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>The poor
> may have fared better nutritionally by foraging for field greens to
> add to grain than the rich with abundant supplies of meat and little
> else.


Why would the rich not have anything other than meat? They would
have had a house full of servants who would have kept the house
well-supplied from a kitchen garden.

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"Frogleg" > wrote in message
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> Humans have existed on all kinds of diets that would be considered
> inadequate in various nutrients today. "A chicken in every pot" was
> once a sweet promise of better living when chicken (or any meat?) was
> a luxury. How many "historical" diets provided (or didn't) what we now
> regard as an adequate mix of protein, vitamins, starch, etc.? The poor
> may have fared better nutritionally by foraging for field greens to
> add to grain than the rich with abundant supplies of meat and little
> else. How 'bout some expert opinions here?