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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by BizarroLand on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:23PM (#36883454)
Plentiful, low cost sugar also might have been a contributing factor, being a quick source of calories and energy, combined with the caffeine.

If your daily diet was previously primarily vegetables with some meat and in season fruits, and then suddenly you're having sugar with every meal, you would probably have more energy to work harder with the extra focus the caffeine provides.

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by ke88y on Thursday July 27, 2023 @09:24AM (#36893095)
You left out grains, which were the majority of Europe's diet for the majority of the written history of Europe. The sugar hypothesis doesn't make such sense in light of (cheaper, more plentiful, and calorie-dense) grains.
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