Egyptian priests lived on junk food diet

Telegraph ^ | 02/26/2010

[TigerLikesRooster]

Egyptian priests lived on junk food diet

The food of the gods in Ancient Egypt was more likely to guarantee an early grave than immortality, scientists have discovered.

Published: 7:30AM GMT 26 Feb 2010

Delicious and bountiful banquets offered to the gods and eaten by Egyptian priests and their families were laden with artery-clogging saturated fat, research shows.

The evidence comes from hieroglyphic inscriptions on temple walls and the priests' mummified remains - which bear the unmistakable signs of damaged arteries and heart disease.

Sumptuous meals of beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer were given up to the gods three times a day.

After making their offerings at the temple, the priests would adopt a ''shame to let it go to waste'' policy and take them back home to their families.

Professor Rosalie David, from the University of Manchester's Faculty of Life Sciences, who led the study, said: ''There couldn't be a more evocative message: live like a god and you will pay with your health.

''It also shows that blocked arteries caused by rich diets are not just a modern malaise - the problem goes back to ancient civilisations.''

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping your list.

[proudpapa]

ping

[VaRepublican]

so the priests also had obese daughters?

[Migraine]

beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer

Well then, I guess I don't know what junk food is... What's good to eat, then?

[Oratam]

"Sumptuous meals of beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer . . . ."

Rich? Yes, but it hardly sounds like 'junk food'.

[Anti-Bubba182]

.....named Megan.

[donhunt]

Would someone please tell Rosalie to mind her own f’n business.

[Kirkwood]

You weren’t supposed to read the entire article.

[Erik Latranyi]

I wonder how many high priests choked on hotdogs?

[Tax-chick]

Sumptuous meals of beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer were given up to the gods three times a day. After making their offerings at the temple, the priests would adopt a ''shame to let it go to waste'' policy and take them back home to their families.

That's not junk food - it's the diet of the rich, around the world, through most of history. Cheetos are junk food.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I agree that it is a misnomer. First I saw the headline, I thought they ate the equivalent of McDonald's’ hamburgers and soda pop.:-)

[VaRepublican]

Well that was funny right there.

[Sacajaweau]

Same stuff George Washington ate.....and billions of others....now DEAD....Living causes death!!!

[Joe 6-pack]

"so the priests also had obese daughters?"

"They knew not the arugula."

[unkus]

The author of this must be a vegetarian.

Bunch of BS.

[hennie pennie]

LOL @ Anti-Bubba182

You must be referring to Mega McCain?? LOL

[proudpapa]

ping

[timeflies]

Good one !

[La Lydia]

Your have not received your instructions from the government, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest? For shame. You are supposed to eat: broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, kasha, soy products, nuts, beans, grains (brown rice especially), various raw vegetables, no meat, no dairy, no processed foods whatsoever, including pasta and bread (you are allowed whole wheat or sprouted bread), no sugar (stevia instead), herbal teas. Now get with the program.

[grobdriver]

beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer

Sounds like a balanced diet to me!

[Pan_Yan]

In addition, the priests ate a type of bread fortified with fat, milk and eggs and bursting with calories, while cakes were typically made with animal fat or oil.

Sure, you might only live to age 45, but you lived happy.

[re_tail20]

It’s a little known secret that Ancient Egypt had a few McDonald’s restaurants.

You wouldn’t believe how far back McDonald’s really goes.

[svcw]

beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer

This is junk food?

[Pan_Yan]

You wouldn’t believe how far back McDonald’s really goes.

Ra Kroc?

[niteowl77]

Sooner or later, it catches up with 'em.

Mr. niteowl77

[Cicero]

"The One has sent me back in time to tell you Priests to Eat Healthy!"

[TheGeezer]

And, since life expectancy was what - 30? - who really cares?

[annieokie]

very good, sure fits KING BUTT

[melancholy]

What an insult to Ancient Egyptians! They wouldn’t have hired 0kaka to clean their stables.

[Moonmad27]

Wow, amazing how many really unflattering photos of her there are - but Then again, the camera doesn’t lie.

[Graybeard58]

beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer

Sounds like a balanced diet to me.

[magslinger]

Soylent Green.

[I still care]

Ahh, Victor Buono. They say he was a wonderful person.

The Fat Man’s Prayer - by VB

Lord, my soul is ripped with riot,
Incited by my wicked diet.
“We are what we eat!” said a wise old man;
And Lord, if that’s true, I’m a garbage can.
I want to rise on Judgment Day, that’s plain;
But at my present weight, I’ll need a crane.
So grant me strength, that I may not fall,
Into the clutches of cholesterol.
May my flesh with carrot-curls be sated,
That my soul may be poly-unsaturated.
And show me the light, that I may bear witness,
To the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.
And at oleomargarine I’ll never mutter,
For the road to Hell is spread with butter.
And cream is cursed; and cake is awful;
And Satan is hiding in every waffle.
Mephistopheles lurks in provolone;
The Devil is in each slice of baloney;
Beelzebub is a chocolate drop;
And Lucifer is a lollipop.
Give me this day my daily slice,
But cut it thin and toast it twice.
I beg upon my dimpled knees;
Deliver me from jujubes.
And when my days of trial are done,
And my war with malted milks is won,
Let me stand with the heavenly throng
In a shining robe – size 44 long.
I can do it, Lord, if you’ll show to me
The virtues of lettuce and celery;
If you’ll teach me the evils of mayonnaise,
The sinfulness of Hollandaise.
Of Pasta a la Milannaise,
Potatoes a la Lyonnaise.
And crisp-fried chicken from the South,
Lord, if you love me, shut my mouth.

[Texas Jack]

Sumptuous meals of beef, wild fowl, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer were given up to the gods three times a day.

Just think, they might have been alive today if they'd only had a Taco Bell, McDonald's, or a Wendy's near by.

I do believe that is the funniest thing I've read in a while.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Just what I was thinking — all that’s missing is the chocolate!

[Migraine]

Your have not received your instructions from the government, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest? For shame. You are supposed to eat: broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, kasha, soy products, nuts, beans, grains (brown rice especially), various raw vegetables, no meat, no dairy, no processed foods whatsoever, including pasta and bread (you are allowed whole wheat or sprouted bread), no sugar (stevia instead), herbal teas. Now get with the program.

Ha! You forgot tofu. You Knuckledragger.

[JRios1968]

Guess who was an Egyptian priest in a prior life...

[La Lydia]

Ha! Tofu is a soy product. You culinary ignoramus. You punishment: a diet of oatmeal and kimchi for the next 10 days.

[Migraine]

Ha! Tofu is a soy product. You culinary ignoramus. You punishment: a diet of oatmeal and kimchi for the next 10 days.

Ha! It's not my fault. I have several pre-existing conditions. I was traumatized as a fetus by an IUD and my dad was DUI on the way to the hospital. I am on SSI and was on ISS for 4 years. You are so punitive and uncaring, I suppose you'd want to deny me coverage, too.

[Hunton Peck]

Too many lamb Cheops?

[JohnnyP]

Ra Kroc. That was good.

[timestax]

KNEEL before King Obambi...And leave your cakes and beer offerings for the DemonCRAP Priests!

[La Lydia]

Ha! Of course not. I am generous and caring, especially with other people’s money. The coverage I am happy to provide you will allow you to maintain the oatmeal- and kimchee-only diet indefinitely, and educate you as to its benefits. You will learn to love it, or else. The death panels will never require you to eat tofu. Given your pre-existing conditions, you should be grateful.

[Migraine]

LaLydia, you’re running in circles, all around me, making my head spin — gettin’ a headache here. Stay healthy.

[La Lydia]

You started it by calling me — me! — a knuckledragger. I wish you nothing but rainbows and kittens and flowers and marshmallows.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I pray that we don’t discover time travel anytime soon. It would give these people an opportunity to establish Nanny States throughout world history!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

They may have had clogged arteries, but what they really died of was probably some now-preventable disease or other.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I can only hope that the ancient Egyptians sacrificed their own nanny-staters and busybodies!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

You are so punitive and uncaring, I suppose you'd want to deny me coverage, too.

Only of the taxpayer-supported kind. :-)