mummies had heart disease

[Eastoff]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-11-17-21-32-53

 

[maxiep]

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.

 

[Eastoff]

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.

agreed. I used to wonder how ancient peoples would deal with our mundane problems, or if they even had those problems.

 

[Masbee]

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.

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.