Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Food processing" in English language version.
Where modern food became available, people grew taller and stronger and lived longer.
If we fail to understand how scant and monotonous most traditional diets were, we can misunderstand the "ethnic foods" we encounter in cookbooks, at restaurants, or on our travels.
For our ancestors, natural was something quite nasty. Natural often tasted bad. Fresh meat was rank and tough, fresh fruits inedibly sour, fresh vegetables bitter.
