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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What makes you think we are more resilient/strong than out mothers, grandmothers? I don't think this is the case with me at all. My grandma was born in 1910, ate food they grew back in Europe, worked in the garden and with animals, took food to the fields if she wasn't working. Had to make the fire first for many decades and cooked for a large family. My mom is not healthy so much right now, but post WWII child, survived being preemie, worked out of school till retirement, put up with above mentioned grandma....her MIL, still cleaned and cooked after 8 hours work. Opened her own business, took insane care of my dad her husband when he was sick and immobile. How are we stronger than them in any aspect? My grandma survived two wars and had three kids during WWII and raised them while being a peasant. Are you rich?[/quote]

Well, one huge difference is the lower smoking rates, at least in the US. One of the reasons so many people were thin in the 40s-60s is that many of them were smoking, which decreases your appetite.

Just because your grandma managed to survive a hard life doesn't mean she was inherently stronger than your mom, or you. She simply rose to the occasion, and it's certainly possible you would be able to do the exact same thing if you had to.

Peasants in Europe typically did not have access to the broad range of nutritious foods we do. My great-grandparents lived in Russia, Ukraine, Malta, and Japan. They weren't particularly rich and I wouldn't say they were eating a particularly healthy diet. They were strong and resilient because they had to be. I don't know that they were any stronger or weaker than my grandparents, parents, or me. They survived and got to the US because they had no other choice (other than dying for the Russian/Ukrainian side -- pogroms were happening).  [/quote]

Peasants who were better off... not maybe enough to have hired labor worked hard, but had good food they grew or raised on their own. But, yes, early 1900s in Russia?? That is a horror story few people tell today. Heck even if you are talking prior and after WWII Soviet Union... that was even worse. [/quote]

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