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re: Medieval farmers ate 7000-9000 calories a dsy
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:19 pm to northshorebamaman
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:19 pm to northshorebamaman
One, I did find that one source that said
Two, I originally heard this from Matthew Lewis. Who is a historian whose day job is interviewing archeologists and cohost is a bio archeologist. Again, maybe his amount is too high. He wasn’t writing a paper for review. But I think the point still it’s did jf they’re eating 4k-5k calories
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Michel Rouche, on the other hand, asserted that the typical Carolingian-including the peasants-had access to a monotonous, but abundant, supply of foodstuffs and may have consumed an average of 6,000-9,000 calories per day.
Two, I originally heard this from Matthew Lewis. Who is a historian whose day job is interviewing archeologists and cohost is a bio archeologist. Again, maybe his amount is too high. He wasn’t writing a paper for review. But I think the point still it’s did jf they’re eating 4k-5k calories
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Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:22 pm to athenslife101
quote:now that’s more believable and still a shite ton of calories per day. The average human today consumes about 2,500 calories per day for reference
But I think the point still it’s did jf they’re eating 4k-5k calories
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:28 pm to athenslife101
quote:Sure, that's much more believable. I found a paper earlier that estimated the average calorie intake of a healthy young slave doing fieldwork in the south all day to be 4k, and mentioned it in the thread.
Again, maybe his amount is too high. He wasn’t writing a paper for review. But I think the point still it’s did jf they’re eating 4k-5k calories
Male Marines burn around 3900 a day in boot camp for further reference.
This post was edited on 2/19/24 at 9:35 pm
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