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re: Medieval farmers ate 7000-9000 calories a dsy
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:21 pm to kciDAtaE
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:21 pm to kciDAtaE
Sure. Get Undaunted Courage based on the journals of both Lewis and Clark. It's a great read.
The calorie estimates were not done by Clark. Only amounts, descriptions, and poundage of food acquired before and during the expedition. Others extrapolated calorie estimates later.
Just as important as the food descriptions by Capt Clark was reading what these men accomplished on a daily basis. Our society today is so soft (myself included) that it's hard to believe what these men did.
ETA: Up to 9 lbs of meat a day for a man per Clark himself. LINK !
The calorie estimates were not done by Clark. Only amounts, descriptions, and poundage of food acquired before and during the expedition. Others extrapolated calorie estimates later.
Just as important as the food descriptions by Capt Clark was reading what these men accomplished on a daily basis. Our society today is so soft (myself included) that it's hard to believe what these men did.
ETA: Up to 9 lbs of meat a day for a man per Clark himself. LINK !
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 12:24 pm
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:30 pm to JoeBobRuby
You said they regularly consumed over 10K calories per day.
Then you post a link that quotes a primary source that says when meat was plentiful, a man could eat 9 lbs of meat in one day. 9 lbs of let's say deer meat is a little over 6K calories. And that's when meat was plentiful.
You should go ahead and retract your first statement.
Then you post a link that quotes a primary source that says when meat was plentiful, a man could eat 9 lbs of meat in one day. 9 lbs of let's say deer meat is a little over 6K calories. And that's when meat was plentiful.
You should go ahead and retract your first statement.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:41 pm to JoeBobRuby
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Up to 9 lbs of meat a day for a man per Clark himself
So between bouts of starvation, they encountered a huge amount of meat. Proceeded to gorge themselves and you use this occasion on what they ate everyday?
And it’s still well short of the 10-15k
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:55 pm to JoeBobRuby
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ETA: Up to 9 lbs of meat a day for a man per Clark himself
Dude
They took far more than needed, because they didnt know what they faced. Heres a guides list of what travelers were expected to have per fay, and it included LOTS of OVERAGES
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Travel guides recommended about 2 1/2 to 3-pounds of food per person (man, woman, or child), per day. This was more than sufficient provision but it was better to have more and not need it than to not have it and starve. A good example of acceptable provisions was referenced in the writings of Dr. John Rae who charted the infamous Victoria Strait
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