Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency

Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by SapporoChris on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:40PM (#35031904)

Does the article contradicts itself? "during the zenith period of Grecian and Roman civilization monogamy was not as firmly established as the rule that a health-loving man should content himself with one meal a day, and never eat till he had leisure to digest, i.e., not till the day’s work was wholly done."

"Breakfast as we know it didn’t exist for large parts of history. The Romans didn’t really eat it, usually consuming only one meal a day around noon, says food historian Caroline Yeldham. In fact, breakfast was actively frowned upon."

Part of the article suggests one meal at evening, the other part says noon. This seems a serious discrepancy.

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by causality0 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:45PM (#35031952)

Seconding this. How can one historian put such emphasis on this "only eat after the day's work is done and you can leisure to digest" and the other puts the major meal in the middle of the day?

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by hasmanean on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:00PM (#35032137)

There is no contradiction. When does the days work end in Mediterranean countries?

Eat before the afternoon siesta.

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by causality0 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @03:27PM (#35033618)

The siesta is the middle of the work day, not the end.

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by 1970-01-01 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:56PM (#35032096)

The site contradicts itself:

https://theiflife.com/2-meals-a-day/

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by ericmcer on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:08PM (#35032247)

Well it is an article implying we should get our dietary advice from 400 year old proverbs and historical texts about Rome so it might not be airtight.

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by nickpeterson on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:14PM (#35032298)

I disagree, I take most of my programming advice from lays of Ancient Rome!!

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by csours on Sunday March 05, 2023 @05:54PM (#35035089)

Ah yes, the four humors: DEBG INFO WARN ERRR

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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by throwaway4aday on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:30PM (#35032452)

Did no one bother to read the full article?

> In terms of “meal” in the quotes above, this was most likely referring to their larger “cooked” feast later in the day.

> To be fair, I wouldn’t personally say they ate “one meal” as it really doesn’t fully describe their full daily eating habits (as you will see below in another quote).

> It was more like 2 meals. The later meal being the main and larger one, but they most likely also had an earlier smaller “meal” at some point of bread, fruit (like fig), cheese, olives or local grains mashed up into a porridge.

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