NY Times Egyptian Mummy mystery

[Squarecube]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/world/middleeast/27mummy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

"By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Published: June 27, 2007

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The images revealed a well-preserved liver and the tooth. A dentist, Dr. Galal El-Beheri of Cairo University, was called in. He studied the images of the mummy collection, and the tooth seemed to belong to the obese mummy.

Further CT scans led physicians to conclude that the woman was about 50 when she died. She was overweight and had bad teeth. She probably had diabetes and died of bone cancer, which had spread through her body.

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Hmmmm. Pyramids The Egyptian gift to the world, right?

[pennink]

One would think that you lost a lot of weight decomposing... shame, huh?

How do they know she was obese? Because she had diabetes? I know several diabetics who are thin (and type 1 or 2?) did I miss something?

[moggsy]

Maybe the size of her preserved liver? Of course, I doubt the media would point out that they ate a diet similar to the "ideal" S.A.D., at least in carb/fat/protein ratios.

[LC FP]

Pyramids The Egyptian gift to the world, right
You're talking about food pyramids, right?

[LilithD]

A documentary on Egypt I recently saw pointed out that the old pharaoh whose mummy they were studying had extremly bad broken teeth. They surmised that this was probably from all the tiny stone fragments in the stone-ground flour they used for bread.

[pennink]

A documentary on Egypt I recently saw pointed out that the old pharaoh whose mummy they were studying had extremly bad broken teeth. They surmised that this was probably from all the tiny stone fragments in the stone-ground flour they used for bread.


Or the mystery of how the pyramids' building blocks were formed... hmmmmm ;)

[KarenJ]

The Eades discuss this at length in their original Protein Power book. It really is amazing how "formulaic" the Egyptians were in fitting right in with the high-carb diet = heart disease, bone disease, and premature death. The Greeks called them "artophagoi" (sp?) or "bread eaters".
Their bones were shorter, and less dense, their teeth were bad, they were the first to describe heart disease, and they had Type II.

[Daryl]

~~ from Dr. Mike Eades' blog ~~

"Ten or twelve years ago we wrote in Protein Power about the data contained in the vast amount of ancient Egyptian mummies. We pointed out that several thousand years ago when the future mummies roamed the earth their diet was a nutritionists nirvana. All the so-called nutritional experts of today who are recommending a diet filled with whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and little meat, especially red meat. Follow such a diet, we’re told, and we will enjoy abundant health.

"Unfortunately, it didn’t work that way for the Egyptians. They followed such a diet simply because that’s all there was. There was no sugar - it wouldn’t be produced for another thousand years. The only sweet was honey, which was consumed in limited amounts. The primary staple was a coarse bread made of stone-ground, whole wheat. Animals were used as beasts of burden and were valued much more for the work they could do than for the meat they could provide. The banks of the Nile provided fertile soil for growing all kinds of fruits and vegetables, all of which were a part the low-fat, high-carbohydrate Egyptian diet. And there were no artificial sweeteners, artificial coloring, artificial flavors, preservatives, or any of the other substances that are part of all the manufactured foods we eat today...."

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=782

[LC_Dave]

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=782

Mike Eade's Post about this. :thup:

[tom sawyer]

Another example of the saying "if you don't learn from history, you are bound to repeat it".

And another convincing line of evidence for low carb. I love how the data is mounting from so many different sources. The case for LC is growing very strong.