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re: Medieval farmers ate 7000-9000 calories a dsy
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:03 am to el Gaucho
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:03 am to el Gaucho
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It’s true. People of size have always existed. It’s called genetics
It's true.
They also didn't have fridges back then to store their genetics, so they had to use ice houses instead.
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:10 am to Loup
Butter is great for you. Fat is great for you.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:22 am to athenslife101
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cold people eat more
Exactly.
Look at Eskimos.
They eat fatty seafood oils. Thousands of calories.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:06 am to Lima Whiskey
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Butter is great for you. Fat is great for you.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:56 am to Loup
Butter back then was just churned whole milk. Not the garbage we call butter today.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:09 am to northshorebamaman
It’s bc they didn’t. No evidence was given to support this claim
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:15 am to mdomingue
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Lots of porridge or gruel
wasn't porridge pretty much oatmeal? You'd have to eat around 50 cooked cups of it to hit that many calories. I know whatever they were making was more calorie dense than that but I'm guessing they put a lot of fat in whatever they were eating to be able to hit that many calories.
Just wondering what 9000 calories of food in a day looked like without all the processed shite we have today.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:18 am to athenslife101
Farm work requires more calories than the average sedentary person would need to eat. I imagine that it was even harder before farm machinery was invented. There are a lot of farmers in my area. They eat a big breakfast and large midday dinner. Supper tends to be a lighter meal. They don't get fat and don't seem to have cardiovascular diseases.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:19 am to LegendInMyMind
I wonder what their caloric intake was on average during the winter months especially in the more northern climates.....especially in the later parts of the season.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:28 am to athenslife101
If you think about how much manual labor went into farming before mechanization this is not surprising. It also explains why 30-40 years old.
When your food supply is not guaranteed you have to eat and put on fat while you can.
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No wonder there were so many famines
When your food supply is not guaranteed you have to eat and put on fat while you can.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:39 am to kciDAtaE
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It’s bc they didn’t. No evidence was given to support this claim
Right. This thread just has a bunch of typical OTers chiming in with “of course” and “does this surprise you”. There is no evidence that they consumed that many calories back then. A little research shows the guesstimates to be all over the place, but a general consensus seems to be around 3000 calories per day.
7-9k calories is extreme.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:48 am to WeeWee
Yes, it's hungry work then and now. Let's take a look and see how close we can come for a man in the middle ages, daily:
Whole wheat bread, 1 slice. 67 calories. 12 slices: 804
Egg, 74 calories. 12 eggs: 888
Pancakes, 86 calories. 12 pancakes: 1032
Bacon, thick, 80 calories. 12 slices: 960
Biscuits, Grands Homestyle, 170 calories. 12 biscuits: 2040
Banana (didn't have in England) 105 calories. 12 bananas: 1260 calories.
Guiness Stout, pint. 215 calories. 12 Guinness: 2580
Total: 9564
Site used LINK play with it as needed
Whole wheat bread, 1 slice. 67 calories. 12 slices: 804
Egg, 74 calories. 12 eggs: 888
Pancakes, 86 calories. 12 pancakes: 1032
Bacon, thick, 80 calories. 12 slices: 960
Biscuits, Grands Homestyle, 170 calories. 12 biscuits: 2040
Banana (didn't have in England) 105 calories. 12 bananas: 1260 calories.
Guiness Stout, pint. 215 calories. 12 Guinness: 2580
Total: 9564
Site used LINK play with it as needed
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:51 am to athenslife101
I’ve read similar calorie intake by nineteenth century American mountain men.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 7:36 am to athenslife101
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Medieval farmers ate 7000-9000 calories a day
Did a climate change scientist come up with this theory?
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 7:37 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 7:49 am to el Gaucho
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They had cavepeople of size too
People of size? Is that what we’re calling fatties?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:13 am to athenslife101
That’s a pretty high estimate. r/AskHistorians have had various posts about this and all seem to agree it was likely closer to 4-5,000 kcals a day.
This post in particular has some good detail about diet in the British Isles in late Medieval times. With some links in the comments that go down that rabbit hole into medieval farming as well as diets for Templars.
This post in particular has some good detail about diet in the British Isles in late Medieval times. With some links in the comments that go down that rabbit hole into medieval farming as well as diets for Templars.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 8:15 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:35 am to Pandy Fackler
I have watched monsters of men that workout constantly who struggle with that many calories when it’s actually real food. That’s what Jay Cutler (bodybuilder) ate when bulking and he struggled with it. And that’s a 300lb man
Having a hard time believing this one. They would have been fat as frick. They couldn’t come close to burning those calories on an average day
Having a hard time believing this one. They would have been fat as frick. They couldn’t come close to burning those calories on an average day
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 8:44 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:43 am to athenslife101
This says way more about you than it does about farmers.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:47 am to Loup
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I remember watching or reading something about British sailors in the 17-1800s and it said they ate about 5k calories a day. A lot of the calories were from butter
navy sailors were daily rationed a gallon of beer and pint of rum so that adds up
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 8:47 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 8:47 am to Old Character
Articles on the internet show cavemen with big bones so it checks out. Evidently ALL cavemen were “big boned”.
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