Food of the Gods - a Diet of Death

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
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Message Posted:
03/03/2010 21:37

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

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.



So nothings changed in thousands of years! )

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 21:38

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100226/tod-food-of-the-gods-a-diet-of-death-for-870a197.html

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 21:42

Re:Msg 1,



At least it was a delicious death !

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
03/03/2010 21:51

Clarissa. Overeating is definitely the way to go! )

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
03/03/2010 22:05

Heavenly food to die for.