Eat healthily, die young

Medieval diets 'far more healthy'

"If you put (their diet) together with the incredible work load, medieval man was at much less risk of coronary heart disease and diabetes than we are today," said Dr Henderson.  However, he did acknowledge that people today did have one advantage over their ancestors when it came to staying alive. "If you got to 30 in those days you were doing well, past 40 and you were distinctly long in the tooth," he concedes.

"...people today did have one advantage over their ancestors when it came to staying alive." 

Erm, yeah, people today, erm, actually manage to stay alive!