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Re:Ötzi’s last supper: mummified hunter's final meal revealed by nkrisc on Friday July 13, 2018 @03:57PM (#17526170)
It's not mentioned in The Guardian article but is mentioned in this one from Ars Technica that he also had atherosclerosis, something his high fat diet likely contributed to. I'm not 100% sold on trying to replicate the diet and lifestyle of people who probably did not live past what we now consider middle age. Particularly if I'm not living in the high reaches of the Alps.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/otzi-the-icemans-las...

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Re:Ötzi’s last supper: mummified hunter's final meal revealed by cgh on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:07PM (#17527867)
As has been pointed out elsewhere[1], atherosclerosis is largely a genetic condition and is not necessarily related to a high-fat diet.

"In the new study, Zink and his colleagues found that Ötzi had several gene variants associated with cardiovascular disease, including one on the ninth chromosome that is strongly tied to heart troubles, the researchers reported today (July 30) in the journal Global Heart."[2]

Fun fact: Otzi also had Lyme disease.

Also, there is no evidence that Otzi's people died young because of their diets. He was 45, so approaching middle age, and died while making a high mountain traverse with an arrow in his back. I would bet anything he was physically sturdier and, with modern medical care, healthier than nearly everyone posting here.

[1] http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/02/iceman-was-medical-me...

2] https://www.livescience.com/47114-otzi-had-heart-disease-gen...

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Re:Ötzi’s last supper: mummified hunter's final meal revealed by ameixaseca on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:41PM (#17531021)
Likely or likely not? More recent evidence points to high carb - not high fat - as the real cause. Mcmuffins are higher in carbs than fats, by the way.

Also, infant/child mortality was much higher at that time - if you count people that lived past the 30s life expectancy was likely not that different from nowadays.

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