Did you know what medieval people ate every day?
Authors of The Infographics Show channel on YouTubetried to find out what will happen to a person's health if he eats dishes from Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum for a month. This text is a mixture of a cookbook, a medical guide and spiritual reflections. Scientists believe that this book was written in 1050 AD, but it was compiled around the 12th-13th centuries. The author of the work is not exactly known, but experts believe that he was John of Milan, and the book was written for the European king Robert Curtos.
The book Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum lists recommendations on how to properly maintain health.The first piece of advice is not to get angry or nervous (which is also confirmed by modern science).The second tip is to avoid undiluted wine.It is also not recommended to sleep in the afternoon (otherwise it will lead to headaches, fever, laziness and colds).In addition, only "light" food can be eaten before going to bed.
As for the dishes to be given awaypreference, it depends on whether the person is healthy or not. In case of illness in the book, it is forbidden to eat apples, peaches, pears, cheese, milk, salted meat, venison, rabbit, goat, beef.
On a daily basis, medieval man had to eat the following foods: pork, wheat, fatty sauce, red wine, sweet wine, milk, fresh cheese, raw eggs, ripe figs, fresh grapes, testicles, brain, bone marrow.Pork intestines and wine should also go well together.
Interestingly, the book states that instead ofwater is necessary to drink wine or beer. This was due to the fact that during the Middle Ages, plain water often caused people to get sick due to unsanitary conditions.
For breakfast, the hero of the material ate a sandwich with butter every day.In addition, he drank a lot of goat's and cow's milk and ate a lot of cheese.Of the unusual breakfast dishes, he had raw eggs.
The hero drank mainly wine and beer, and at every meal. So he napped most of the time.
The most difficult thing was to eat dishes that medieval people used for dinner and lunch. It was guts and brains.
So, what was the state of health of the herovideo after 30 days of following such a diet? According to him, he became very fat (gained 4.5 kg). At the same time, the protein he consumed helped him gain muscle mass. Thanks to the refusal of sugar, he began to run better. True, perhaps this is due to the fact that before training he had to drink a cup of wine after each eaten raw egg.
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