People were worried about Americans being overweight and eating way too much 130 years ago. That's when the Post Brothers were saying you need more high-fiber cereal, you need bulk in your diet. Things have changed because people didn't know much about nutrition back then. |
They didn't understand cholesterol back then, so they cut down on fruits and vegetables and ate more meat. |
Two hundred years ago cooking was very time consuming. Actually, for most families until after the 1850s, foods were very limited in their variety. The average winter diet of a southern American was fat back and corn-mill, along with some wheat products that you could store through winter. |