Pierre de Crescens, Livre des profits champêtres, Bruges, fin XVesiècle   Paris, BnF, Arsenal, manuscrit 5064 fol. 53 @credits Cereals were the basis of the alimentation during the Middles Ages. Furnishing the majority of the calories for the day (the ration per day could reach 1kg), it was also the cause of nutritional imbalances. The lack of vitamine A, generally found in meat, could lead to cecity. The preference for white bread, without bran, led to pellagra. People could also consumm ryegrass, even though it can be toxic. Germs in rye could also cause ergotism (and therefore convulsion and/or gangrene)
Pierre de Crescens, Livre des profits champêtres, Bruges, fin XVesiècle  
Paris, BnF, Arsenal, manuscrit 5064 fol. 53

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Cereals were the basis of the alimentation during the Middles Ages. Furnishing the majority of the calories for the day (the ration per day could reach 1kg), it was also the cause of nutritional imbalances. The lack of vitamine A, generally found in meat, could lead to cecity. The preference for white bread, without bran, led to pellagra. People could also consumm ryegrass, even though it can be toxic. Germs in rye could also cause ergotism (and therefore convulsion and/or gangrene)

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