Mummies had heart desease too

[fitzgerald]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8363200.stm

[ofonorow]

Wonderful find. Thanks for posting!

p.s. I love looking for the propaganda in these stories, e.g.

All the mummies were of high socio-economic status and would have had a rich diet.

he he he

[BaronZemo]

"So humans in ancient times had the genetic predisposition and environment to promote the development of heart disease.

"The findings suggest that we may have to look beyond modern risk factors to fully understand the disease."

sigh

[Steve Brown]

Anyone remember the "Iceman" whose 5300-year-old corpse was found emerging from a glacier in the Alps on the border between Austria and Italy in 1991? I recall reading that he was found to have atherosclerosis, indicating his vitamin C intake was probably marginal, but his teeth showed no signs of decay, probably the result of a diet containing no refined sugar.

From Wikipedia:

"Analysis of Ötzi's intestinal contents showed two meals (the last one about eight hours before his death), one of chamois meat, the other of red deer meat. Both were eaten with some grain as well as some roots and fruits. The grain from both meals was a highly processed einkorn wheat bran,[9] quite possibly eaten in the form of bread. There were also a few kernels of sloes (small plumlike fruits of the blackthorn tree). Hair analysis was used to examine his diet from several months before.

"Pollen in the first meal showed that it had been consumed in a mid-altitude conifer forest, and other pollens indicated the presence of wheat and legumes, which may have been domesticated crops. Also, pollen grains of hop-hornbeam were discovered. The pollen was very well preserved, with even the cells inside still intact, indicating that it had been fresh (a few hours old) at the time of Ötzi's death, which places the event in the spring. Interestingly, einkorn wheat is harvested in the late summer, and sloes in the autumn; these must have been stored since the year before."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi_the_Iceman

[ofonorow]

Yes, and thanks for the reminder.

It is interesting that this news will make heart disease experts scramble, and the so-called theories of modern medicine have to be quickly revised (at least spun) to take into account these finds. (Actually, I do not really know of a legit theory regarding heart disease posed by modern medicine).

And again, the Pauling/Rath unified theory stands tall in the face of new data - for the upteenth time.

[BaronZemo]

Anyone remember the "Iceman" whose 5300-year-old corpse was found emerging from a glacier in the Alps on the border between Austria and Italy in 1991? I recall reading that he was found to have atherosclerosis, indicating his vitamin C intake was probably marginal, but his teeth showed no signs of decay, probably the result of a diet containing no refined sugar.

From Wikipedia:

"Analysis of Ötzi's intestinal contents showed two meals (the last one about eight hours before his death), one of chamois meat, the other of red deer meat. Both were eaten with some grain as well as some roots and fruits. The grain from both meals was a highly processed einkorn wheat bran,[9] quite possibly eaten in the form of bread. There were also a few kernels of sloes (small plumlike fruits of the blackthorn tree). Hair analysis was used to examine his diet from several months before.

"Pollen in the first meal showed that it had been consumed in a mid-altitude conifer forest, and other pollens indicated the presence of wheat and legumes, which may have been domesticated crops. Also, pollen grains of hop-hornbeam were discovered. The pollen was very well preserved, with even the cells inside still intact, indicating that it had been fresh (a few hours old) at the time of Ötzi's death, which places the event in the spring. Interestingly, einkorn wheat is harvested in the late summer, and sloes in the autumn; these must have been stored since the year before."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi_the_Iceman

also found were small holes in accupuncture points on the iceman, indicating that accupuncture was around before the chinese had it and also the mummy had signs of arthritis (wear and tear around various joints). They also found remants of herbs in the body indicating a "natural" nutrient based form of medicine in treating ailments...who knows, maybe the ancients had there own form of "detail men"

[Bobber]

Dr. Eades has more analysis of this:
Here...

[ofonorow]

Beautiful. The "Statinator Paradox". I love it!