They were healthier than us - and even lived longer. So should we all copy the Victorian diet? - Daily Mail 26th August 2008

For most people, the Victorian era evokes Dickensian scenes of wool mills, orphanages, and workhouses full of malnourished, overworked children, and adults living short, harsh lives. But research, published next month in the Journal Of The Royal Society Of Medicine, has found that not only did many of our Victorian forebears live longer than we do today - but they were also healthier and had stronger immune systems.

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