The Victorians had stronger immune systems. They lived, ate, and died in rural communities, worked long days, and ate 2000 more calories a day to sustain themselves. Obesity was virtually unknown except in the upper-middle and wealthier classes. They consumed less sugar, alcohol, and tobacco. And they lived without modern diagnostics and medical treatments. Health was credited to a spiritual, not medical, lifestyle.
Source – naturalblaze.com
– “…In our progress as a science-savvy species, we continue to experience high infant mortality rates and continued outbreaks of infectious disease like the Victorians of their time. Yet we have added chronic disease to the mix. Modern foods and medicine have replaced nutrition, spirituality, and nature. Blind obedience and mandates have replaced choice and consent”
The Modern Myth Of Health – By Rosanne Lindsay
According to casual conversation, most people are convinced they will live 100 years. The irony is, that in one breath Americans talk about long-life expectancy, while in the next they commiserate about chronic disease symptoms and their list of drug prescriptions. If they are so focused on disease, are they really that healthy?
Today, the average American live span of 79 years is comparable to that of the Victorian Era (1837 to 1901). It is a myth that people dropped dead at…
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