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Ancient Egyptians Used Moldy Bread as an Antibiotic (malevus.com)
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There is evidence suggesting that ancient Egyptians used moldy bread, specifically containing a type of mold called Penicillium, as an early form of antibiotic.

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[โ€“] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Davis said that the wheat we eat these days isn't the wheat your grandma had: "It's an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the '60s and '70s," he said on "CBS This Morning."

I hate to be the guy pointing out the obvious but farming is low budget genetic engineering. A huge number of crops have seen so much attention by farmers, scientists, and agribusiness that they are different from the food grown 100 years ago.

The person in the article, which doesn't source their findings and which has no other voices of concern, sounds like they are churning up worry from nothing. appreciate the article as evidence but it sounds like vague shade towards wheat. The only chemical mentioned is gliadin, which if you look at you will see is a component of gluten, a protein that we have been eating for 12,000 years. If it was dangerous, we would have found a clue long ago and had a defined issue by now, like celiac disease.

[โ€“] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

I just picked a news source most Americans would find palatable. There is plenty of decent research, and science changes when data changes. The issue is sorting out junk science, which is harder when research is made up and peer reviews are "yes, seems legit, I didn't have time to dig in "