Econ._History

Econ. History Should wine and alcohol be included in the calory intake' It has become established practice never to attribute more than 10% of the calory intake to drink. What is drunk over and above that percentage is not included in the calculations - which does not mean that the surplus did not count as far as the health and expenditure of the drinker were None the less general rules do become apparent. For example, the distribution of the various types of foodstuffs reveals the diversity or, much more often, the monotony of diet. Monotony is obvious whenever the share of carbohydrates (cereals in nearly every case) is far in excess of 60% of intake expressed in calories. The share of meat, fish and dairy products is then fairly limited and monotony sets in. Eating consists of a lifetime of consuming bread, more bread, and gruel. . On these criteria, it would appear that northern Europe was characterized by a larger consumption of europe, meat, century, bread, varied, middle, calories, been, one, fish, diet, consumption, tables, share, over, nineteenth, must, much, monotony, mets, living, later, far, even, cereals, before, ages, about, whole, vouch, very, vegetables, twice, single, seventeenth