetically modified modern
hybrid foods like canola Oil and rejoice at the long shelf life
afforded by crappy chemicals and preservatives that make Kraft and
Heinz have bank accounts as fat as our bottoms.

In article ,
April Goodwin-Smith wrote:

"Jean B." wrote:
Duffy Pratt wrote:
Do you not bathe?
Are you going to have leeches applied when you are ill?
Are you going to get rid of the central heating and
plumbing, and install a moat around the house to take
care of your bodily needs?

Mmmmm. Garderobes............


I agree with Magrit Garlick about those. Ick.

April.
Put the cat out.

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