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]

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[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.