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[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

I thought Egyptians had bad teeth because their flour was ground with sandstone, leaving sand in their bread. They ground their teeth into nothing by eating sand.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I feel like the sand thing was a guess by people who couldn't pick why ancient Egyptians had worse teeth than everyone else in the ancient world

If there's sand in your food you notice and it feels bad. It's not something that makes you go "oh well I'll just keep chomping" and that would wear teeth down, not give them abscesses

this is also common with older bread. Another reason why it's bad, it's probably both though.

this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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