mummies had heart disease

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  1. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Eastoff, Nov 18, 2009
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    My guess is lifestyle factors. It's not like the folks that were mummified (Egypt's royal family) did any work. It's not just their diet; they likely never exercised.
     
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    agreed. I used to wonder how ancient peoples would deal with our mundane problems, or if they even had those problems.
     
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    Exactly right.

    Lifestyle deseases became common to the masses when the masses became wealthy enough to adopt lifestyles of Royalty:

    Avoid physical labor
    Avoid exertion and sweating (stinky!)
    Eating and drinking (alcohol) more than required to sustain
    Consuming: Sugar; white bread/rice; meat; oil.

    The Egyptian royal classes had much of the above as part of their lifestyle, which would explain clogged arteries.
     
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