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It's not commonly used now that the concept of "fiber" has become popular, but it's a word that's been around for a while.
I had heard of it but never connected it, at least not in this context. What's funny is how they used it in the movie. They talked about the queen not having any "movements" and that she needed her rouphage. It's been around for quite a while (since 1850 according to Webster). It's not something I would use.
I had heard of it but never connected it, at least not in this context. What's funny is how they used it in the movie. They talked about the queen not having any "movements" and that she needed her rouphage. It's been around for quite a while (since 1850 according to Webster). It's not something I would use.
I had heard of it but never connected it, at least not in this context. What's funny is how they used it in the movie. They talked about the queen not having any "movements" and that she needed her rouphage. It's been around for quite a while (since 1850 according to Webster). It's not something I would use.
Here's the history of "needing roughage" in our diets: the British missionary doctors in Africa in the 19th century noticed that Africans, who ate a diet consisting largely of root veggies, had very large, voluminous BMs, while the Brits, who ate meat based diets, had relatively small BMs. Then they noticed that Brits have a certain rate of colon cancer and colon cancer was very rare among the natives.
They put two and two together and decided that large amounts of fiber in the diet prevented colon cancer. This has been the working paradigm of enlightened western medicine since then.
But one problem with the logic: life expectancy among Africans at the time was only about 30 yrs, while that of the Brits was much higher. Africans didn't often live long enough to get colon cancer, a disease of the sixth decade and beyond.
Here's the history of "needing roughage" in our diets: the British missionary doctors in Africa in the 19th century noticed that Africans, who ate a diet consisting largely of root veggies, had very large, voluminous BMs, while the Brits, who ate meat based diets, had relatively small BMs. Then they noticed that Brits have a certain rate of colon cancer and colon cancer was very rare among the natives.
They put two and two together and decided that large amounts of fiber in the diet prevented colon cancer. This has been the working paradigm of enlightened western medicine since then.
But one problem with the logic: life expectancy among Africans at the time was only about 30 yrs, while that of the Brits was much higher. Africans didn't often live long enough to get colon cancer, a disease of the sixth decade and beyond.
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