sf wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:21:53 +0000, Cornelius
> > wrote:
>
>> think about how slender and healthy
>> people used to be, compared to now.
>
> That has a lot to do with the volume of food that we stuff down our
> gullets today.
>
It also has a lot to do with the amount of physical labor surviving on a
day to day basis required then too.

"Goomba" > wrote in message
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> sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:21:53 +0000, Cornelius
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> think about how slender and healthy
>>> people used to be, compared to now.
>>
>> That has a lot to do with the volume of food that we stuff down our
>> gullets today.
>>
> It also has a lot to do with the amount of physical labor surviving on a
> day to day basis required then too.



Exactly. Remember the PBS series from 2002 'Frontier House'? Those people
had to *work* for their food. Sure, the folks in 1883 on the American
frontier had some canned and jarred goods. But they also milked cows,
planted gardens, raised hogs and chickens (and butchered them). They
chopped firewood because how else were they going to cook? Talk about
making things from scratch... LOL I loved that series

Jill